Re: [CGUYS] Finding web stores overseas
Eric S. Sande wrote: Toyota is a publicly held company with profits that go to its shareholders who may be anywhere in the world. Yeah, I own some of that stock. But last time I checked Japan was a free democracy. What's their Ticker Symbol? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Finding web stores overseas
Toyota is a publicly held company with profits that go to its shareholders who may be anywhere in the world. Yeah, I own some of that stock. But last time I checked Japan was a free democracy. What's their Ticker Symbol? Find it on most financial sites: TM http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=tm http://www.google.com/finance?q=tm * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] ATT VOIP decision...
So what's the deal with ATT's decision to allow cellular VOIP? It's a great thing... should allow minimal cell minutes usage, cheap long distance and reverse the recent decision re: Google Voice on the iPhone. Anybody know the back story on why ATT did that? It seems counter-intuitive to American Telco's normal policies and pricing. And I hope they have the bandwidth to support what cometh db * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] ATT VOIP decision...
I can only guess the FCC and their push for Net Neutrality even within the Cell phone area. Stewart At 02:33 PM 10/8/2009, you wrote: So what's the deal with ATT's decision to allow cellular VOIP? It's a great thing... should allow minimal cell minutes usage, cheap long distance and reverse the recent decision re: Google Voice on the iPhone. Anybody know the back story on why ATT did that? It seems counter-intuitive to American Telco's normal policies and pricing. And I hope they have the bandwidth to support what cometh db * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Bands folder?
Problem: I customarily backup to an attached drive using SuperDuper. I tried Time Machine and it failed reporting not enough space. Using OmniDiskSweeper I find that the biggest folder is 74 GB, named bands; it has hundreds of 8 MB file with hexadecimal file names. Question: what is bands? Can I delete it? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] ATT VOIP decision...
Any likelihood that it was consumer backlash? Fred Holmes At 03:33 PM 10/8/2009, db wrote: So what's the deal with ATT's decision to allow cellular VOIP? It's a great thing... should allow minimal cell minutes usage, cheap long distance and reverse the recent decision re: Google Voice on the iPhone. Anybody know the back story on why ATT did that? It seems counter-intuitive to American Telco's normal policies and pricing. And I hope they have the bandwidth to support what cometh db * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] ATT VOIP decision...
Fred Holmes wrote: Any likelihood that it was consumer backlash? Fred Holmes Hah! When has that ever happened? Precious seldom me thinks. Corps have personage without liability. People have personage with liability... Normally, corps more or less do what they want and we take what we get. That's why ATT's decision stands out so... Make me really curious to know what their motivation was db At 03:33 PM 10/8/2009, db wrote: So what's the deal with ATT's decision to allow cellular VOIP? It's a great thing... should allow minimal cell minutes usage, cheap long distance and reverse the recent decision re: Google Voice on the iPhone. Anybody know the back story on why ATT did that? It seems counter-intuitive to American Telco's normal policies and pricing. And I hope they have the bandwidth to support what cometh db * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Finding web stores overseas
Sorry, but that's just wrong. Wild caught Alaska salmon isn't sent to China for processing. It's processed in Alaska or onboard a processor ship. And if the companies are mostly Chinese, they still have to be 51% American owned. I used to work up there in the industry and still have a few friends who own small fleets of fishing boats and do the yearly salmon catch. I will concede that once certain fish are caught and processed to a point, they are then sent back to either China or Japan and further processed into other fake fish. This is called surimi which is basically jellofied (for lack of a better word) pollock. They make fake crab and shrimp out of this stuff. And like fish sticks and hot dogs, you don't want to know what goes in it. Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net Join my Mafia http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/status_invite.php?from=550968726 On Oct 8, 2009, at 2:07 AM, Roger D. Parish wrote: At 9:54 PM -0500 10/7/09, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: [snip] The only thing that is domestically produced in large quantities is food stuffs. But most of that has foreign nationals working in large quantities at the plants. Or, in the case of wild-caught Alaskan salmon, it is sent to China for processing! You have to read the labels verry carefully. -- Roger Lovettsville, VA * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http:// www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] ATT VOIP decision...
Several articles have read that it was under pressure from the FCC. Apple's lying about the google app doesn't help. On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 1:44 PM, db db...@att.net wrote: Fred Holmes wrote: Any likelihood that it was consumer backlash? Fred Holmes Hah! When has that ever happened? Precious seldom me thinks. Corps have personage without liability. People have personage with liability... Normally, corps more or less do what they want and we take what we get. That's why ATT's decision stands out so... Make me really curious to know what their motivation was db At 03:33 PM 10/8/2009, db wrote: So what's the deal with ATT's decision to allow cellular VOIP? It's a great thing... should allow minimal cell minutes usage, cheap long distance and reverse the recent decision re: Google Voice on the iPhone. Anybody know the back story on why ATT did that? It seems counter-intuitive to American Telco's normal policies and pricing. And I hope they have the bandwidth to support what cometh db * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Bands folder?
On Oct 8, 2009, at 4:12 PM, David Cowdrill wrote: Problem: I customarily backup to an attached drive using SuperDuper. I tried Time Machine and it failed reporting not enough space. Using OmniDiskSweeper I find that the biggest folder is 74 GB, named bands; it has hundreds of 8 MB file with hexadecimal file names. Question: what is bands? Can I delete it? Very large files may be stored as a collection of smaller files. These are called bands. When a part of that huge file changes only the changed bands are copied. It could be a very bad idea to delete this. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Finding web stores overseas
I started this thread by asking how to find fountain pen stores in France. For many products made overseas, an importer will make an agreement with the manufacturer to be the sole importer of that product. This means that a contract is struck: the manufacturer agrees not to sell its product to any person or group within the importer's region, and the importer agrees to take on some part of the cost of importation (such as, warranting the product within the region, or assembling parts, or quality-control inspection and correction at no cost to the manufacturer). As a result of the contract, the importer has a monopoly on sales of that product and can charge a price that is unrelated to the cost of manufacture, up to the maximum price that the market will bear. In some cases (such as the Waterman fountain pen made in France that I sought), it is cheaper to buy the product in another country and ship it to the US than it is to buy the product at either a local or a web store that must abide by the importer's restriction: no discount from list price is permitted upon penalty of being denied supply of the product. In effect, the old fair trade price fixing scheme has been revived by contract. Finding stores in other countries via the web that are outside the monopoly contract is a way that consumers can bypass unnatural elevation of prices. This is why I asked for a way to find overseas fountain pen web stores. Thank you for suggesting that there are regional Googles to search. ( To be fair, there are some products for which the maximum price that the market will bear is a narrow range of prices and for other products there is a much wider range. In the case of a fountain pen, these are sold for as little as $10 and as much as $20,000 each, with a surprising lot being in the $2000 to $5000 range. This creates confusion in consumers as to a reasonable price of a fountain pen. If one wants a good serviceable pen but not a presentation item or a jewelry item, how much should it cost? Unknown except for those, like me, who use a fountain pen exclusively and has tried many makes and brands and learned from experience.) * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Finding web stores overseas
Go to amazon.fr and search on plume waterman. Let me know if it works. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] ATT VOIP decision...
Any likelihood that it was consumer backlash? More like world phone envy, or at least T-Mobile envy. T-Mobile has been selling WiFi phones for a year or so. They're popular, like the ones from HTC. Only problem, they were originally crippled so that they only worked with T-M WiFi. WiFi cell phones are popular in Europe. There are even several mobile companies that have some accounts with only WiFi. One is in Paris where you pay 9€ a month for unlimited service. The network is encrypted. You have to log in to use it, but in the region you have unlimited calls. T-Mobile is offering some of the top Nokia phones with WiFi, 5-8 megapixel cameras, all the bells and whistles, for prices like 19,95€ with an 18 month contract; others have the same deal, plus you get free broadband during your contract. Most consumers don't know about what others around the world pay for their services or what the services are, although I'm pretty sure that net neutrality played some part in ATT's decision. The FUD that Apple lied about ATT and Google is just that, FUD. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Finding web stores overseas
Go to amazon.fr and search on plume waterman. Let me know if it works. In France you're likely to get more returns at Kelkoo, same search terms, http://tinyurl.com/ylyt7qr. Many of the items are in Amazon marketplace, but many are elsewhere too. Try http://www.touslesprix.com/papeterie/cherche-stylo-plume-waterman.html What's the difference between the 800€ pen and the 10€ pen besides price? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
