Samsung Mocks Consumers with Awful Product
(Photo: Samsung reps demonstrate dialing the new SCH-S310.)
As Thomas Edison so cleverly put it, "The purpose, nay, the responsibility of technology is to confine a brilliant idea within a shitty cell phone that is nightmarishly difficult to use."
Samsung revolted loyal supporters this week by announcing a new paradigm for telephone dialing. Say goodbye to bothersome buttons you actually have to press . Wave adios to user-friendly voice dialing! Samsung now enriches your dialing experience by forcing you to wave your cell about you wildly in a vain attempt to air-draw the numbers you are trying to dial. Zorro would be so proud.
Shaku Jow, the spokeperson for Samsung, was unable to comment on this breakthrough as he is being detained by Japanese police after reportedly breaking an elderly bystander's nose while attempting to call information. Samsung's lawyers argue, "That guy was so old, in a few hours his nose probably would have broken by itself."
I swear this is a real product. Look.
posted by EngineerDan at 10:23 AM
69 Comments:
In no way is this related to what you have written, but it must be said: that scene is one of my favorites from that movie. Way to go on including fun pictures in your site.
Oh C'mon! In NO way related? I think what you mean to say is "In no REASONABLE way related". Sheesh.
I stand behind my journalistic liscence to invent stupid shit if it makes the story more entertaining. This site may be loaded with lies, but they're ENTERTAINING lies. And in the end, isn't that the real truth?
The answer is no.
Nope, I pretty much meant in no way related.
Better luck next time.
This is the perfect product for my roomate. He had a palm...just because everyone did in 1999-2000...he really only used it for games. He got an iPaq when I really wanted/needed one...he uses it for games, but it really just sits on his desk and looks pretty. He had a cell phone that I wanted, but I opeted not to get...his mom got him a new one with Win Mobile 2003 on it.
Now why a guy that never uses his phone nor PDA for business would need 2 PDAs, 2 cell phones and a new combo PDA-Cell phone is beyond me.
I am a techno-weenie, but he buys the shit that I want...and doesn't use it. Talk about annoying!
I have a $5 bet that he buys it.
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Thérèse,
Leave it to someone in the environmental field to lack the ability to form associations.
Lets assume: A->"My article", B->"The link", C-> "A phone you wave around in the air to dial."
Given:
My article is about a phone you wave around in the air to dial. The link was about a phone you wave around in the air to dial.
A->C & B->C
Therefore: A->B
In environmental words, my article is related to my link.
But Thérèse, the real question here is not whether my article is related to my link. The real question is, "Why is EngineerDan such a moron/loser/stud that he *enjoys* writing foolish/stupid/hilarious articles with not-reasonably-related links, and then arguing with people/others/dweebs about how they're actually related when he knows they aren't."
I actually appreciate your input.
Please allow me to explain perhaps more clearly. Leave it to a controls engineer to complicate something simple.
First, let's read the problem statement (i.e. my comment) once more, to refresh:
"In no way is this related to what you have written, but it must be said: that scene is one of my favorites from that movie. Way to go on including fun pictures in your site."
And now we break down the meaning of the problem.
"In no way is this related to what you have written [...]"
If we ignore the rest of the sentence, this could be taken as referring to the picture you posted. However, since there is more to the sentence, we shall continue reading it.
"[...], but it must be said [...]"
Since there is a comma this is completely irrelevant to the meaning of the sentence and was simply put for style, we can leave it out. Now, it reads:
"In no way is this related to what you have written: [...]"
The punctuation suggests that the meaning is that in no way is what follows the colon (that would be this symbol ":") related to what was previously posted.
Or, if you will allow me to repeat with explaining brakets to clarify what was implied,
"In no way is this [sentence that I am about to write after the colon] related to what you have written, but it must be said: that scene is one of my favorites from that movie. Way to go on including fun pictures in your site."
I have to tell you, I laughed out loud reading your witty comeback. Too bad I win. ;)
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I forgot to put something in quotations.
Dan, before you misunderstand again, please allow me to revise my latest comment. (This is what I get when I don't get someone to check my work. Sigh.)
[...]
And now we break down the meaning of the problem.
"In no way is this related to what you have written [...]"
If we ignore the rest of the sentence, "this" could be taken as referring to the picture you posted.
[...]You should know, I'm still laughing.
OOOoooo an Engineer Bunrfest! :)
(We have just lost cabin pressure.)
Thérèse, let me be the first to congratulate you on doing something no other human being has ever done: Successfully convince EngineerDan that he is wrong. Whether I've actually been wrong before is irrelevant. This is the first time I've been convinced of such. I mean, sure, you expect to use an ambiguous term like "this" and make me waste my time in studious exegesis on your comment..but my superhuman intellect should be able to compensate for your lack of precision.
She blinded me with grammar...
However, I fing grave and accute accents in your name so pretentious that I must confiscate them.
Énginèèr Dan
There exist very few pleasures that bring more happiness than proving an engineer wrong.
;)
What a good sport. He's been told by a) a younger engineer b) a woman and he c) has kept his sense of humour.
Will wonders never cease.
Who's this "younger engineer"? If you meant babblingdweeb, he's actually older than I. If you meant yourself, I don't think anyone could consider someone in the Environmental field to be a true engineer without laughing up both lungs first.
What are these "Will wonders" of which you speak, and what prohibits them from ceasing? If the statement was a question with a question mark, I would be able to perform my degraved, deacuted Therese-commentary-exegesis more accurately.
I enjoy your rants, Therese. I don't even mind proofreading them for you.
Off Topic: A guy at majorgrooves.blogspot.com keeps a thrilling resume of his nightly dinner plans. Won't you join me in praising his compelling work? Check out my comments to his blog articles "Leftovers" and "Lies" in that order. The chap seems to have an excellent sense of humor.
Énginèèr Dan
Hey now...keep me out of this one! Besides I quit the engineering field before I took any engineering courses. I wanted to stay out of the spotlight (a.k.a. the blunt of too many jokes).
I did mean myself. And surprisingly, I have both lungs intact. I didn't realize you were a biologist as well as an engineer.
[Sigh.] Very well. "Chemical engineer" if you want to get more specific. Most people don't know what that means and it makes my life easier to just say "research engineer" or "environmental engineer." I didn't dream an engineer would give me a hard time about that.
Dan, cher, if you want accents in your name, I suggest you stick to the French translation: "ingénieur." You can't keep my accents.
Ils m'appartiennent et je ne te les ai pas offerts. ;)
Thérèse
You find "Environmental Engineer" easier to explain to people than "Chemical Engineer"? People are so dumb. My condolences, mein freund, for having to euphemize your title.
Instead of telling people I'm a Controls Engineer, I always say,"Imagine the Terminator robot...now imagine his retarded neandertal ancestor. If he didn't look like a robot, and he put ketchup in bottles really fast, I might have designed him."
Ich nehme, was ich will.
Fick das Französisch.
Énginèèr Dan
Yes, "environmental engineer" goes down easier than "chemical." You know that glazed disinterested look people give you once you admit that your line of work is engineering? It lasts a little less long when you say something like environmental in your title. People know what the word "environment" means, so they imagine something and that is usually enough to categorize someone.
I forgive you. Barely.
If you want to get ridiculously picky, call me a project engineer. Six of one, half a dozen of the other.
So, EngineerDan, are you going to post something new up that can be picked apart, or shall we continue this commenting that has gone so very far away from the original topic?
Et s'il-vous-plaît, n'insultez plus ma langue maternelle. Je n'aime pas ça.
Das tut mir Leid. Entspannen Sie.
Well I'm just saying. Just saying, so I can have the last word on this one. Heh.
You may have the last word.
α↔(⌐α)
Thank you.
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You're welcome.
Oh, how lovely of you to be so polite and let me have the last word.
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Anything for a viewer, please don't mention it.
Of course not. I wouldn't dream of mentioning it.
That's a relief.
I'll bet.
You'd win that bet.
You're right, EngineerDan. Actually, I already won that bet.
Your intuition, then, is laudable.
Why, thank you. How astute of you to mention it.
Astute is my middle name. I always hated my parents for that.
(Sigh) I wonder how many comments a post will hold...
I've seen things go higher than 50. Just saying.
Truce.
Accepted.
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Ahem, Accepted.
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I removed my comment because you totally deserve the last word for that crack.
Do I? Thank you! Than let it be "this".
Okay. :D
Dan picks the last word.
And he chooses...
"This."
Speaking of "this", check out "this".
http://christiemae.blogspot.com/2005/01/cyberstalkers-unite.html
I am assuming you are familiar with the ER: Engineering Room episode (I say that more for future readers' sake than yours)
While I was honored that I (once) was on the list, I couldn't help but take the jab located in my reply post.
Oh, I give up.
Please post a comment following this one if you are a moron.
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