tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15612134.post2930272686630035458..comments2023-10-26T05:09:47.483-04:00Comments on the current obstacle: Does Your TV Suffer from Constant, Irritating "Judder"?Creaulxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01315861146269528473noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15612134.post-8462558674601554512009-01-24T15:53:00.000-05:002009-01-24T15:53:00.000-05:00Well, since marketing is all about "the next thing...Well, since marketing is all about "the next thing", and once we have all have purchased a big screen or two, the next thing comes out. The Corporations need that next thing to up the technological ante and get us back into the stores, so they can go back into our wallets. Likewise with computer software.<BR/><BR/>Windows Seven is already in the Beta stage, to bump everyone off of XP and Vista at the same time, and give Bill Gates another $8.5 trillion of income. I'm still running one desktop on XP and it's my fave right now. Vista is prettier, but slower. <BR/><BR/>Also, what's left of the north American auto industry is another place to see obsolescence engineering at its finest. Don't like the grille or the styling of that car you've been thinking about? Well, they will change it next year, after you've bought one. And the merry-go-round continues to spin. <BR/><BR/>New products prod people to spend vast fortunes renovating and re-renovating their homes. Especially older or more well-off people who are likely to be empty nesters with the time and the money. Change that formica countertop for granite, then change the granite for quartz! It's better than what you have now! But it's going to cost you.<BR/><BR/>I'll be back out there spending in the economy when I get my personal stimulus package, or my very own lucrative bailout from the government, which is to say, not any time soon. I need wheels. <BR/><BR/>I did buy a new vehicle in October of 2001 to speed the recovery after 9/11, but this time the whole system is wavering like a house of cards on a picnic table on a breezy day. <BR/><BR/>Well back to the XP to save the world. I have a 1980 version of Missile Command which I'm finally getting to be fairly proficient at. I'll try to save our cities, but in the meantime I won't be spending money until I have to. I don't need to pump the desktop full of quarters, either. <BR/><BR/>I do need to wear my glasses to see the type on my 50" screen, so a little judder won't be noticed by these old eyes. Especially when the Leafs are trying to extend their consecutive home game goalless drought. I mean, honestly, must this team sit on the bottom for all time? <BR/><BR/>Er, right...you're not giving that son of yours a Timmies, aw you did. That's just gross.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com