OT: Re: [Am-info] Dishonesty in ads

[Geoffrey]

John J. Urbaniak wrote:

> Anyone want to discuss this?

I think it's a valid issue, but not here.  I find this to be an accurate 
assessment throughout advertisement these days, regardless of the 
product being pushed.  One of the recent commercials I find disturbing 
is the one demonstrating how well one suv rides in comparison to 
another.  Most of the commerical shows a dog sliding around in the back 
of one suv, having a terrible time trying to stay put.  Maybe the dog 
doesn't get hurt, but it's certainly not a fun ride for him.

Not along the same lines, but still not what I would call
quality programming.  There are others that don't come to mind right 
now.  I've been quite discussed by advertisement for a long time.  Most 
of it is just plain out right lies and should be subject to false 
advertisement litigation.  It's gotten to the point, I get nothing from 
any advertisement.  If I want to purchase something, I get info on my 
own, through current owners and such.  I NEVER question the company or 
sales person.

I recently purchased a new Sony digital camcorder.  I selected this one 
for a number of reasons, including usb, firewire, mjpeg capabilities. 
Before I purchased it I specifically asked the salesperson how long a 
mjpeg you could record.  He told me it depended upon the size memory 
stick you had.  It came with an 8 mb, and I purchased a 64 mb in 
addition.  Anyway, a friend of mine and I spent the afternoon trying to 
create an mjpeg of a video he had.  It kept stopping at 15 seconds long. 
  Digging through the manual, we finally found an obscure note that this 
was the limit.  You could record multiple 15 second mjpegs, but nothing 
over 15 seconds.

I was pissed.  I went back to the store and of course, the sales person 
is no longer there.  So did he know or was he just answering a question 
incorrectly.  Unfortunately, this seems to be the only answer I get from 
sales folks these days.  Either they outright lie, or they answer a 
question they don't know the answer to with the answer you want to here.

Oh, guess what.  We did the math.  a 15 second mjpeg is approximately 
the maximum you can get on a 1.4 mb floppy....  Coinicidence?  You tell 
me...

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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric@3times25.net

I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?