On 10/30/07, Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
As for incompetence, I cannot count or remember crap but I think they > tried like 10 advertised in-home repair services and only 2 id'ed the > bad memory. To me that begs a different question: > Is the market burdgeoning so much that 8 of 10 are clueless (sorta > like cellphone market boom, anyone can sell phones & service plans)... > or is the audience/customerbase so fiscally fit and clueless that they > usually don't notice? (yea I know users are always clueless blah blah) In answer to your last question, I think the answer is yes. But I'm coming from a different place. I suspect there is a lot of fraud going on. But I'd like to see news reports that go a bit more in depth. For example, did any of the ones who got it wrong run any diagnostics? I just think the report could have been far more convincing if they hadn't tried to cover it in a very short piece. As far as the evidence went, I think it would have been more persuasive to put a "fools or crooks" slant to the story rather than trying to force "crooks" as the only explanation. Either that or show the proof of dishonesty. This sort of media blitz seems to beg for industry regulation. I've > noticed the trend toward excessive legitimization by some of the firms > like GeekSquad with their uniforms and almost-police-looking cars, > lately -- what think ye? Is our wild west eroding to gentrification? > > Being born in 1946 and raised in the last town at the end of the gravel road before the Great Idaho primitive area, literally five years after the last horse-drawn stage coach run pulled out, I can answer this one. :-) Our wild west is long, long gone. But I'm not sure I'd call our local crime and employment statistics a sign of gentrification. At least in Springfield, things seem to be heading the other way. Best regards, Marbux BUCK "MARBUX" MARTIN Director of Legal Affairs OpenDocument Foundation Contact: <http://www.opendocumentfoundation.us/contact.htm> Charter member, Two Guys without a Garage, <http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/10/cracks-in-foundation.html> -- Universal Interop Now!
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