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Re: <News> - Tron Joystick Handles!
brandon:
--- Quote from: MaximRecoil on November 15, 2007, 09:32:24 pm ---
- When a major, fundamental component of a structure or assembly fails. For example, blow your motor and your car is broken, or more commonly known as "broken down" when referring to cars.
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but see.. a switch IS a fundamental component of a joystick... I mean, if you went to the arcade operator and said "umm.. Ms Pacman man wont go up!" would he say.. "What? there's nothing wrong with that joystick shaft!" I mean.. no ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---.. "consumable" or not its necessary for the device to operate. By your definition an engine in a car could be consumable. It can be replaced, they wear out. Rear ends, axles, wheel bearings.. all consumable and replaceable.
Zakk:
MAxxi's argument will always fail, because EVERYONE knows that if it ain't made in the U.S. of effn A, then it's crap.
Japscrap can't hold a candle to a US made joystick because it's made cheap. They just don't make things of quality. That joystick was forged from the husks of recycled rusty 80's hondas. Cheap and bulk. Plain and simple.
Ask Bruno if he'll trade his Harley for a yamihaw. Or ask Chest Rockwell if he'll trade his Budweiser for a delicious sapporo.
If its not made by angry, overpaid union workers, it's just an illusion. Better than a USA joystick? AS-IF.
So once and for all, we can allll see why Maxi can never, honestly, prove his point. He knows it, just won't admit it.
5...4...3...2...1 :blowup:
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: Zakk on November 16, 2007, 12:18:33 am ---MAxxi's argument will always fail, because EVERYONE knows that if it ain't made in the U.S. of effn A, then it's crap.
Japscrap can't hold a candle to a US made joystick because it's made cheap. They just don't make things of quality. That joystick was forged from the husks of recycled rusty 80's hondas. Cheap and bulk. Plain and simple.
Ask Bruno if he'll trade his Harley for a yamihaw. Or ask Chest Rockwell if he'll trade his Budweiser for a delicious sapporo.
If its not made by angry, overpaid union workers, it's just an illusion. Better than a USA joystick? AS-IF.
So once and for all, we can allll see why Maxi can never, honestly, prove his point. He knows it, just won't admit it.
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Hey! That child-like reasoning has failed you. So as that Chinese made flourescent flickers to life, you'll... errr... how does it go again?
MaximRecoil:
--- Quote from: brandon on November 16, 2007, 12:03:22 am ---
but see.. a switch IS a fundamental component of a joystick... I mean, if you went to the arcade operator and said "umm.. Ms Pacman man wont go up!" would he say.. "What? there's nothing wrong with that joystick shaft!" I mean.. no ---Cleveland steamer---.. "consumable" or not its necessary for the device to operate. By your definition an engine in a car could be consumable. It can be replaced, they wear out. Rear ends, axles, wheel bearings.. all consumable and replaceable.
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Common sense rules the day here; it is how a general consensus is formed regarding language usage.
And like I mentioned earlier, the more someone understands a problem, the less likely someone is to blindly refer to something as "broken" just because it isn't working right. E.g., in your example, while you may think the joystick is "broken" because Pac-Man won't go up, the operator that you tell about it is likely going to think "worn-out microswitch" and replace the sub-dollar consumable part in about a minute's time.
Lots of things don't work when one of their consumable parts fail, e.g., when a light bulb blows. I already know that people don't generally refer to such a condition as a "broken lamp", despite the fact that the lamp doesn't work—but feel free to try and convince me otherwise, lol.
MaximRecoil:
--- Quote from: Zakk on November 16, 2007, 12:18:33 am ---MAxxi's argument will always fail, because EVERYONE knows that if it ain't made in the U.S. of effn A, then it's crap.
Japscrap can't hold a candle to a US made joystick because it's made cheap. They just don't make things of quality. That joystick was forged from the husks of recycled rusty 80's hondas. Cheap and bulk. Plain and simple.
Ask Bruno if he'll trade his Harley for a yamihaw. Or ask Chest Rockwell if he'll trade his Budweiser for a delicious sapporo.
If its not made by angry, overpaid union workers, it's just an illusion. Better than a USA joystick? AS-IF.
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I just thought I'd point out that your editorial piece here has nothing to do with anything of relevance in this argument. I should also point out that you are one of the people who have consistently been confused about what this argument is about in the first place.
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