by Karlston at 4:39 pm
Austar is an Australian pay television service. They provide a PVR called the MyStar, which has 2 digital free-to-air tuners and 2 Austar pay televsion tuners, and records programs to hard disk.
But oh boy, is it buggy!!! I’ve had one for the whole year and a half it’s been out, and the thing never ceases [...]
by Karlston at 2:47 pm
60 is three times more than 20 isn’t it?
No! It isn’t! And this is one of the most common abuse of basic Mathematics.
Just because 60 divided by 20 is three, doesn’t make it three times more than 20.
Let’s see why…
Firstly, 60 - 20 = 20, so 60 is 40 more than 20.
Secondly, 40 = two [...]
by Karlston at 12:06 pm
The widespread ignorance of spelling even the simplest words absolutely staggers me.
It seems that if there are two or more words that sound the same, then it’s now mandatory to use the wrong spelling.
OK, let’s try and educate a few people…
“there” - as in “The cats are over there” or “There are some cats drinking [...]
by Karlston at 2:54 pm
Last week I ran out of disposable razors, so picked up a packet of 3-bladed ones.
According to the packet blurb, these were superior because they would shave cleanly whereas the ‘old’ 2-bladed ones would leave stubble behind.
Of course, that was the same marketing used when 2-bladed shavers came out, they would shave cleanly and the [...]
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