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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 03 2012 @ 11:12 PM EDT |
I always understood "bogometer" to be a trade mark protected brand
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- Bogometer models - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, October 04 2012 @ 12:54 AM EDT
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| Authored by: Ian Al on Thursday, October 04 2012 @ 04:51 AM EDT |
I don't want to appear ageist, but I think PJ owns one of three early models of
Bogometer. The common version has a heavy mechanical pointer in order to operate
with high levels of bogosity. Unfortunately, when overloaded, it usually falls
from its wall-mounting to the accompaniment of the tinkling of the breaking
dial-glass and the ringing sound of the steel case hitting a concrete floor.
However, I think the PJ model may be the version without a metering dial, as
such, but with a warning bell hit by a swinging clapper at high levels of
bogosity. The simple wall-mounting of a small screw fitting a keyhole slot at
the back gives the ultra-high level warning of ringing off the wall and hitting
the concrete floor.
The third possible model is another heavy duty device with a mechanical meter
and a heavy, spring-steel pointer. This did not so much ring as go boing when it
hit the end stops. I don't think this is the one because it was far less prone
to ringing off the wall.
You would have thought that these ancient devices were rendered instantly
obsolete with the introduction of the electronic version with an OLED,
high-resolution, touch-screen, colour display. The problem with these is that,
despite excellent over-reading protection, they still tend to be reduced to a
smoking, plastics ruin, in cases such as this. That also applies to both the
Apple and Android bogosity apps because the basic phone or touch-pad has none of
the protection of the dedicated device.
The old, mechanical meters can usually be restored to service even after an
off-the-wall reading.
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Regards
Ian Al
Software Patents: It's the disclosed functions in the patent, stupid![ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: soronlin on Thursday, October 04 2012 @ 11:00 AM EDT |
I've always wanted to make one of these. It would come in very useful for GMing
role-playing games.
Unfortunately in my original design, torch(flash-light) bulbs were not powerful
enough to back-illuminate the "screen" ... But now there are
ultra-bright LEDs and very cheap micro-controllers. I may have to re-visit it.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: DannyB on Thursday, October 04 2012 @ 01:22 PM EDT |
If you are using a Bogometer, you will be hearing from Apple's lawyers.
The edges of Apple's reality distortion field are supposed to be seamless and
undetectable. Using a bogometer allows detection as crossing the edge of the
field causes a sharp rise in the reading on the bogometer's dial.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, October 04 2012 @ 04:00 PM EDT |
Of course there are different models!
My Samsung model has much better (patented) features than my old (over-patented)
Apple model.
Its just that neither works very well since M$ patented bogosity, so both models
merely whimper about potential violations and tell me to contact Nokia for more
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- Well, doh! - Authored by: PJ on Thursday, October 04 2012 @ 11:46 PM EDT
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