michael a. lebowitz wrote:
At 17:29 20/09/2006, yoshie wrote:
On 9/20/06, michael a. lebowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
September 20, 2006
Address to the United Nations
Rise Up Against the EmpireBy HUGO CHAVEZ
CounterPunch should have gotten a more accurate transcript to
translate into English. E.g., this part:
I'll never trust them again!!! Abel= Evo, Mullah=Lula! And Bush????
.
Just a thought. When I worked in an auto part store, there was a
standardized, but copyrighted numbering system used like the Dewey
Decimal system called Lester Numbers:
.
Sell Alternator. Aug 27, 2006 Product Name: Alternator Model Number:
Lester 13309 Place of Origin: China Specifications: 1) >>> ยท
Alternator ...
.
Briefly, a 13 prefix is a generator, a 14 and 15... alternator, but I'm
out of touch and it looks like they recycled the 13s to alternator, now
that almost nothing drivable has a generator anymore.
16s are starters.
The point being... There are *intentional* mistakes in the full five
numbers that define the specific part built into the catalogs. It's a
form of copy protection.
Perhaps CounterPunch misprinted intentionally to dissuade bloggers and
re-posters.
OTOH: The auto part store I worked at was above-and-beyond full service,
kept catalogs on parts for years... back to the '40s (in the 90s). I was
part auto part salesman, part bookkeeper, and a goodly portion reference
librarian. We made a fortune from those mistakes by simply looking at
the number stamped on the part itself when a customer got, and tried to
install, the wrong $19.95 rebuilt (hardly) starter from a chain store
for the umpteenth time.
What CP did might persuade people to browse other sources for their
information, henceforth leaving CP with a reduced readership. If it was
purposeful, it wasn't bright.
Leigh
http://leighm.net/
