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  Re: Closing a DVD drive's tray  
From: Jim Henderson
Date: 28 Nov 2009 13:28:57
Message: <4b116be9$1@news.povray.org>
On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:36:10 +0000, Invisible wrote:

>> You're getting hung up on the details of one device and missing the
>> larger picture that a usable device doesn't cost what you claimed.
> 
> Right. When somebody said "I have an osciliscope" I just assumed they
> meant one of those really expensive once you only ever see on TV and
> forgot that these days you can buy cheaper immitations, so it's not
> quite so surprising.

So you made a bad assumption.  It happens. <shrug>

> (Heck, these days it wouldn't be too surprising if people don't just buy
> some sort of probe, connect it to a PC and display the signal that
> way...)

Some people do...

Jim


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