On 12/13/2011 12:08, Warp wrote:
> ... then we would have long ago gone extint as a species, because even
> the simplest of tasks are exceedingly difficult to perform properly.

One thing to know about infomercials in the USA is that you can buy an 
hour-long infomercial slot (usually like 2AM, or on a cable channel that 
runs nothing but commercials) for about the same price as a 30-second ad on 
a normal TV show.

(Indeed, I worked briefly for a company called IZ.COM that bought hour-long 
slots, produced a TV show, sold 3 minutes worth of commercials during the TV 
show, and came out ahead.)

So the fact that you're seeing the inventor doing the acting as well is not 
surprising.

That said, yeah, it's really rather over-the-top sometimes. :-)

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   People tell me I am the counter-example.

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