On Fri, June 1, 2007 3:16 pm, Andrew Lentvorski wrote: > Lan Barnes wrote: >> Has anyone noticed that precious few people on this thread have come >> close >> to answering the original question, which was "please recommend >> electronics components stores in San Diego"? Of course, implicit in that >> was that the stores not have closed in the last decade, etc etc etc .... >> >> And FWIW, the question is still open. >> >> <mutter> google and yp.yahoo.com were a bust, too ... maybe the _paper_ >> yellow pages ... > > Um, take a look at your original question before getting annoyed. > > Your original question *did* get answered. > > The fact that wasn't the question you *wanted* answered is not our > fault. (Although, it's still not clear what you actually wanted > answered ...) > > Someone did mention Fry's. San Marcos store is better than the San > Diego store for discretes. Unless you get a *really* good store > locally, Fry's is going to be hard to beat for retail selection. Price, > on the other hand, ... :( > > We also pointed out that an LED is not going to work because you don't > have enough voltage for the bandgap. > > Since Fry's actually has a couple rows of discretes, it is more likely > that you will find a low-voltage lamp that might actually work. > > Quite frankly, you got a couple *good* answers. That's better than > average for a mailing list thread. ;) It's one of the reasons for > being on KPLUG. > > You might want to be a little slower on the trigger to complain about > free help that's actually accurate *and* related to the original > question. This feels like the third or fourth time you've complained > about the responses in a thread you initiated. On some of the higher > traffic lists I monitor, people get put in the "ungrateful PITA" > killfile for that. > > -a
See reply to Todd. Or go back to discussing the physics of shotsky bridges. La Quey -- spiny misanthropic La Quey -- gave me an answer in two sentences. It's like I always tell my kids: "What would you rather do, be right, or be happy?" -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
