Comments on: The Star Trek future comes ever closer

By: ragmanx

ragmanx — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:26:45 +0000

Interesting. I don’t think I’d ever considered the expected lifetime of a device like this. I guess I never saw Captain Kirk need maintenance on his, so just figured whatever these do they would keep doing for a long time. Thanks for the visit and comment.

By: Orthopedist

Orthopedist — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:03:59 +0000

Beware when buying one off eBay as it may well have reached the end of its programmed life.

By: ragmanx

ragmanx — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 18:40:13 +0000

Ow. Sorry to hear that, Kelley. I wondered if it was worth anything – I haven’t seen any reviews or evaluations for it, but I haven’t looked for them that much, either.

Thanks for the comment.

By: Kelley in Cincinnati

Kelley in Cincinnati — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:53:45 +0000

If only it had done something–anything–for me besides waste my time! It’s a $1,000 non-returnable gadget. I wonder how big a kickback my orthopedist got for recommending this turkey.

And to think I could have bought it on E-Bay. Say . . . maybe I’ll sell it on E-Bay, like all those other chumps are doing.

I’m off to surgery now.