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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:55:23 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"HK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Really? Does Larry also think the bitty Bose speaker systems are
crap,
and that you cannot violate the laws of physics when it comes to
sound
reproduction?

Bitty Bose speaker systems may be crap, but the ol' Doc has done
pretty
well:

http://www.fundinguniverse.com/compa...y-History.html


Eisboch

So has Dick Cheney. Doesn't mean he isn't crap, too. Sometimes there
is
a connection between money and quality, and sometimes there isn't.
Wal-Mart does a tremendous amount of business, and yet it is a crap
operation.


You must feel like a voice in the wilderness since thousands, hundreds
of
thousands and millions of people feel otherwise everyday.

I saw a documentary about Wal-Mart the other day. They have a central
computer system that is second in size only to that used by the
Pentagon.
The sale of any item, from a plasma TV to a tube of toothpaste at any
store nationwide is reported to the central computer within an hour of
the sale. Trends are monitored as well as weather forecasts for all
areas
because a storm or unusual weather event historically raises the demand
for certain items. The computer data results in extra stock of those
items being shipped to the affected area from several distribution
centers, days before the storm system arrives.

There sucess is partly because they teamed up with NCR Corporation in
the
early days with their point of sale systems and the software that
tracked
sales. They still team up with NCR. Part of the reporting, is to allow
Walmart to send a check to the supplier to pay for the stuff sold. One
big part of Walmarts profit is they are a warehouse for the suppliers
product until it is sold out of the warehouse and the supplier gets the
money.


Another part of their success comes from a return policy that often stiffs
their suppliers. I read an article a couple of years ago about a
manufacturer of garage door openers. Half the packages returned from WM
contained things other than garage door openers: Rocks, bricks, etc. Or,
they'd contain mangled garage door openers. Because WM's people are often
badly trained, they weren't checking the contents of the boxes before
refunding customers' money. When the manufacturer explained that they
couldn't afford this nonsense, they were told they could either accept the
situation, or stop doing business. They chose the latter.

Urban legend. Saw a thing on CNBC about Wal-Mart and they picked that
one.

They did have a problem, but it was related to something entirely
different.

The key element of the story was that Wal-Mart made good on the
differences.

They would be legally obligated to make good on the differences. But Costco,
Walmart and all the big vendors require the suppliers to take returns for
most any reason. Why Home Depot, gives a 1 year warrantee on plants.

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"D.Duck" wrote in message
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I also would *like* to forget how many of those TV sets threw me on my
rear because the high voltage section wasn't discharged.

When you think about it, all this new, low voltage computerized stuff is
kinda boring. No challenge at all.

Eisboch

In deflection circuits I designed the FBT had a bleeder resistor, to
improve regulation and discharge the CRT.


Yeah, I remember the bleeder resistors. Where were they when you needed
one?
I also recall trying to do gross convergence adjustments using the rings on
the yoke.
Always half expected to find myself on my ass on the floor again.

Eisboch

Eisboch

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On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:44:31 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
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On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:34:11 -0500, John H.
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On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:59:14 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:48:04 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

So, Wal-Mart ain't all bad in my book.

I buy stuff at Wal-Mart all the time and could really give a damn
about the slave labor nonsense.

I will say this for the local Wal-Mart - they are very active in local
charities and every year hands out $20,000 worth of $1000 to $1500
scholarships to high school seniors going to college. Plus their
other charity sponsorships like Relay, Deary road race, Turkey Dip and
quite a few others. This past year, Putnam wasn't going to have
fireworks in July - Rotary Club and Wal-Mart stepped up with the money
and there were fireworks.

And here's another thing. Young girl of my wife's aquaintence make a
big mistake and started off as a cashier at Wal-Mart to support her
baby. Fast forward six years and she's now Assistant Store Manager,
has an associate business degree going for her BA in Business, has a
nice little house, relatively new car and is going places all because
of Wal-Mart. And I've heard similar stories.

It's all about perception.

But...doesn't she feel like a slave?

No - not at all.

Well, that's good. She must not be 'slave labor'.

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John H. wrote:
I went to alt.binaries.sounds.lossless.classical and ran into a 'flac' file
extension.

Anybody know what will open a file with that extension? WMP, Divx, and
IrfanView won't touch it.

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HK wrote:

That because a person or entity does some thing that some perceive as
"Good" doesn't mean that same person or entity isn't engaging in
activities that do a lot of harm.

OMG! That describes you to a T.

-- Charlie

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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"D.Duck" wrote in message
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I also would *like* to forget how many of those TV sets threw me on my
rear because the high voltage section wasn't discharged.

When you think about it, all this new, low voltage computerized stuff is
kinda boring. No challenge at all.

Eisboch

In deflection circuits I designed the FBT had a bleeder resistor, to
improve regulation and discharge the CRT.


Yeah, I remember the bleeder resistors. Where were they when you needed
one?
I also recall trying to do gross convergence adjustments using the rings
on the yoke.
Always half expected to find myself on my ass on the floor again.

Eisboch

Eisboch


That's why you should always be wearing your grounded wrist strap. :-)

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"D.Duck" wrote in message
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That's why you should always be wearing your grounded wrist strap. :-)


After a while I just got used to being the ground.

The worst shock I ever received was from a high power, high voltage DC power
supply. 12,000 volts with current capacity of 1.5 amps. Happened at the
first job I had after leaving the Navy. I remember my hands feeling like
basketballs, then I went out like a light. Woke up in the ambulance on the
way to the hospital.

They checked me out, EKG, all that stuff, then determined I was fine other
than some minor burns on my fingers.

Eisboch

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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"D.Duck" wrote in message
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That's why you should always be wearing your grounded wrist strap. :-)


After a while I just got used to being the ground.

The worst shock I ever received was from a high power, high voltage DC
power supply. 12,000 volts with current capacity of 1.5 amps. Happened
at the first job I had after leaving the Navy. I remember my hands
feeling like basketballs, then I went out like a light. Woke up in the
ambulance on the way to the hospital.

They checked me out, EKG, all that stuff, then determined I was fine other
than some minor burns on my fingers.

Eisboch


OUCH.....

Now a Marine would never pull a stunt like that. :-)

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"JG2U" wrote in message
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On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:06:56 -0500, "JimH" wrote:


"JG2U" wrote in message

JimH,

You really need to remove your nose from John's ass. And he vis-a-vis
to you.

Actually you have it all wrong as you have not been here long enough to
see
the real pattern of him puppy dogging all my posts. After he rejected
my
request to stop it he is now receiving what he deserves.


Actually, I have been around this NG for 7-8 years in one form or
another.


Reggie?


Didn't someone already indentify him as Jackoff?

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JimH wrote:
"JG2U" wrote in message
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On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:06:56 -0500, "JimH" wrote:

"JG2U" wrote in message
JimH,

You really need to remove your nose from John's ass. And he vis-a-vis
to you.
Actually you have it all wrong as you have not been here long enough to
see
the real pattern of him puppy dogging all my posts. After he rejected my
request to stop it he is now receiving what he deserves.

Actually, I have been around this NG for 7-8 years in one form or
another.


Reggie?




Jackoff. Aka Jack Goff. Already filtered.

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