Liz Hatch Product Review - Garmin Edge 800

Zenon

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Jul 22, 2011, 5:13:24 AM7/22/11

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http://twitter.com/#!/Liz_Hatch/status/94328532527886336

Garmin Edge 800 is a buggy ass piece of shit.

atriage

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Jul 22, 2011, 5:20:47 AM7/22/11

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On 22/07/2011 10:13, Zenon wrote:
> http://twitter.com/#!/Liz_Hatch/status/94328532527886336
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> Garmin Edge 800 is a buggy ass piece of shit.

Probably help if she would RTFM.

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Simply Fred

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Jul 22, 2011, 6:00:59 AM7/22/11

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Zenon wrote:
> http://twitter.com/#!/Liz_Hatch/status/94328532527886336
> Garmin Edge 800 is a buggy ass piece of shit.

She was putting out to many watts for the software to handle.

Anton Berlin

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Jul 22, 2011, 9:47:41 AM7/22/11

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On Jul 22, 4:13 am, Zenon <zenon_jask...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> http://twitter.com/#!/Liz_Hatch/status/94328532527886336
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> Garmin Edge 800 is a buggy ass piece of shit.

Tell her is doesn't log any miles or change it's position until she
actually rides the bicycle.

atriage

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Jul 22, 2011, 4:57:41 PM7/22/11

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Don't be silly, the hrm goes crazy when she's self-stimulating in the bath.

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Frederick the Great

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Jul 22, 2011, 9:11:25 PM7/22/11

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In article <kmunf8-...@linux-205.tricom.co.za>,
Simply Fred <no...@mailinator.com> wrote:

Reminds me of discussion elsewhere.
The Ariane 5 rocket had the Ariane 4
software dropped in without review.
The 5 puts out more watts, so when
an integer calculation overflowed,
an error condition went onto the bus,
but the ec was ignored and interpreted
as a maneuver that put the rocket into
a sharp turn that put it sideways and
it broke up from wind buffeting.

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Old Fritz

Scott

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Jul 22, 2011, 9:31:33 PM7/22/11

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On Jul 22, 7:11 pm, Frederick the Great <rub...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> In article <kmunf8-p7k....@linux-205.tricom.co.za>,

I hate it when that happens.

Simply Fred

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Jul 23, 2011, 5:07:19 AM7/23/11

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Zenon wrote:
>>> http://twitter.com/#!/Liz_Hatch/status/94328532527886336
>>> Garmin Edge 800 is a buggy ass piece of shit.

Anton Berlin wrote:
>> Tell her is doesn't log any miles or change it's position until she
>> actually rides the bicycle.

atriage wrote:
> Don't be silly, the hrm goes crazy when she's self-stimulating in the bath.

I thought that was the cadence but it was probably just a red herring.

Simply Fred

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Jul 23, 2011, 5:08:54 AM7/23/11

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Frederick the Great wrote:
> Reminds me of discussion elsewhere.
> The Ariane 5 rocket had the Ariane 4
> software dropped in without review.
> The 5 puts out more watts, so when
> an integer calculation overflowed,
> an error condition went onto the bus,
> but the ec was ignored and interpreted
> as a maneuver that put the rocket into
> a sharp turn that put it sideways and
> it broke up from wind buffeting.

At least, being European, they weren't dumb enough to confuse SI units
with archaic imperial units.

atriage

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Jul 23, 2011, 5:48:13 AM7/23/11

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Depends where she fitted the 'sensor' I suppose.

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Scott

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Jul 23, 2011, 12:49:30 PM7/23/11

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It only smells fishy