uh-oh
mikemokr
Posts: 150
I know people take their HT seriously but this is nuts ... hope this gets resolved peacefully.
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands (AP) - A gunman apparently upset with the quality of wide-screen television grabbed as many as 40 hostages Monday in the tallest building in the Dutch capital, the former headquarters of Philips Electronics.
Police were negotiating with the man, reported by some to be armed with a machine gun and explosives.
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As the hostage-taking dragged on, the gunman apparently plastered protest signs in windows of the building as high as the 17th floor.
In a statement faxed from the office tower to NOS state television, the gunman said he was protesting the "arrogant manipulation by the vendors of wide screen television," and complained that consumers were being misled about the quality of the product.
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more here: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=&u=/ap/20020311/ap_on_re_eu/netherlands_hostages_13 (don't know if updates will be at that URL. Main world news page is http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index&cid=721)
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands (AP) - A gunman apparently upset with the quality of wide-screen television grabbed as many as 40 hostages Monday in the tallest building in the Dutch capital, the former headquarters of Philips Electronics.
Police were negotiating with the man, reported by some to be armed with a machine gun and explosives.
[snip]
As the hostage-taking dragged on, the gunman apparently plastered protest signs in windows of the building as high as the 17th floor.
In a statement faxed from the office tower to NOS state television, the gunman said he was protesting the "arrogant manipulation by the vendors of wide screen television," and complained that consumers were being misled about the quality of the product.
[snip]
more here: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=&u=/ap/20020311/ap_on_re_eu/netherlands_hostages_13 (don't know if updates will be at that URL. Main world news page is http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index&cid=721)
Main HT (family room): Polk Monitor 7 (1987-original owner) (L/R) / CSi40 (C) / RTi38 (SL/SR) / SVS 20-39PC (sub), Outlaw 975 pre/pro / Outlaw 7075 amp, Oppo BDP-93 Blu-ray, LG 42LM5800 teevee
2ch (family room): CRS+ (1987), Outlaw 1050 AVR, Denon DCM-420 CD
Kitchen satellite 2ch: Polk M3II, Topping TP-20 Tripath amp fed from 975 rec line out
Home office: Model 5 (1978-Danish Peerless), Lepai 2020A+ Tripath amp fed by laptop dock
Awaiting assignment: PSW202 (NIB) to be wired inline in home office rig; Monitor 5JR (1988), Model 4 (1983-US Peerless)
2ch (family room): CRS+ (1987), Outlaw 1050 AVR, Denon DCM-420 CD
Kitchen satellite 2ch: Polk M3II, Topping TP-20 Tripath amp fed from 975 rec line out
Home office: Model 5 (1978-Danish Peerless), Lepai 2020A+ Tripath amp fed by laptop dock
Awaiting assignment: PSW202 (NIB) to be wired inline in home office rig; Monitor 5JR (1988), Model 4 (1983-US Peerless)
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Sounds like he should get his TV ISF Calibrated.
Peace Out~:DIf...
Ron dislikes a film = go out and buy it.
Ron loves a film = don't even rent. -
sounds like something from a Stanley Kubrick filmDean
Quicksilver M-60 monoblocks - JM 200 Peach Linestage - Sony DVP-S9000ES - '03 modified Klipschorns
"I'm sure it's better than it sounds."-- Mark Twain, when asked what he thought about Wagner's music -
man, that is one serious videophile...:D
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AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands (AP) - A gunman apparently upset with the quality of wide-screen television grabbed as many as 40 hostages Monday in the tallest building in the Dutch capital. The siege ended after about eight hours, with local television reporting that he was shot by police or had shot himself.
"It's over," said police spokesman Ron van de Veen.
The state-financed NOS television said the man shot himself but it was unclear if he was dead or alive. The independent RTL Television said everyone had safely left the building.Main HT (family room): Polk Monitor 7 (1987-original owner) (L/R) / CSi40 (C) / RTi38 (SL/SR) / SVS 20-39PC (sub), Outlaw 975 pre/pro / Outlaw 7075 amp, Oppo BDP-93 Blu-ray, LG 42LM5800 teevee
2ch (family room): CRS+ (1987), Outlaw 1050 AVR, Denon DCM-420 CD
Kitchen satellite 2ch: Polk M3II, Topping TP-20 Tripath amp fed from 975 rec line out
Home office: Model 5 (1978-Danish Peerless), Lepai 2020A+ Tripath amp fed by laptop dock
Awaiting assignment: PSW202 (NIB) to be wired inline in home office rig; Monitor 5JR (1988), Model 4 (1983-US Peerless) -
Wonder if he had a progressive scan player hooked up?
Hopefully he is dead, one less ****-clown in the world.
Peace Out~:DIf...
Ron dislikes a film = go out and buy it.
Ron loves a film = don't even rent. -
****-clown
That's funny. Ha ha, funny. (Really, I am laughing!)
