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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, John Neal writes: <snip> (...) A chance of what? I get tons of spam as is, even though I'm not active in ebay (being registered to hotmail makes it bad enough.). Why would the person sending this (say it is a spam) go out of (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Ok Larry: US vs Canadian Discounts
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(...) great (...) Zellers is decent. About the only place to routinely discount (15% once a month)... Sears and the Bay are also good places to go - their prices start 5-10% higher, but because of that, they often have older stuff, which can be (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Ok Larry: US vs Canadian Discounts
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(...) I like Zellers. I always scope them out when I am Canada... (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hehe, I can actually :] (...) Cool! We do have Winners here..., I'll have to look for one in Windsor tho (I've only been here half a year or so). Shall have to add it to the list of stops on my LEGO hunt. KDJ. ___...___ Kyle D. Jackson (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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You're from Windsor! Can't you see the US just by looking out the window? ;-) I don't know if you have Winners stores in Ontario, but I've found some great sets cheap in Calgary. I got a couple Cyberslam kits with motors & the pneumatic Sub set for (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: eBay nailed?
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(...) I don't think your random clicks will be a problem when time comes to charge per packet. I expect that the rates will be so miniscule that casual browsing will be free (the problem might be that it won't do enough to spam because it won't cost (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Charging per packet, and blocking packets both sound good in practice, and I support them in theory. They are problematic though, the way the internet is currrently engineered. Packet headers are too easy to spoof. The internet is built on the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yep, that sounds like exactly what I'd want to do-- keep tabs on who's sending the most requests and if they look suspicious, deny them access, rather than have a flat "no more than X transactions per Y time", seeing as how you might get (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, it could be handled on a very gross basis by the router/firewall. If it keeps track of the top IP sources of packets, it can just start discarding packets from certain IP addresses. It could also recognize large company firewalls to (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Tell us (was: Found Discounted 5978; and Clearance Question)
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(...) Me too! Oh, wait, I'm already here. I'm moving to Wal-Mart! Actually, isn't it possible that in part it is these overseas activities that help float the company over smaller margins at home? There are a few companies that operate this (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) this (...) I can't really say anything one way or another regarding what Larry has said about the types of markets..., it seems to make sense, but economics tends to stretch my 10 s attention span a little too far :] Now that I think about it (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Tell us (was: Found Discounted 5978; and Clearance Question)
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(...) After reading that, I'd hafta agree with you... Especially that last sentence. Darn it, I'm moving to the States! Bryan (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And you thought I wouldn't like your answer! Nothing there I disagree with, although I don't think regulation has too much to do with, in the end, whether an older Lego set is discounted by 15% rather than 50%. I think I'll pose this question (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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See my reply to Erin... It's the standard libertarian dogmatic answer. :-) (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Tell us (was: Found Discounted 5978; and Clearance Question)
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(...) Well, in my opinion, the US is a more market driven economy and so stores are more concerned with financial results. Managers are managed more on effective use of capital, and less on compliance with government regulations. Also, the US (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Ok Larry: US vs Canadian Discounts
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Actually, Larry, I am interested in your take on the types of discounts that stores offer during a sale. For the benefit of other readers, we Canadians (at least on the West Coast) had lamented that we only occasionally see 10% - 15% mark-downs for (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Tell us (was: Found Discounted 5978; and Clearance Question)
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(...) Ok, why are the US stores seem to be more concerned with moving merchandise out and why they can afford to give steeper discounts? (Note: If you say something incredibly horrible, disgusting, shocking, vulgar, I will not lash out at you, cuz I (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Susan Olson wrote in message ... (...) the (...) Certainly eBay owns the format and technology that makes the listings possible. Certainly the seller owns the text used to describe the item. But certainly eBay can not be forced to give away the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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William A. Swanberg wrote in message ... (...) thing: (...) If the DOD hadn't allowed the internet to expand beyond the government, it would have just delayed the internet for a while. By the time the internet started to be useful, Usenet was (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: 4558 doors(x4) for exchange
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(...) This post was to trainheads, most of us don't mind being spammed with metroliner parts for trade! James P (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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