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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote: Marriage is electrifying.
Or electrocuting, if you get married to the wrong person.
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What an electrifying thought!
In a somewhat related vein, I once knew a patriotic bloke who refused to have windows in his house, because he hated draft resistors.
/ravi
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So - I asked about your kitten but, since your cathode, you told me you had anode cat.
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I managed to inadvertently destroy one of my Pis yesterday because of the manufacturer's poor choice of using micro USB for power (the pi appears to boot, but the ethernet port no longer works at all) .
I ordered a replacement, and this morning I decided to see what's available with regards to an appropriate 90-degree adapter. I'd really rather just buy one locally, but it's impossible to tell (by looking at the web sites) if any of the local stores actually has such a thing in stock. Of course, I found them on amazon, but that ain't what I consider "local", and it would take a day or two to get them.
And they wonder why brick/mortar stores are going away...
Grrrrrrr...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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It could be kind of a chicken/egg thing there, though. They probably reckon that local shoppers would rather just pop down in person, so they don't update the website, and everyone shops on the big sites...
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
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Yeah, I know what you mean. It annoys me that the supermarkets don't even do that. Tesco (market leader in the UK) has a website listing every product and it's price but there is no way to tell is a particular store - the one near you perhaps - even stocks the item, let alone if it has any in stock! And most stores don't hold every item: understandably, it would take huge amount so space. But the only way to find out if a particular branch holds Item X is physically go there and search the shelves for it ... and this is the biggest "just in time" delivery company in the country, so they know second by second what is and isn't in stock, what shelf it is on, and how many have been picked up by customers (assuming scan-as-you-shop rather than shoplifting).
Go to Amazon or FleaBay and it's "3 in stock" or similar. Same problems, same systems - just better used.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I would not put it past Tesco and many other shops that tech and business departments discussed having such granular information on the site.
As a store business, you avoid giving clear, quick direction to a product, in the hope customers see other things on the way, and end up buying more then what they planned on getting at the start.
Amazon achieves this with the similar, "what others bought with this product" to great success.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: And they wonder why brick/mortar stores are going away...
Sears is a classic one for that, while their website has a lot of "deals" on tools. Ordering anything is a special level of WTH. On September 23rd I placed an order for some wrenches, with a pickup date of October 6th. When the order processed the next day, estimated pickup date was October 26th. Over 30 days for a set of wrenches...
Contacted support, their answer, yup, going to take that long.
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
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S Douglas wrote: Sears is a classic one for that
Sears? They're still alive?
Sears might have pioneered the entire idea of catalog shopping decades ago, but they couldn't have made a worst job at becoming the next Amazon even if they tried to.
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dandy72 wrote: Sears? They're still alive?
Only sort of. Most of my tools are from there (cheaper for me to buy tools and work on my own motorcycles than take them all in for service).
dandy72 wrote: Sears might have pioneered the entire idea of catalog shopping decades ago, but they couldn't have made a worst job at becoming the next Amazon even if they tried to.
I don't know, they put a LOT of effort into fumbling.
If you go to the Sears.com site, and do a search for '/', or include it in a search. That character breaks the site.
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
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S Douglas wrote: If you go to the Sears.com site, and do a search for '/', or include it in a search. That character breaks the site.
Wow. Indeed.
The look of the site isn't accidental either.
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Yea, doesn't leave me with lots of warm fuzzies.
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
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Isn't it just sooooo tempting to try other searches?
Perhaps for "tools';DROP TABLE Products;--" perhaps? 
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Considering the business' health (heard on the radio they may file for bankruptcy later this week) that would just be cruel .
Funny, but cruel.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Perhaps for "tools';DROP TABLE Products;--" perhaps?
I did notify them in two different areas of my discovery. Doing anything malicious isn't my jam.
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
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I would never try anything malicious like that. But let me give little Bobby Tables a call... 
/ravi
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Yea, scary when you consider I stumbled upon it by simply copy paste an item description for a 3/8 in ratchet. Think something like that would have been caught in QA. Guess no testing like testing in production!
It would be tempting to try other characters but meh. I do enough testing for MS. LOL.
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
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S Douglas wrote: Over 30 days for a set of wrenches...
Because now Apex makes those tools in China?
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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David Crow wrote: Because now Apex makes those tools in China?
Craftsman, but same thing made in china. Suspect they must be getting them from manufacturing to take 30 days.
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
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S Douglas wrote: Craftsman...
...tools such as ratchets, sockets, and wrenches are made by Apex.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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David Crow wrote: made by Apex.
Ah, didn't know that. I am not really a tool snob, just like having the same / similar items. They align better in the toolbox, making it easier to find the right sized tool when you need it (I might have slight OCD tendencies).
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: I managed to inadvertently destroy one of my Pis
LOL.
There is NO way for brick and mortar stores to compete with online shopping for non-perishable goods, especially with fast delivery from mega-huge distribution hubs.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Which is why if I can I get more than I need, why buy a pack of 10 screws when you need 8, buy a pack of 50 not too much dearer and I might have some spares (provided the garage monster doesn't eat them!)
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
And they wonder why brick/mortar stores are going away...
No, nobody's wondering. "They" have known why for a very long time.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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