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Posted by NunYa Bidness on 10/25/05 12:38
On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 14:16:23 -0400, Sean O'Hara <seanohara@gmail.com>
Gave us:
>In the Year of the Cock, the Great and Powerful NunYa Bidness declared:
>> On 24 Oct 2005 07:38:08 -0700, "Nick Macpherson" <NMacphe421@AOL.com>
>> Gave us:
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>>>Stan Brown wrote:
>>>
>>>>Like you, I can't imagine any theater turning the lamp down to save
>>>>money with a less than full house. The cost of running the lamp is
>>>>such a small part of the total cost of operating the theater that it
>>>>wouldn't be worth the effort.
>>>>
>>>I've been hearing the "turning the lamp down" story for so many years
>>>it's verging on urban legend, though Roger Ebert and Tim Lucas have
>>>both complained about it, and neither of them are critics anyone would
>>>call "unreliable sources".
>>
>> I'm sorry, but a good movie critic is NOT a reliable source as it
>> relates to knowing what is or is not taking place in a projection
>> room, or simply even knowing what takes place there at all.
>>
>
>"They don't know what they're talking about" is not a valid argument
>form unless supported by other evidence.
Sorry, chump, but I don't know ANY movie critics that are electrical
or even mechanical engineers.
Hell, they wouldn't even rate technician. So yes, it is a valid
remark. If you were an engineer, you would know that.
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