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Evening Reading

by Steve Gibson, Jun 12, 2006 7:00pm PDT
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I've got a case of the Mondays :(

- eBay digs bloggin - Disposable cameras still hot - Fake IDs are hot - Blog / Vlog the new mainstream - Now its Europe vs Apple
Lastly, Verizon is betting pretty big on fiber optics. Sure hope its awesome.














  • Repost from ER: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/sportSkills

    You know what. I agree with Lunatic Angelic that basketball should be lower. Although I agree a lot of sports should be shuffled and lowered. That being said I would argue that hockey is by far the sport that takes the most "skill." My defense is that to play hockey at a professional or even high school level you have to 1. Be very good at skating (which takes years of practice) and even the crappiest players in the NHL are at least very compotent skaters 2. Be able to stick handle 3. Have great endurance, and while the ER post pointed out Hockey rinks are smaller than a hockey field, skating for 60 minutes all out despite line changes is very difficult 4. No sport to my knowledge melds speed, coordination, and the amount of physical damage that can occur like hockey. Feel free to diss my hockey bias.





  • BEWARE CREATIVE LABS CUSTOMER SERVICE

    I'm on my second Creative Zen Microphoto. The first one broke within 5 days of ownership as the harddrive started clicking, refused to recognize there was any media on the device and was draining the battery in about 30 minutes. I returned it to the Creative Labs Store, got a new one.

    I've had the new one for 50 days. It started doing the same thing, so I took it back to the store. The guy says in store warranty is only covered for 45 days, and they can't RMA it for me. He confirms the device is screwey, gives me creatives customer service number. He also asks me if I have ever run with the device. I say ya, all the time. He says that running with one violates the warranty (which is wrong as its not listed on the warranty sheet). I go home and call them.

    Before they can issue an RMA, they must confirm, over the phone, that the device is defective. Ok, sounds reasonable. To do this costs $13. Are you kidding me? If I want to avoid PAYING FOR THEM TO WARRANTY THE DEVICE, I have to use email support. Fine, I go to the page. Enter all the information. My email was accepted, and it says they will get back to me within 2 fucking weeks.

    TL;DR: Avoid Creative Labs Customer Service and Apparently Shitty Products