Re: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info

2008-03-31 Thread Rich Thomas
The one in Houston (Sugar Land actually) has a lot of geek kids working there, they build computers and write software in their sleep. I was there a few weeks back, wandered over to the telescope/camera section, some older guy asked me if I wanted help. Turns out he was a high school physics

Re: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info

2008-03-31 Thread Gary Hurst
i'm not impressed by fry's here in gwinnett. little sales help and none of it competent. you have to wait on line 3 times to get anything (first a line to pull the part, then to pay, then pass through security). i've only been there once and that was one time too many. On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 8

Re: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info

2008-03-31 Thread Gary Thompson
To me Fry's is not what it used to be. I remeber the old days when I had business in the Bay area making the pilgrimage to Fry's just to gawk at all the electronic components and sub-assemblies for sale. The Fry's near me here in Austin now is just another big box consumer appliance reseller ala Be

Re: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info

2008-03-29 Thread John Robbins
Mitch Haley wrote: > And here I was thinking you were some 25 year old who recently got out > of college, and had been working on a PIC controlled W116 climate control > for a class project. That would be me... never got around to finishing that project up. Although all I have left to do is pac

Re: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info

2008-03-29 Thread Curt Raymond
;Gary Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 there is one 5 miles from me in georgia

Re: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info

2008-03-29 Thread Curt Raymond
PB petabyte, please let people say pet a byte and not peat a byte It exists too, I've already seen 1PB in action. -Curt Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:19:45 -0400 From: "LarryT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info To: "Mercedes Di

Re: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info

2008-03-29 Thread jfreezn
with archaic state computers.? Arkansas comes to mind (sorry Clintons, et all). Jim in Phoenix -Original Message- From: Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mercedes Discussion List Sent: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 4:32 am Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info [EMAIL PROTE

Re: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info

2008-03-29 Thread Gary Hurst
gt; Yes 384 drives... Hearing protection is a must in those situations. In my > classroom I've only got 24TB and I've only got 250GB drives so 96 drives... > > -Curt > > Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:34:48 EDT > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail

[MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info

2008-03-29 Thread Curt Raymond
rives... -Curt Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:34:48 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info To: Mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" I know from reading the mails that a lot of you are i

Re: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info

2008-03-29 Thread LarryT
e - From: "Mitch Haley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 7:32 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> The one Terabyte hard drive caught my eye because I used to be C

Re: [MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info

2008-03-29 Thread Mitch Haley
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The one Terabyte hard drive caught my eye because I used to be Chief > Engineer of a computer facility for a major insurance company. And here I was thinking you were some 25 year old who recently got out of college, and had been working on a PIC controlled W116 cli

[MBZ] OT: Electronics Retail Store info

2008-03-28 Thread JFreezn
I know from reading the mails that a lot of you are interested in electronics, and always looking for a source and a good price. Many of you may know of Fry's Electronics _www.outpost.com_ (http://www.outpost.com) but since they only have stores in the largest cities, many may not. Frys