The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 18

Darqref · 06-02-2008, 07:28 PM

Todays rant brought to you by the good folks at homeland security, with extraordinary help from Sony.

My Gen3 appears to have a broken backplane. curses. I got an RMA from Bookeen. more curses, but I don't think I'll get a better deal. Wish NAEB had an extended/accidental damage warrantee I could have purchased, but I've had a Rocket for more than 10 years with no damage problems.

Then I packaged up my gen3 and took it to the Post Office this morning. UPS wants more than $100 to ship, USPS says an appropriate service will cost about $40. But THEN the clerk asked about batteries. As if I memorize what kind of battery the device has in it, but the mere mention of "some kind of Lithium rechargeable" draws an instant requirement to separate the battery. semi quote: "we don't ship ANY lithium batteries outside the US." Courtesy of laptop batteries that explode. If they're that worried, why do they let any of them on an airplane?

So now I've come home, torn the package back apart to get at the cybook, and extracted the battery. hmm, says Lithium Polymer on the gen3 case, but the battery itself doesn't have either a manufacturer identified, or enough label to figure out what kind of battery it is without a database.

Grumble. How come *I* get the post office clerks that have just been through a hazmat review? Nobody else on MobileRead has mentioned needing to take the battery out to ship an eInk device anywhere.

yvanleterrible · 06-02-2008, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

I was going to say "What a nice guy you are!" but now I'm not so sure .....

You should have known better Deb.

When a man does something other than drinking or watching sports it's always done with relation to S&M. Sex and Money.

RWood · 06-02-2008, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

You should have known better Deb.

When a man does something other than drinking or watching sports it's always done with relation to S&M. Sex and Money.

I resemble that remark.

zelda_pinwheel · 06-03-2008, 01:49 PM

testing, testing, 1 2 3... Frank, portez au juge ce vieux whisky, là au bout du couloir. a quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. fifty fife fousand four hunfred and forty four. frenology. fur. fiesta. fantom. flibbertigibbet. swiffer. affirmative. frills. fibbon. fquirrel. fa fa fa fa fa...

that's right, i caved, and bought a NEW new keyboard. (naturally, the jackass in the shop wouldn't let me return the old new keyboard : "well... you already took it out of the box... but here, i'll give you a discount on this one : 10 euros instead of 15." jackass.) (<-- token rant). it's not IDENTICAL TO my old old one, but the arrow keys are back where they belong, as are the delete / home / end keys, the backspace key is easily accessible, the Function keys are divided into groups of 4 the way god intended, and the f key seems perfectly responsive (as do all the others, so far).

naturally, it is beige and not very attractive. and, ironically for someone who is tempted by Das Keyboard, this one also has helpfully labelled a few common shortcuts on the front of the keys : a little diamond "♦" on the ctrl key, and then "♦ Couper" on the front of the x key, "♦ Rech" on the front of the f key, "♦ Annuler" on the front of the z key... what do they take me for, some kind of novice ? pfff, please.

so, who wants a (stylie but crappy) keyboard ? while it does technically function (if you hit it hard enough...), it certainly does not provide an optimal typing experience... actually i may not give it away, but instead give myself the satisfaction of taking it outside, flinging it with great force onto the paving stones, and then jumping up and down on it until it is no longer recognizeable as the keyboard it masqueraded as.

badgoodDeb · 06-03-2008, 01:54 PM

Hold it in mid-air there, during your jump -- we want the photographers to get the f-stop and other such settings just right. Smile - you're on candid camera!

yvanleterrible · 06-03-2008, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RWood

I resemble that remark.

I knew it. That previous post was a lure to attract lightning from the girls around here.

After all they're the ones who started those sexist chocolate remarks.

vivaldirules · 06-03-2008, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

I knew it. That previous post was a lure to attract lightning from the girls around here.

After all they're the ones who started those sexist chocolate remarks.

Yeah. You got, Yvan. It was those girls that started it with the fancy dark chocolate this and the incredible dark chocolate that. My wife goes nuts over a catalog where half a gram of some insane concoction of chocolate costs a couple or three bars of platinum. I mean, what's wrong with just a million Hersey's milk chocolate Kisses? I don't get women and chocolate.

pshrynk · 06-03-2008, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

I don't get women and chocolate.

Well, maybe if you did something about that doggie breath...

RWood · 06-03-2008, 06:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

I knew it. That previous post was a lure to attract lightning from the girls around here.

After all they're the ones who started those sexist chocolate remarks.

We'll always have our power tools ....

Patricia · 06-03-2008, 08:39 PM

That's what you think. I wouldn't dream of letting my partner anywhere near one of my three electric drills. (One for general perforation; one for fine work and crafts; and one used mostly as a screwdriver.). He'd only hurt himself.

zelda_pinwheel · 06-03-2008, 08:43 PM

yeah, i won't lend out my scie sauteuse ("jumping saw ??" i don't know the name in english) either. although my favorite tool is the drill / screwdriver.

scie sauteuse :

(you rock, Patricia.)

montsnmags · 06-03-2008, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Yeah. You got, Yvan. It was those girls that started it with the fancy dark chocolate this and the incredible dark chocolate that.....

Not last night but the night before I had a bar of Lindt Dark Chocolate with mint (I was going to have the Chilli one, but changed my mind at the last). Yesterday I had migraine.

For some reason in the last couple of years, chocolate has become, as it hadn't been previously, a migraine-trigger. I probably should have had the one with chilli (chilli sometimes gives relief from migraine).

~sigh~ I think I'd kill myself if icecream became a trigger.

Cheers,
Marc

Patricia · 06-03-2008, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

yeah, i won't lend out my scie sauteuse ("jumping saw ??" i don't know the name in english) either. although my favorite tool is the drill / screwdriver.

scie sauteuse :

(you rock, Patricia.)

It's a jig saw in English, Zelda.

montsnmags · 06-03-2008, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

yeah, i won't lend out my scie sauteuse ("jumping saw ??" i don't know the name in english) either....

That would be a "jigsaw", yes?

(EDIT: Ohh, Patricia-Marc thought-match. I think that means we're married now, Patricia)

Cheers,
Marc (who likes large, unpowered tools best...like scythes)

zelda_pinwheel · 06-03-2008, 08:50 PM

ah, "jigsaw", thanks.

(pfff, scythes... of course...)

06-02-2008, 07:28 PM	#256
Darqref space cadet Posts: 334 Karma: 2999999 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Seattle area Device: Rocket PRO, gen3, Pocketbook360	Shipping Gen3 back for repair Todays rant brought to you by the good folks at homeland security, with extraordinary help from Sony. My Gen3 appears to have a broken backplane. curses. I got an RMA from Bookeen. more curses, but I don't think I'll get a better deal. Wish NAEB had an extended/accidental damage warrantee I could have purchased, but I've had a Rocket for more than 10 years with no damage problems. Then I packaged up my gen3 and took it to the Post Office this morning. UPS wants more than $100 to ship, USPS says an appropriate service will cost about $40. But THEN the clerk asked about batteries. As if I memorize what kind of battery the device has in it, but the mere mention of "some kind of Lithium rechargeable" draws an instant requirement to separate the battery. semi quote: "we don't ship ANY lithium batteries outside the US." Courtesy of laptop batteries that explode. If they're that worried, why do they let any of them on an airplane? So now I've come home, torn the package back apart to get at the cybook, and extracted the battery. hmm, says Lithium Polymer on the gen3 case, but the battery itself doesn't have either a manufacturer identified, or enough label to figure out what kind of battery it is without a database. Grumble. How come I get the post office clerks that have just been through a hazmat review? Nobody else on MobileRead has mentioned needing to take the battery out to ship an eInk device anywhere.

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06-03-2008, 01:49 PM	#259
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	testing, testing, 1 2 3... Frank, portez au juge ce vieux whisky, là au bout du couloir. a quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. fifty fife fousand four hunfred and forty four. frenology. fur. fiesta. fantom. flibbertigibbet. swiffer. affirmative. frills. fibbon. fquirrel. fa fa fa fa fa... that's right, i caved, and bought a NEW new keyboard. (naturally, the jackass in the shop wouldn't let me return the old new keyboard : "well... you already took it out of the box... but here, i'll give you a discount on this one : 10 euros instead of 15." jackass.) (<-- token rant). it's not IDENTICAL TO my old old one, but the arrow keys are back where they belong, as are the delete / home / end keys, the backspace key is easily accessible, the Function keys are divided into groups of 4 the way god intended, and the f key seems perfectly responsive (as do all the others, so far). naturally, it is beige and not very attractive. and, ironically for someone who is tempted by Das Keyboard, this one also has helpfully labelled a few common shortcuts on the front of the keys : a little diamond "♦" on the ctrl key, and then "♦ Couper" on the front of the x key, "♦ Rech" on the front of the f key, "♦ Annuler" on the front of the z key... what do they take me for, some kind of novice ? pfff, please. so, who wants a (stylie but crappy) keyboard ? while it does technically function (if you hit it hard enough...), it certainly does not provide an optimal typing experience... actually i may not give it away, but instead give myself the satisfaction of taking it outside, flinging it with great force onto the paving stones, and then jumping up and down on it until it is no longer recognizeable as the keyboard it masqueraded as.

06-03-2008, 01:54 PM	#260
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,551 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Hold it in mid-air there, during your jump -- we want the photographers to get the f-stop and other such settings just right. Smile - you're on candid camera!

06-03-2008, 08:39 PM	#265
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	That's what you think. I wouldn't dream of letting my partner anywhere near one of my three electric drills. (One for general perforation; one for fine work and crafts; and one used mostly as a screwdriver.). He'd only hurt himself.

06-03-2008, 08:43 PM	#266
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	yeah, i won't lend out my scie sauteuse ("jumping saw ??" i don't know the name in english) either. although my favorite tool is the drill / screwdriver. scie sauteuse : (you rock, Patricia.)

06-03-2008, 08:50 PM	#270
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	ah, "jigsaw", thanks. (pfff, scythes... of course...)

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