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We received a small package in the mail today.
It is about the size of a pack of cigarettes, only 1/2 as thick.
When you open the package and flip open a lid a 1.5 inch touch screen invites you to start a video.
If you touch the screen a video advertisement plays.
A tiny speaker plays sound.
It has a USB connector on the side.
This is an unsolicited advertisement received via the US postage service.
I wonder how much that cost.
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 I would think it would cost at least $50, likely more.
What was the ad for? And what identifying logos/names/etc were on the video device?
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
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Brisingr Aerowing wrote: I would think it would cost at least $50, likely more.
Serious? Electronics can be so cheap. Years ago the flip phones that sold for over $100 cost $7 to make. This probably cost $5.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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5 - 10 Dollars, no more. Two years ago I got an advertising prospect from IBM with a small screen and video player integrated into the cardboard cover. Of course I took it apart and found the company that makes them. I can't remember their name, but I think this is really wasteful. Advertising material is printed by many thousands, each copy costing only a cent or less. Even if it costs only 5$, this is sinfully expensive and usually used to impress managers. To anybody with a brain this should have the opposite result.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
I hold an A-7 computer expert classification, Commodore. I'm well acquainted with Dr. Daystrom's theories and discoveries. The basic design of all our ship's computers are JavaScript.
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Does it self destruct when the message is over?
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Would be more funny if it was an ad for a printed book or something like that.
If its your suggestion, Id say it might be the NSA again, claiming that you don't use the Internets enough 
A funny side note; Google spellchecker claims that NSA is wrong, or doesn't exists.
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I took such a thingy apart and the battery looked like a small lithium polymere battery. If it was one, then shorting it out would result in a spectacular self destruct. 
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
I hold an A-7 computer expert classification, Commodore. I'm well acquainted with Dr. Daystrom's theories and discoveries. The basic design of all our ship's computers are JavaScript.
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Who cares how much it cost, it was free to you, the important part is... have you googled it and checked to see if it's hackable?
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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That's what I want to know. Need a screen for your RazPi?
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Yes and no. They don't use any standard interfaces and also special software to upload the video into the correct memory space, probably Flash RAM. Once you figure out the right pins on the circuit board and guessed the (probably serial) protocol, you could examine the memory content and eventually upload your own video.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
I hold an A-7 computer expert classification, Commodore. I'm well acquainted with Dr. Daystrom's theories and discoveries. The basic design of all our ship's computers are JavaScript.
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MehGerbil wrote: It is about the size of a pack of cigarettes, only 1/2 as thick.
Take it outside and open it at a distance. 
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Googled it for you, apparently more common that I thought. If you buy in quantity they can be bought fairly inexpensively. I assume they can be uploaded with whatever content you want.
LCD video mailers[^]
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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S Houghtelin wrote: fairly inexpensively
You aren't kidding! $0.002 - $0.005 per unit - even in serious quantity, that's just silly...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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When I look at the site I see starting prices around $5 USD, not "less than a penny".
According to my calculations, I should be able to retire about 5 years after I die.
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Go to the 8th one down the list.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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Web site Quote: Supply Ability: 1200 Unit/Units per Day
So 1200 x $0.005 is $6.00 per day. Something just does not add up. Be out of business real quick if that was all I could do.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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I think that was caused by (most likely) an input error, or some kind of maths error (I have seen MS Access perform a calculation on a Telephone field! Granted, it was Access 2007, and the bug was fixed quickly, but still...)
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
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Now how long are we going to waste resources for such kind of stuff  ?
I hope this get banned ... Seriously, a LCD screen for a one-shot usage ? As if we weren't already polluting enough with all these unnecessary electronics devices (s. thread yesterday about smartphones) built every day.
I hate the phrase "loosing faith in humanity", but I sometimes really wonder... 
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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That's consumerism for you. Otherwise, you're just a communist. 
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And what about what to do with such a thing afterwards? You cannot just "throw" it out because of electronics, has to go to electronic recycling depot (at least here in Canada we do...)
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I have to disagree...
The issue is not in the recycling itself, but in the fact that our government allows companies to do business with countries with no respect for human rights, use child labour, and have a complete disregard for the environment. As a result they buy our recycling waste because no other responsible country can compete with a more sane recycling process.
My own opinion - we shouldn't be selling these materials at all, but the government should be providing some amount of subsidies to research how we can recycle these materials at home...
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MehGerbil wrote: It has a USB connector on the side.
I would think thirty or forty times before connecting that to a computer.
And then not connect it.
Rip it apart for spares, and ditch what's left.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Rather different semantics, I'd say.[^]
Utah's street naming and numbering system is based on a grid system with the Salt Lake Temple as the center of town. This system makes for some unique addresses. Where else do you see an address such as 2150 East 13400 South?
Marc
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