Johnny Hammersticks Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 4 minutes ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL that if you are sentenced to death in Japan, once your final appeal is exhausted you execution date is kept secret until the morning it happens. Wow. That’s some cold schnitt right there! Damn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 13 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said: Wow. That’s some cold schnitt right there! Damn... I’d eat a GIANT breakfast every day....more to clean up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Popinski Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 29 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said: Wow. That’s some cold schnitt right there! Damn... Yeah, treat every day like it's your last I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 1 minute ago, Soda Popinski said: Yeah, treat every day like it's your last I guess. Yeah, live it up in that 4x6 jail cell. I would do horrible, horrible things to make them move me up on the “kill list.” lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 44 minutes ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL that if you are sentenced to death in Japan, once your final appeal is exhausted you execution date is kept secret until the morning it happens. Sounds like Princess Bride with Dread Pirate Roberts. Dread Pirate Roberts: "Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning." 10 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said: Yeah, live it up in that 4x6 jail cell. I would do horrible, horrible things to make them move me up on the “kill list.” lol So sort of like you do now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 7 minutes ago, Limeaid said: So sort of like you do now? I’ll cut you. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 3 hours ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL that if you are sentenced to death in Japan, once your final appeal is exhausted you execution date is kept secret until the morning it happens. I fully expect that, when I die, I won't know until the moment it happens. So I'm not quite sympathetic to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 1 hour ago, DC Tom said: I fully expect that, when I die, I won't know until the moment it happens. So I'm not quite sympathetic to them. Seriously. I wish I could be told the morning of. I'd have a "to do," list at the ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steptide Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Today I learned that back lights on led TVs should not be set above 75%. Setting them above that can burn out the led lenses and be costly to repair. I also learned that most TV manufacturers allow the back light to be set brighter than theyre supposed to be set. Probably so you have to replace your tv more frequently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 2 hours ago, DC Tom said: I fully expect that, when I die, I won't know until the moment it happens. So I'm not quite sympathetic to them. You disappoint me Tom. I would have thought you had already calculated the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 38 minutes ago, Steptide said: Today I learned that back lights on led TVs should not be set above 75%. Setting them above that can burn out the led lenses and be costly to repair. I also learned that most TV manufacturers allow the back light to be set brighter than theyre supposed to be set. Probably so you have to replace your tv more frequently uh oh, not that expensive I hope my Samsung is still chugging along just fine 9 years on, i really like it, i could replace it with 10 times the product for half of what i bought it for, but i can wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steptide Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 1 hour ago, row_33 said: uh oh, not that expensive I hope my Samsung is still chugging along just fine 9 years on, i really like it, i could replace it with 10 times the product for half of what i bought it for, but i can wait Back in November I had one of the lenses fall off/burn out and it cost me $250 to repair. Not cheap, but cheaper than buying a new TV. About 2 weeks ago, I had 2 more burn out and have no sound out of the TV speakers. It's in the shop again (this time under an extended warranty I purchased after the last breakdown) so fortunately I don't have to pay this time. The guy who's fixing it told me about the back light thing. He said they see this issue constantly because people turn the back light all the way up because the picture looks best that way, but unfortunately crap these tvs out alot faster. He did say that adjusting the brightness won't effect anything, just the back light Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 4 hours ago, Gugny said: Seriously. I wish I could be told the morning of. I'd have a "to do," list at the ready. “to do” or “who to do” list? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 15 minutes ago, Just Jack said: “to do” or “who to do” list? Do them all ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 17 hours ago, Steptide said: Back in November I had one of the lenses fall off/burn out and it cost me $250 to repair. Not cheap, but cheaper than buying a new TV. About 2 weeks ago, I had 2 more burn out and have no sound out of the TV speakers. It's in the shop again (this time under an extended warranty I purchased after the last breakdown) so fortunately I don't have to pay this time. The guy who's fixing it told me about the back light thing. He said they see this issue constantly because people turn the back light all the way up because the picture looks best that way, but unfortunately crap these tvs out alot faster. He did say that adjusting the brightness won't effect anything, just the back light Maybe people do it because they have an extended warranty and do not care. I had one of those on my car for which 90% of premiums were repaid if there were no claims. In year 6 of 7 company went out of business ("bankruptcy") and company was purchased. Further research determined they were same owners on another holding company. They actually tried to sell me another extended warranty; I told them I do not purchase warranties on cars from companies younger than my car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keukasmallies Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 How does one adjust the back light on a TV, particularly a Samsung smart tv....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Today I learned: There is one Blockbuster Video store left in the United States https://qz.com/1328012/the-last-blockbuster-video-standing-is-in-bend-oregon/amp/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cripple Creek Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 On 7/13/2018 at 11:27 AM, Johnny Hammersticks said: Yeah, live it up in that 4x6 jail cell. I would do horrible, horrible things to make them move me up on the “kill list.” lol I think they have 6 months to carry out the sentence. I'm not sure what would be worse. Knowing the day or knowing it could be any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 On 7/13/2018 at 6:26 PM, Steptide said: Back in November I had one of the lenses fall off/burn out and it cost me $250 to repair. Not cheap, but cheaper than buying a new TV. About 2 weeks ago, I had 2 more burn out and have no sound out of the TV speakers. It's in the shop again (this time under an extended warranty I purchased after the last breakdown) so fortunately I don't have to pay this time. The guy who's fixing it told me about the back light thing. He said they see this issue constantly because people turn the back light all the way up because the picture looks best that way, but unfortunately crap these tvs out alot faster. He did say that adjusting the brightness won't effect anything, just the back light Ouch, $250 would be too much for repair, a good chunk of what I’ll pay for the next TV, it’s not that big a thing for me, an online bargain at a big box store will be next, as this one was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 5 hours ago, Cripple Creek said: I think they have 6 months to carry out the sentence. I'm not sure what would be worse. Knowing the day or knowing it could be any day. I don’t know the answer, but we are all in the second category already. We just don’t sense that as keenly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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