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Ooooooh! A joke in REALLY poor taste! I LOVE IT! 
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Oh it's a joke, alright! Houdini clearly beats the pants off both 'records'!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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With dual laser, you can cook and take the temperature at the same time.
cool.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Maximilien wrote: cool
and _hot_! 
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I had one of these for a year or so, now (price then was ca. US$ 20, as well, although I've seen it down to US$ twelve, recently). I tested it by pointing at a point of boiling water, and similarly ice water.
It was right on the mark - better than the claimed accuracy.
Use: this winter, pointing it in and around windows to find cold spots for best use of insulation.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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W∴ Balboos wrote: better than the claimed accuracy
W∴ Balboos wrote: Use: this winter, pointing it in and around windows to find cold spots for best use of insulation.
That's a fantastic idea.
Thanks for chiming in since you've already tried one.
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Amazon.com?
Better DX.com or alibaba.
I use mine most when making jam, but it's interesting how quickly you get to know how hot things need to be to cook/drink/eat/etc.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Better DX.com or alibaba.
Oh, I'm a prime member so I get free shipping from amazon so I'm biased toward it.
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FYI: He's an extreme Sinophile and thus suggested two China-Based vendors.
Better? Well, Alibaba was caught with an artificial selling scheme (read that scam) to boost apparent sales. Makes me wonder before I put my money down.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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W∴ Balboos wrote: FYI: He's an extreme Sinophile
Go **** yourself. "He's a realist" would be accurate.
W∴ Balboos wrote: two China-Based vendors
Because China is where they are all made. If you want to pay American or European middle-men a 300% mark-up, just for the privilege of saying you bought it from an American or European middle-man, go 'ed.
W∴ Balboos wrote: Alibaba was caught with an artificial selling scheme (read that scam)
Only after an American company bought half the shares of the company.
W∴ Balboos wrote: Makes me wonder before I put my money down
You're quite right. You should put all your faith in (and give all your money to) American corporations. Saints, every one of them,
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Only after an American company bought half the shares of the company.
 Which American company was that?
There are two types of people in this world: those that pronounce GIF with a soft G, and those who do not deserve to speak words, ever.
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You're kidding, right?
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Nope. I just don't see anything in Alibaba's financials that show an American company owning a 50% share. Let alone buying one just prior to their 2011 "Gold Supplier" scandal.
If you mean Yahoo... sorry they own less than 25% and they got that back in 2005.
[EDIT] A little more research shows Yahoo paid $1 billion for a 40% share in 2005 and sold half of that back to Alibaba in 2012. Still not 50%, still 6 years before the scandal and Yahoo was never accused of anything even remotely related to the scandal.
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modified 13-Apr-16 15:17pm.
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Right, and before you googled, you didn't know that Yahoo owned even one share of the company.
Google experts. Love 'em to bits, I do.
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Yet, no American company bought 50% of Alibaba's shares or had anything to do with their scandal(s).
Internet trolls. Love 'em to bits? I don't.
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My apologies.
I was unaware that this is an accountancy forum, where percentages couldn't be rough or approximated.
They actually bought 43.26%.
Please forgive me for casually stating that as "half", in a forum for people that don't give a toss for that kind of detail.
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But your implication was that an American company took control of Alibaba (by buying a controlling interest) and caused them to do unethical things. Seemed rather questionable given your history and lack of a source. When I smell BS I dig around to confirm or deny. When even the basic information is wrong its easier to debunk the whole ridiculous premise.
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Sadly, as you've experienced, I know whereof I speak.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Well, since you're so heavily into googling to take part in discussions in a Lounge, why don't you google a bit more, to find out which branch of the company was pulled up for the scam?
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Sorry pal. If you want to accuse somebody of something... do it.
If you want to be taken seriously... I suggest you back up the accusation with a source.
Otherwise you're just another troll.
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Jesus, Mike, why do you always do this?
You know that stress kills, don't you? And that devs show a tendency to die younger than those in many other professions because they force themselves to feel stress, when dealing with other people?
Lookit, we're in a place called "The Lounge"; it's a place for casual conversations, so stop trying to force your hastily-arrived-at decisions as if they were the word of God.
What you have to realise is that nobody -- nobody at alibaba, nobody at yahoo, and, in fact, nobody in the entire world -- gives a flying finagle about opinions expressed here, so all your frenetic googling to find "evidence", and all your demands for "evidence", are less pointless than a grain of sand (I know you're not a troll, but you have to admit that that is very trollish behaviour).
Here's a tip: If you decide to disagree with something someone says, in here, just say "That's bollocks, that is", because, in this context, that is a far better attitude than what you tend to do.
Chill the **** out, and just interact normally with the other kids (in a context-sensitive way). You'll live longer and happier.
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Woah! You got this all wrong. I'm not stressed about you, your posts, or Alibaba. Couldn't give a sh*t.
If you remember this started when you made a spurious claim about some anonymous company. I merely asked which company. Your refusal to answer is what sent me searching. That's not stress (or trolling), its curiosity.
No worries though... I'll just assume everything you post is bollocks from here on.
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Mike Mullikin wrote: If you remember this started when you made a spurious claim about some anonymous company. I merely asked which company. Your refusal to answer
And still you're looking to phrase things that make it look like your (googled) opinion was absolutely right -- even though no-one but you and I are even looking at this thread, now, and we both watched every step of it (just like I watched every step of yahoo's play for, and success with, becoming the dominant partner for alibaba in the US).
Mike Mullikin wrote: I'll just assume everything you post is bollocks from here on
I think you'll find that the terms you're looking for are "conversing" and "having a laugh" -- but, for God's sake, don't go "google researching" it; I think we've had enough of that, for one year.
Conversing/having a laugh is what people do, you know. You should try it. It'll be good for your blood pressure.
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