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| Topic: | HDM 1 and other zingers This thread has 64 replies. Displaying posts 1 through 15. |
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| Post 1 made on Sunday October 28, 2018 at 21:46 |
sceneselect Long Time Member |
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What other phrases do you hear and cringe or chuckle?
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| Post 2 made on Sunday October 28, 2018 at 22:07 |
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Had a customer always refer to his horrible Onkyo receiver as an Oinkeyo. Used to crack me up. He wasn't doing it to be amusing, he was just a master at butchering the english language.
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| Post 3 made on Sunday October 28, 2018 at 22:16 |
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ATM "Machine"
PIN "Number"
Malcolm "the Tenth"
WI-Fi pronounced "WEE-FEE"
Probably as "Prolly"
"Two, Too, To" mistakes
"Your, You're" mistakes
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Fins: Still Slamming' His Trunk on pilgrim's Small Weenie - One Trunk at a Time! |
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| Post 4 made on Sunday October 28, 2018 at 22:28 |
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Meme "ME ME" Instead of "MEEM" 
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Avid Stamp Collector - I really love 39 Cent Stamps |
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| Post 5 made on Monday October 29, 2018 at 01:34 |
Ernie Gilman Yes, That Ernie! |
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Bay-lun. Originally (in my life) a transformer meant to adapt a BALanced antenna signal to an UNbalanced antenna cable. Bal. Un. Balun. Not Baylun. And those stupid little things that have a BNC on one end, and two screw terminals on the other end, where there's just a wire connection between the ground of the BNC and one screw, and a wire connection between the hot of the BNC and the other screw... THOSE ARE NOT BALUNS. Those are adaptors. HDMI on one wire. THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE. HDMI IS A SPEC WITH MANY WIRES. If it's on one wire, it can't be HDMI. It can be any brand of HD you want to define, if you can get it to work, but it can't be HDMI unless it has HDMI connectors on both ends, and, what is it, 19 ? wires in the cable. On October 28, 2018 at 22:16, davidcasemore said...
ATM "Machine"
PIN "Number"
Malcolm "the Tenth"
WI-Fi pronounced "WEE-FEE"
Probably as "Prolly"
"Two, Too, To" mistakes
"Your, You're" mistakes There, their, they're mistakes People saying they're going to hone in on a solution, when "honing" means doing fine polishing. One used to say that a barber would hone a straight razor on a strop (not a strap) What they mean is "homing" in on a solution. I mean, can you imagine honing pigeons? Center around. The center is a point with zero dimensions, so it can't be around anything. On October 28, 2018 at 22:07, Hasbeen said...
Had a customer always refer to his horrible Onkyo receiver as an Oinkeyo. Used to crack me up. He wasn't doing it to be amusing, he was just a master at butchering the english language. I believe Oinkyo had a few models where the front was flat when it was powered off. Power it on and a transparent plastic piece that filled in all the spaces between the knobs would retract so that the buttons stuck out. These were called the suck-face models. I'll probably be back with more....
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| Post 6 made on Monday October 29, 2018 at 03:06 |
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HMDI
Something being described as offering 'very unique' technology. It's unique, or it's not.
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This industry is not getting cheaper and cheaper, we're simply convincing ourselves that we have to push the cheapest option to customers.
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| Post 7 made on Monday October 29, 2018 at 06:11 |
crosen Senior Member |
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On October 29, 2018 at 01:34, Ernie Gilman said...
Bay-lun. Originally (in my life) a transformer meant to adapt a BALanced antenna signal to an UNbalanced antenna cable. Bal. Un. Balun. Not Baylun.
Also, "HDMI Balun." These are not "baluns", as they take a balanced signal in and send a balanced signal out. HDMI Extender is an appropriate phrase.
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If it's not simple, it's not sufficiently advanced. |
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| Post 8 made on Monday October 29, 2018 at 09:19 |
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On October 28, 2018 at 22:07, Hasbeen said...
Had a customer always refer to his horrible Onkyo receiver as an Oinkeyo. Used to crack me up. He wasn't doing it to be amusing, he was just a master at butchering the english language. In the late-'70s and into the '80s, dealers who didn't carry Onkyo called them 'Oinker'.
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My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder." |
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| Post 9 made on Monday October 29, 2018 at 09:24 |
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On October 29, 2018 at 01:34, Ernie Gilman said...
Bay-lun. Originally (in my life) a transformer meant to adapt a BALanced antenna signal to an UNbalanced antenna cable. Bal. Un. Balun. Not Baylun. It wasn't only your life. And those stupid little things that have a BNC on one end, and two screw terminals on the other end, where there's just a wire connection between the ground of the BNC and one screw, and a wire connection between the hot of the BNC and the other screw... THOSE ARE NOT BALUNS. Those are adaptors. They can be a balun- if you ooen one, it may have a small ferrite ring with thin wires wrapped around it, just like a splitter or drop tap. HDMI on one wire. THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE. HDMI IS A SPEC WITH MANY WIRES. If it's on one wire, it can't be HDMI. It can be any brand of HD you want to define, if you can get it to work, but it can't be HDMI unless it has HDMI connectors on both ends, and, what is it, 19 ? wires in the cable. They don't know the difference between 'cable' and wire'. I believe Oinkyo had a few models where the front was flat when it was powered off. Power it on and a transparent plastic piece that filled in all the spaces between the knobs would retract so that the buttons stuck out. These were called the suck-face models. That was Luxman.
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| Post 10 made on Monday October 29, 2018 at 09:25 |
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On October 29, 2018 at 03:06, dunnersfella said...
HMDI
Something being described as offering 'very unique' technology. It's unique, or it's not. I define HDMI as 'Horribly Defective Media Interface'.
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My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder." |
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| Post 11 made on Monday October 29, 2018 at 10:00 |
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Control4 is often "Connect 4"
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| Post 12 made on Monday October 29, 2018 at 10:19 |
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On October 29, 2018 at 09:25, highfigh said...
I define HDMI as 'Horribly Defective Media Interface'.. Hope (it) Displays My Image
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There is no truth anymore. Only assertions. The internet world has no interest in truth, only vindication for preconceived assumptions. |
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| Post 13 made on Monday October 29, 2018 at 15:25 |
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“rooter” vs. router
“HDM 1” vs. HDMI 1
“camera” vs. projector
“cord” vs. cable
“Connect4” vs. Control4
“repeater” vs. access point
“key pad” vs. touch panel
What I really can’t stand is “would of”, “could of” & “should of”. It’s would’ve/could’ve/should’ve 😡
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| Post 14 made on Monday October 29, 2018 at 15:29 |
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On October 29, 2018 at 15:25, cshepard said...
What I really can’t stand is “would of”, “could of” & “should of”. It’s would’ve/could’ve/should’ve 😡 Which they apparently don't know are contractions for 'would have, could have, should have'. Woulda, coulda, shoulda.
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My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder." |
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| Post 15 made on Monday October 29, 2018 at 15:33 |
Fred Harding Super Member |
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Ernie, it was Luxman that had the servo faced receivers. 1983 era product.
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