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old-timer Ultimate Member I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 1223	Re: The Vacuum Cleaner Test Reply #50 - 01/20/07 at 9:59am And the vacuum wars continue. I just wish they would put all this time and effort into the product to give the consumer their moneys worth............. B.T.W. the dc17's brush roll,looks just like the one used in the fantom upright. so much for being innovative............. O.T.
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Reply #51 - 01/20/07 at 7:19pm

Quote from old-timer on 01/20/07 at 9:59am:

so much for being innovative.............

O.T.

Hello Old-Time Pro:

There is a widespread theory that all dazzling innovations end their days as commodities: Products that anyone can make and that are bought only according to their price. Columbia Business School's Bruce Greenwald once expressed this view with the quip: "In the long run, everything is a toaster."

What did he mean by this? Since the first commercially successful toaster was made by General Electric Co. in 1909, improvements have arrived regularly: bread grilled on both sides (1919); automated toasters (1940's); toaster ovens (1950's); and digital toasters (1990's). But at the end of the day, after 80 years of evolution, and all is said and done, toasters get judged not on innovation but on their performance and function: Toasting bread. Vacuums are the same. IMHO.

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Mike_W. Moderator HERE TO HELP! Posts: 1318	Re: The Vacuum Cleaner Test Reply #52 - 01/21/07 at 2:12am A dyson commercial. Quote from Mike_W. on 10/10/06 at 3:56am: You can see that it cannot be classified as an experiment, but a commercial for dyson.
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Reply #53 - 01/21/07 at 11:52am

Hi Carmine, I think i understand what your saying[a new twist on the same old].

At this stage of the vacuum cleaner game there has not been really anything new for guy's like us that have been doing this for longer than we care to remember.

For the new people coming into this industry, they think if the Companies say it it must be true.

Unfortunatly these new innovative companies dont want us '' old'' guy's anymore.

Why?

Either were too smart, or too dangerous.........

O.T.

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Reply #54 - 01/21/07 at 12:52pm

We here in the U.S. appear to be a very bored and fickle public. It's hard to imagine a society now so acclimatized to paying a lot for a little bit to get its head around the idea of real quality again.

As an instance, we now buy and wear clothing with the makers name boldly stamped on it for all to see. If your shirt says, Calvin Klein it's supposed to be good. To my amazement this seems to say to no one that the need for a name show probably points out a huge lack of imagination that's hindering the rise to distinctive product that can be recognized without a name plate on it.

Quality sadly no longer is a requirement for purveyors of mainly outsourced vacuums -- buying low and selling high is.

Venson

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debbied Newbie Posts: 2	Re: The Vacuum Cleaner Test Reply #55 - 02/03/07 at 2:25pm Is dualcyclone out there anywhere? Can anyone tell me where to get a replacement hepa filter for the Fantom FM718? Thank you in advance for any help! Debbie
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Reply #56 - 02/03/07 at 2:41pm

Quote from JimB on 10/18/06 at 10:56am:

It was only a matter of time that the video sharing services saw the same repurcussions of the music sharing services. Only question now is will the companies go after those who downloaded material like the music industry did?

Well, if VIACOM's "order" to YouTube is any indication, then you may soon have the answer to your question.

Quote from Carmine_Difazio on 10/16/06 at 7:24pm:

Chris:

After the announcement of the purchase of Youtube by Google I read a follow up article saying that the Youtube website planned a software filtering to identify potentially unauthorized materials (copyright materials used w/o the consent of the manufacturers) for review, editing, and exclusion from the site.

My sense is that this video, and possibly others, was voluntarily and/or involuntarily removed in preparation for the software upgrade to the site.

Carmine D.

After several months of "business" negotiations with no settlement, VIACOM is "ordering" Google/YouTube to cease and desist 100,000 videos of copyrighted and patented VIACOM materials. And asserts the filtering device is not in place/does not do what it was supposed to do.

I don't know yet the exact details of VIACOM's "order" and the punitive damages it plans to recover. I suspect huge dollar numbers are likely. Fortunately for YouTube, Google has deep pockets. Unfortunately for Google, litigants always go after other litigants who have the deepest pockets.

Carmine D.

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Re: The Vacuum Cleaner Test
Reply #57 - 02/03/07 at 2:46pm

Quote from debbied on 02/03/07 at 2:25pm:

Is dualcyclone out there anywhere? Can anyone tell me where to get a replacement hepa filter for the Fantom FM718? Thank you in advance for any help!
Debbie

You can purchase filters most places your vacuum cleaner is sold. You could look here-

http://www.fantom.com/fantom/productdetail.aspx?pid=BCFC709F-7A78-4484-8539-5454F30C32FF(Euro-Pro+Base+Catalog)

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debbied Newbie Posts: 2	Re: The Vacuum Cleaner Test Reply #58 - 02/03/07 at 3:24pm Thank you so much, Mike! I found it and ordered it. Debbie
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Reply #59 - 02/14/07 at 12:45pm

An update on the status of Google and YouTube's unauthorized use of copyrighted material:

A group of media companies including News Corp, Viacom, Sony Corp, General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal, Time Warner Inc. and Walt Disney are pointing the finger at Google and accusing the Internet giant of benefiting from unauthorized use of copyrihted material.

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