I got a new DVD player for Christmas. When I tried to hook it up I coudln't figure it out so I thought I'd actually use the instruction manual. As it turns out the manual was written in a foreign country by people who don't understand english at all, was translated from Japanese, into Spanish, into Greek, into French and finally into English. Not only that but it was translated by people who would want to slant the translation for their own personal goals. So anyways, once I start reading it I was hoping to just read where which wire went where but instead I at first had to read the instructions for the older machine which isn't really relevant anymore because of the CHRomium ISolation Technology that was recently developed. On top of all of it, I just wanted to know where to stick which wire which should be simple enough. No, instead I get a book that will only speak in symbolism and give me vague promises of what the next generation of DVD players will be like. Also, there were parts that were totally contradictory and others that were just plain wrong.
Is it just me or does anyone else think that if that were true you'd demand that the store you got this from give you a refund so you could get a new DVD player? Somehow though, people will put up with all of that hassle to believe in the bible. Yet another reason why I don't believe in it myself.......
Just for the record, anyone who knows me can tell you that little story isn't about me. I'm a total technology geek. I've had a DVD player for years. Not only that but I've also got complete surround sound and have my house set up so that I can pop a DVD in the player in the living room and watch it on any TV in the house. I can also watch a VHS movie, listen to a CD, cassette tape, LP, through any TV in my house. BTW, any TV in my house can be used to see what is currently on my computer monitor. The coolest thing though is how I can control all the lighting here from my computer and/or my remote control. All of it, in the typical male fashion, while never reading the manuals!
I don't need to fight
To prove I'm right
I don't need to be forgiven.