Leo Laporte Loses It - Righteous Radio Throw Down - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: SgtRock
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 19, 2012, 11:36:11 am
content: Greetings EEVBees:--See below for a link to a video of the gentle, nice guy,Tech Guru, Leo Laporte finally loosing it when his integrity is questioned. I have watched, and listened, to Leo for years, ever since the Tech TV days, and I have to say he is the friendliest and most courteous gentlemen you would ever want to meet. But even Leo has his limits.--Good for Leo. What kink of response do you think they would have gotten from Dave Jones?"Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work."Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens ) 1835 1910Best RegardsClear Ether

author: quantumfall
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 19, 2012, 11:47:35 am
content: I don't blame him either, if the guy is implying he is doing a biased review because he gets a free phone. He could of just asked if the guy was calling him a lier and then confronted him if you think about it, but he was upset thats only human, so he spoke his mind.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 19, 2012, 11:56:27 am
content: I get that kind of crap all the time, and I'm sure Leo does too, probably a hundred fold. So I'm not the least bit surprised he eventually snapped, it doesn't take much.And it's similar for simple things like people asking the same simple innocent question over and over in comments. Nothing wrong with the question itself, but when you see it for the hundredth time, it can get rather annoying.I try not to swear on my live shows, and sometimes it's hard!Dave.

author: quantumfall
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 19, 2012, 12:23:17 pm
content: You get the trolls, I just can't understand the mentality of it.Make it water of a ducks back Dave, we don't want you to do a Photonic on us.You could do a quick video on the "problems of" and all the work that goes into keeping the videos, web site and forums running as well as time in the the lab doing the work, thats if you have any time leftperhaps not then.We appriciate it.

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 19, 2012, 12:27:55 pm
content: God this happened ages ago. And Leo and Mark have as good as buried the hatchet. Everyone knows Leo buys his own stuff.

author: ChrisGammell
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 19, 2012, 01:01:56 pm
content: Mike Arrington does some shady stuff.He's the one that started an investment fund and then used his media position of power to promote those funds(thereby increasing the prominence of the company). This isn't against the law, it's just shady (mostly on the journalist side of things, imo). It seems that Arrington was in a position of power, being a startup "kingmaker", for so long that he felt he could act like that on air.This is why I keep Dave in check, of course ;-)

author: SgtRock
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 19, 2012, 09:54:27 pm
content: Greetings EEVBees:--Leo would make a great guest for the Amp Hour."People must understand that science is inherently neither a potential for good nor for evil. It is a potential to be harnessed by man to do his bidding." Glenn Theodore Seaborg 1912 - 1999Best RegardsClear Ether

author: PeterG
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 19, 2012, 11:02:34 pm
content: I would like to see 'The lab with leo' back on air again, that show had a lot of good info on it.Regards

author: sacherjj
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 19, 2012, 11:10:25 pm
content: The most disturbing thing about this whole thing to me is the Palm Pre. HP bought Palm and had a 3 year plan to develop webOS. Then killed in in less than a year. Now I've tried every other os of smart phone and all of them make me want to throw them against the wall, compared to the smooth multitasking that my Palm Pre did. I'm using Windows Phone now, because it seems to be the best of the losers. Android just drives me insane with the crappiest UI out there. Apple products just piss me off. Sigh. I miss my Pre.

author: slateraptor
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 19, 2012, 11:34:07 pm
content: Quote from: SgtRock on March 19, 2012, 09:54:27 pmI just don't see the relevance.

author: gregariz
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 19, 2012, 11:51:13 pm
content: Quote from: ChrisGammell on March 19, 2012, 01:01:56 pmTheres a recent article on the same theme herehttp://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20120222,0,704588.columnI get alot of trade magazines, and read a quite a few editorials and opinion pieces in them and usually I find myself skipping over most of it. Its very hard to objectively consider the opinions of commentators/bloggers/journos. The question I usually ask is whether they are in a position to know? Are they good engineers or just good at writing about it? For example, not to criticise, but I suspect very few people on this forum knew who Jim Williams or Bob Pease were before they saw their names mentioned here. I never worked with either of them but my colleague worked with Bob Pease. In casual conversation after he died he said he was a nice guy, but never any mention of any kind of guru status. He may or may not have been however his book is probably selling better now than before his death. Its pretty easy to get or set impressions about people or technology, for good or bad.

author: sonicj
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 20, 2012, 12:14:59 am
content: wtf is a techcrunch? and how is AOL still alive?-sj

author: george graves
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 20, 2012, 08:07:01 am
content: This is from 2009 BTW.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 20, 2012, 08:18:44 am
content: Quote from: gregariz on March 19, 2012, 11:51:13 pmI wouldn't say that.Anyone who's read Electronics Design has almost certainly read a Pease's Porridge column.And likewise for anyone who's read EDN or an LT app note, it was hard not to have heard of Jim.And from their writing's you instantly knew that they knew their shit, and that you didn't get to their level without countless hours at the bench.Dave.

author: siliconmix
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 20, 2012, 09:20:25 am
content: "trollish" love it