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Internet Binary Heroes: Black Friday
Rob Mach (Blog) - November 21, 2007 11:13 AM
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Welcome mat
By wordsworm on 11/21/2007 11:29:23 AM , Rating: 3
Aren't welcome mats usually placed on the outside of a house rather than the inside? :)




RE: Welcome mat
By James Holden on 11/21/2007 11:31:12 AM , Rating: 3
Aren't nagging wives usually less attractive than that?~!!


RE: Welcome mat
By Polynikes on 11/21/2007 11:56:30 AM , Rating: 5
Actually, nagging wives are often quite attractive, because attractive women are generally more demanding and selfish.

I hate women.

/sarcasm


RE: Welcome mat
By therealnickdanger on 11/21/2007 12:01:14 PM , Rating: 4
LMAO! So true. My ex-wife was super hot. XD


RE: Welcome mat
By spluurfg on 11/21/2007 1:05:08 PM , Rating: 4
Nope... hotter wives/gf's are bigger naggers, because the hotter they are the more nagging they can get away with.

Also, I used to put a welcome mat on the inside... If you live in an apartment building or in the city, say, where you don't really have an outside doorstep?


RE: Welcome mat
By Screwballl on 11/21/2007 1:27:41 PM , Rating: 2
agreed... I don't let my average looking wife get away with anything more than "minor nagging" yet hot girlfriends of the past were allowed more of a nagging allowance.
H=(N^2/x)
x = how good they are in the sack

/end sarcasm/


RE: Welcome mat
By KristopherKubicki (blog) on 11/21/2007 1:29:23 PM , Rating: 5
You'd want to inverse the 2/x. Trust me :)


RE: Welcome mat
By thestereotype on 11/21/2007 1:53:49 PM , Rating: 5
State-funded math degree


RE: Welcome mat
By protosv on 11/21/2007 6:52:51 PM , Rating: 2
Let the lashings commence!


RE: Welcome mat
By KristopherKubicki (blog) on 11/21/2007 1:27:44 PM , Rating: 2
Or if you're like me and don't want your neighbors to steal it!

Rob's been to my apartment a few times, either he's subtly poking fun at me or my pragmatic welcome mat skills are showing their lunacy.


RE: Welcome mat
By Martimus on 11/21/2007 1:42:58 PM , Rating: 3
Not in my experience. The nagging makes them seem less attractive, but in my experience the less attractive women go out of their way to make you happy - because they are afraid to lose you.


RE: Welcome mat
By Polynikes on 11/22/2007 1:09:11 PM , Rating: 2
That's true.

Unless you're a scumbag. ;)


RE: Welcome mat
By Aikouka on 11/21/2007 11:33:37 AM , Rating: 2
Looks kind of like an apartment type of setup because the key hole is also on the outside. The sign above the door could suggest it being outside as well. Note though, that my use of outside refers to a common corridor that allows entry to apartments.


RE: Welcome mat
By enlil242 on 11/21/2007 11:40:03 AM , Rating: 2
However, the mat is turned in a way to suggest that people coming through the door would read it... AND why would the wife be outside in slippers? Sorry, been watching way to much Columbo lately... :^)


RE: Welcome mat
By Aarnando on 11/21/2007 11:44:47 AM , Rating: 6
Their shadows are falling on the door in a northeast direction. This means the source of light was coming from a southwesterly point. From this conclusion, if we extrapolate further upon the known placement angle of the 'Welcome' mat, we can determine that the joke is lost on those who nitpick small details.


RE: Welcome mat
By R Nilla on 11/21/2007 12:06:14 PM , Rating: 2
Yes! Why is it that the comments for Rob's brilliant illustrations are always filled with nitpicking and serious discussions? Enjoy the joke!

Nicely done, Rob--and in color no less!


RE: Welcome mat
By feraltoad on 11/21/2007 5:52:44 PM , Rating: 4
quote:
are always filled with nitpicking and serious discussions?


You must be new here. Welcome to Dailytech.


RE: Welcome mat
By wordsworm on 11/22/2007 10:01:22 PM , Rating: 1
quote:
You must be new here. Welcome to Dailytech.

You deserve a 6 for that...


RE: Welcome mat
By cleco on 11/21/2007 11:52:13 AM , Rating: 3
if you look at the walls it has decorations, totally showing that it is inside should of been first hint :)


RE: Welcome mat
By 16nm on 11/21/2007 1:01:54 PM , Rating: 2
We, as most people I find, have two mats. One rough one outside, softer one inside.


RE: Welcome mat
By Oregonian2 on 11/21/2007 6:00:57 PM , Rating: 2
We do too, but the inside one doesn't say "welcome". That's normally the outdoor one's job.


He's got the wrong gear
By NicePants42 on 11/21/2007 11:58:41 AM , Rating: 6
He should be wearing a flack jacket and riot helmet, and carrying at least 3 of the following items in addition to a tent:
-baton
-large can of mace
-knuckle spikes
-battering ram
-20ft of barbed wire
-bowie knife
-some MREs
-flashbangs
-broadsword
-tazer
-first aid kit
-vest stuffed with fake plastic explosives and timer
-smoke granades
-elephant rifle




RE: He's got the wrong gear
By Serlant on 11/21/2007 12:02:26 PM , Rating: 2
You forgot the Cattle Prod.


RE: He's got the wrong gear
By FITCamaro on 11/21/2007 1:07:01 PM , Rating: 4
DON'T TAZE ME BRO!!! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!


RE: He's got the wrong gear
By bighairycamel on 11/21/2007 12:05:49 PM , Rating: 2
Would piano wire be acceptable?


By KristopherKubicki (blog) on 11/21/2007 1:30:28 PM , Rating: 2
If you're Gordon Liddy, then yes

(Sorry Gordon, I know you read the site -- I'm just kidding!)


RE: He's got the wrong gear
By Possessed Freak on 11/21/2007 12:17:23 PM , Rating: 5
Alternately, you could replace that gear with:

-Chuck Norris


RE: He's got the wrong gear
By bunnyfubbles on 11/21/2007 4:07:30 PM , Rating: 3
If you had Chuck Norris you wouldn't need to bother with Black Friday to get good deals.


RE: He's got the wrong gear
By timmiser on 11/23/2007 5:06:56 PM , Rating: 2
I'm going to ignore the double meaning in that post.


RE: He's got the wrong gear
By bespoke on 11/21/2007 12:45:43 PM , Rating: 2
I think pants is onto something here - the best loadout would be something like a close combat loadout from Rainbow Six: Vegas:

Riot Shield
Flashbangs
Night Vision Goggles
Zip-tie Handcuffs
Level 2 Body Armor


Owned
By Master Kenobi (blog) on 11/21/2007 11:16:10 AM , Rating: 2
LOL Yea, thats true. Some people do take it this seriously.




RE: Owned
By ksherman on 11/21/2007 11:25:10 AM , Rating: 2
I've seen couches and tents and these things before :)


RE: Owned
By MatthewAC on 11/21/2007 11:35:27 AM , Rating: 2
Was that a insult? XD


RE: Owned
By Screwballl on 11/21/2007 11:40:36 AM , Rating: 2
I see this all the time locally... it is amazing seeing the number of senior citizens camped out in front of Walmart at 8PM the previous day just to get some of the deals... alot of the ads I have seen is mostly junk or old technology so I will not be doing any Black Friday shopping myself, I think the wife has a few hours worth of stops (compared to previous years where it was all day).


RE: Owned
By Screwballl on 11/21/2007 12:00:46 PM , Rating: 5
another point I forgot to make... the wife says "we saved all this money" and I say "No you SPENT all this money"


RE: Owned
By mal1 on 11/21/2007 3:00:27 PM , Rating: 3
Isn't it amazing how much money women can "save" when there's a sale?


RE: Owned
By mdogs444 on 11/21/2007 11:42:17 AM , Rating: 2
Yeah they do. SOme people are crazy about this stuff. They camp out for 6-12-18 hours before the store even opens. And for what? to save $50, $100, $200?

I dont have the free time, or the will to do that. Let alone, the fact of standing in a line for 12 hours to spend my money. No thanks!

But for some its a yearly ritual, more power to them!


RE: Owned
By mmntech on 11/21/2007 12:12:02 PM , Rating: 2
I'm sort of glad we don't have Black Friday here in Canada. Here's a tip, buy the item at full price a couple days before, then return it when it goes on sale and they'll usually discount you. Best Buy allows you to do this within two weeks of sale. I got $100 off my PS3 that way. No lines.

BTW, saving $50, $100, or $200 is a pretty big deal. I don't know what this guy does for a living.


RE: Owned
By aos007 on 11/21/2007 12:38:45 PM , Rating: 2
We do have our version of Black Friday, it's called Boxing Day - on Dec 26. In fact last year some retailers were running those sales online early, on Christmas day itself! And the sales did not suck last year for the first time in a long while (e.g. $100 for Harmony 880, or a PS3 when there was none to be found).

Unfortunately, your tip does not work for one-day doorcrasher limited quantity special sales like these (besides, everyone would do what you suggested if it was true). In normal cases, you can always come back within 30 (or 15 days depending on item) and get the price difference refunded, like you did with PS3. During holiday season, this period is even extended all the way to first week of January in some stores so you could shop in November and get your refund after Christmas if the price is lower. However, the low price must be in effect when you're doing the so-called "price protection". So, you while you could get the price refund if you lined up on Boxing Day / Black Friday, that would defeat the purpose of what you're trying to do in the first place. Plus, majority of stores do not open the customer service department on these days anyway.


Speaking of black friday, found this deal...
By Locutus465 on 11/21/2007 11:36:28 AM , Rating: 2
Toshiba HD-A3 HD-DVD Player with 7 HD-DVD Movies $199.99

At best buy, not bad!




RE: Speaking of black friday, found this deal...
By omnicronx on 11/21/2007 11:59:58 AM , Rating: 3
I hope you got paid for that..


By KristopherKubicki (blog) on 11/21/2007 12:01:07 PM , Rating: 2
Hmm, that really is a nice deal though


RE: Speaking of black friday, found this deal...
By tallcool1 on 11/21/2007 12:30:23 PM , Rating: 2
Choices for the reasoning of the blind HDDVD promo spam:

a.) Is getting paid for it (as previously mentioned).
b.) Is an editor of DailyTech. ;-)
c.) HDDVD Fanboy.
d.) All of the above.

Cast your vote now! LOL


By aos007 on 11/21/2007 12:40:09 PM , Rating: 2
I would vote you up if I could...


RE: Speaking of black friday, found this deal...
By FITCamaro on 11/21/2007 1:08:32 PM , Rating: 4
e) thinks its a good deal as the title states

Nah that couldn't be it.


By Xietsu on 11/22/2007 11:05:59 AM , Rating: 2
by FITCamaro on November 21, 2007 at 1:08 PM

e) thinks its a good deal as the title states

Nah that couldn't be it.

Kristopher Kubicki's comment has no original title, it is merely in conventional responding format.


LOL
By Brandon Hill (blog) on 11/21/2007 11:23:40 AM , Rating: 5
AWESOME! :)




Got back from BF today...
By timmiser on 11/23/2007 5:21:40 PM , Rating: 2
Picked up a Quad core Q6600 cpu with motherboard for $198 at Fry's. Here is my story of Black Friday 2007:

My main goal was to get one of those quad core processors. When I got there at 4:30am with about 1000 people in line in front of me and freezing my butt and ears off, the mind plays tricks on you and you start thinking that at least half of those 1000 want the quad core too. I mean, who doesn’t?? So why freeze any longer... just go home. Well, all you have to do is turn around and look behind you and see the 2000 people in line behind and then start feeling better about the hopeless situation. Then I’m thinking, why are there so many people here. Fry’s only had 1 ad in the paper and it was on the back of a news section…they didn’t even have their own circular! But after listening to the people in line around me, it was obvious that since this next closest Fry’s is in San Francisco, this is the one store in all of Washington State. Then you start thinking about the Best Buy and Circuit City circulars where they say on their door buster items something like “Min 5 items in stock per store… No rainchecks” OK, if they only have 5 or 10 of the quad cores, I’m really screwed… AND I’m Freakin Freezing! I hear from another person that the line started at 7pm last night. The people in line around the first corner of the store have been here since midnight. I had to park about a half mile away and walk from there. At 5am the store opens but it would still take 10 minutes for the line to even start moving where I’m at and then another 20 minutes to get into the already packed store. Once in, I slowly work my way through mass people to the computer department. For high value things like processors, you have to have a salesman fill out a ticket for you. Guess what, there is a line for that. It goes down the length of an entire isle. Another line to stand in. Finally they get to me and I order my processor. First good news is they still have them! They take my name and phone number and enter my order into their computer. There is a ticket that will print out so you must wait around the desk for them to call your name out with the ticket. I wait and wait but they don’t call my name. Apparently there was a snafu and they had to reprint my ticket. They finally call my name and give me my ticket. What do you do with a ticket you ask? You take it to the cashier at the front of the store which is where they keep the processors in the security cage. OK, so now off to the cashiers to pay for the item and pickup the processor. Fry’s has 70 cash registers and all 70 are up and running but believe it or not, there is another line. This is a line of epic proportions. If you have ever been inside of a Fry’s, you know it is a huge store and there is a restaurant/cafe in the middle of this one. The line zig zagged back and forth around the front and then it went all the way to the back of the store. After it hit the back of the store it went down to the next isle and came back all the way to the front entrance. From there it took a U-turn and went all the way to the back of the store again. Once back there it turned west and went all the way to the back corner, then it turns down the last aisle and heads back towards the front of the store. It would get even longer later. After an hour it became apparent that there was pretty much nobody actually shopping anymore. The isles where the line wasn’t were all empty. 90% of the people in the store were actually standing in line! I finally end up at Cashier # 54 with my ticket. The nice young man confirms to me it is a crazy day and wondered what time I got here this morning. He takes my ticket and goes to the high value safety cage. Guess what, there is a line of about 10-15 people he has to stand in consisting of other cashiers with tickets in their hands. After another 15 minutes he comes back with the precious quad core processor. There is a rebate he needs so he is off again to another cashier only line of getting the rebate forms. That one only took 5 minutes and after standing in the short line of people at the exit waiting for some dude to draw a pink highlighter line on your receipt, I am finally good to go!

3 ½ hours later, I’m outta there with my quad core in hand and a couple 750GB hard drives and saved about $250 once all my rebates come back!




RE: Got back from BF today...
By rcc on 11/26/2007 2:52:50 PM , Rating: 2
One of the nice things about Fry's vs, the other electronics stores, is that when they have deals like this they typically have quantities in the hundreds, rather than the single digits.


VERY FUNNY!!!
By DeepBlue1975 on 11/21/2007 1:56:59 PM , Rating: 3
And I must admit that the simple fact of the comic being in colours (rather than the usual b/w) below a title saying "BLACK friday" made me LOL quite a bit :D

Am I the only one to find that funny? I hope not, as I already feel to geekly dumb already for laughing so much about that silly detail.




stupid cartoons
By MangoSRT8 on 11/21/07, Rating: 0
RE: stupid cartoons
By OPR8R on 11/21/2007 1:55:44 PM , Rating: 2
Might be less expensive if you pick up a mouse that avoids the links.

I personally find these comics pretty funny...


RE: stupid cartoons
By DeepBlue1975 on 11/21/07, Rating: 0
Ugh
By AntiV6 on 11/21/2007 1:42:53 PM , Rating: 2
I got my first Black Friday ever this year at Circuit City.

Can't wait to get mowed over at the front of the store. :(




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