neorants

So I just saw this article over at Network World about Denon’s $500.00 “Denon Link Cable,” which is just an ethernet cable, and a short one at that. Sent the link over to my buddy, who goes by the nick Brash Brazen. I’ve known this guy nearly all my life, and ever since I made the jump to the Mac back in 2000 or so, he’s given me grief about overpaying for hardware (which, I’ll add, is a myth, unless you build you own box). He is notoriously… frugal… and thinks Macs are a waste of cash. But I’ve discovered he has a skeleton in his closet, and the evidence is here, in all its typo-ridden IM glory.

Me: http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20080618
Me: last 3 cartoons have been about those cables. that’s the first
Me: heh
Him: heh
Him: how true….
Him: I never got hung up on audio cables, gold plated, blah blah
Him: I buy gold-plated just because it is less likely to corrode…unless they charge way more than it is worth
Him: I did buy a pricey HDMI though….wishing I didn’t. cost me $120
Him: I was in one of those modes when I wanted to absolute best
Me: you WHAT?
Him: yeah
Me: ATTENTION:
Me: you can NEVER say anything to me about an apple product again.
Him: hah hah!
Me: You bought $120.00 cables.
Him: I deserve this
Him: cable…no “s”
Me: ah yes
Me: my mistake
Me: cable.
Him: if it were cables it might not be so bad
Me: blahah
Me: dude
Me: i’m sorry
Him: heh heh
Him: it’s all good
Him: I deserve it
Me: it’s a digital signal! what, were you afraid your bits were gonna slow down on those non-premium cables and get artifacted?
Him: I give you no end of grief for your extravagance
Him: heh heh
Me: i have an HDMI cable upstairs in a box. you know how much it cost me? nothing.
Me: I asked for it at work, because they installed a new DVR box.
Me: but turned out when i routed through my receiver it mucked up the signal or something and my TV wouldn’t display it.
Me: prolly copy proteciton or some such
Me: at least, that’s what I thought
Me: but now i know that it probably wasn’t a high-quality cable,
Him: no
Me: dude
Me: i’m glad people went home for the day
Him: some aluminum crap
Me: because i’m over here cracking up
Him: heh heh
Him: BAH!!!1
Me: it’s like the pope getting caught screwing a high-priced hooker or something
Him: I forgot to order that friggin USB soundcard
Him: see…I will skim there
Him: had to keep the USB soundcard under $25
Him: and I did it
Him: this way, it still won’t do what I want….I can be assured of it
Him: but it only cost me $21.95
Me: but on the plus side, you’ll be out 21 bucks
Him: bad PCI slot
Him: nonsense
Him: I have a shiny audigy 2 I could put in there
Me: you coulda bought a good motherboard for the price of that 120.00 cable.
Him: heh heh
Him: that’s an ABIT SLI FATALITY, baby
Him: you know anything recommended by FATALITY…sorry FATAL1TY…..has to be good
Me: it was a fatality all right
Him: that was top of the line in October 2005
Me: ok, i’m burning the 5:12 oil over here to make fun of you.
Me: i need to leave
Him: I remember it likeyesterday: brand new PC to play Quake IV
Me: but i will laugh all the way home, don’t you worry.
Him: did I play it yet????
Him: HAH!!!
Him: HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Him: fresh in box
Him: you enjoy yourself
Me: “DUDE, I HAVE TO SAVE MONEY.”
Me: “Just let me wrap up this bundle of unopened video games with my 120 dollar cable”
Him: heh
Him: this is true
Him: are you familiar with the term EAD?
Him: you know this term, yes?
Me: “YOU AND YOUR WASTEFUL SPENDING. YOU PAID 300 dollars more than you would have for a PC!”
Him: oh my
Him: 5:15 now
Him: I’ve cut 3 minutes off of your punchclock
Me: I COULD HAVE BOUGHT 2.5 cables for that much money!
Me: DO YOU KNOW HOW AWESOME MY SIGNAL WOULD BE WITH 2 1/2 OF THOSE BABIES?!??!?!?
Him: . . . . .
Me: THE SIGNAL WOULD BE SO PURE IT BURNS THROUGH THE WALL AND ANNOYS THE NEIGHBORS