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  Apple is buying Beats after alll JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-05-28 16:53 -0400
    Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-28 21:58 +0100
      Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-29 09:34 +1200
        Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2014-05-28 14:57 -0700
          Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-29 14:49 +0100
            Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-05-29 10:31 -0400
              Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-29 16:49 +0100
                Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-05-29 19:38 -0400
                  Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-30 13:31 +1200
                  Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-30 09:52 +0100
                    Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-05-30 10:23 -0400
                    Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-30 21:28 +0000
                      Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-30 22:41 +0100
                        Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-31 06:52 +0000
                    Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-05-31 02:15 -0400
                      Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-31 19:06 +1200
            Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-05-29 15:57 -0400
    Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-29 09:35 +1200
      Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2014-05-28 17:06 -0500
        Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-29 13:34 +1200
      Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-05-28 19:08 -0400
        Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-05-29 00:24 +0000
    Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll The Translucent Amoebae <thetranslucentamoebae@gmail.com> - 2014-06-04 11:33 -0700

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#59810 — Apple is buying Beats after alll

After some speculation in media due to a New York Post speculation
yesterday, it appears to be official.

> http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/05/28Apple-to-Acquire-Beats-Music-Beats-Electronics.html

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#59812

In article <53864cb6$0$1282$c3e8da3$50776f34@news.astraweb.com>, JF
Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:

> After some speculation in media due to a New York Post speculation
> yesterday, it appears to be official.
> 
> >
> > http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/05/28Apple-to-Acquire-Beats-Music-Beats-
> > Electronics.html

Never heard of either of 'em, sorry.

-- 
"The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour to
 lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores 
 the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate technology, led them
 into it in the first place."                             - Douglas Adams

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#59815

In article <280520142158488556%timstreater@greenbee.net>, Tim Streater
<timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> In article <53864cb6$0$1282$c3e8da3$50776f34@news.astraweb.com>, JF
> Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> > 
> > After some speculation in media due to a New York Post speculation
> > yesterday, it appears to be official.
> > 
> >  http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/05/28Apple-to-Acquire-Beats-Music-Bea
> >  ts-Electronics.html
> 
> Never heard of either of 'em, sorry.

Never heard of Apple?!?  Gee, you're way behind on your reading.  ;-)

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#59817

On 5/28/14   PDT, 2:34 PM, Your Name wrote:
> In article <280520142158488556%timstreater@greenbee.net>, Tim Streater
> <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
>> In article <53864cb6$0$1282$c3e8da3$50776f34@news.astraweb.com>, JF
>> Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>> After some speculation in media due to a New York Post speculation
>>> yesterday, it appears to be official.
>>>
>>>   http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/05/28Apple-to-Acquire-Beats-Music-Bea
>>>   ts-Electronics.html
>>
>> Never heard of either of 'em, sorry.
>
> Never heard of Apple?!?  Gee, you're way behind on your reading.  ;-)
>
Even Beats is familiar to this old guy. You'd have to have not been in a 
stereo store, or Apple Store, or big box store to have not seen some 
Beats product or other.

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#59825

In article <lm5m4b$qns$1@dont-email.me>, John McWilliams
<jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote:

> On 5/28/14   PDT, 2:34 PM, Your Name wrote:
> > In article <280520142158488556%timstreater@greenbee.net>, Tim Streater
> > <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> >> In article <53864cb6$0$1282$c3e8da3$50776f34@news.astraweb.com>, JF
> >> Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> After some speculation in media due to a New York Post speculation
> >>> yesterday, it appears to be official.
> >>>
> >>>  
> >>>   http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/05/28Apple-to-Acquire-Beats-Music-B
> >>>   ea
> >>>   ts-Electronics.html
> >>
> >> Never heard of either of 'em, sorry.
> >
> > Never heard of Apple?!?  Gee, you're way behind on your reading.  ;-)
> >
> Even Beats is familiar to this old guy. You'd have to have not been in a 
> stereo store,

Bought my stereo kit in early 70s, have seen little need to update it
(until recently, perhaps).

> or Apple Store,

But my Macs from the online Store.

> or big box store

Whats a big box store?

> to have not seen some Beats product or other.

-- 
"If you're not able to ask questions and deal with the answers without feeling 
that someone has called your intelligence or competence into question, don't 
ask questions on Usenet where the answers won't be carefully tailored to avoid
tripping your hair-trigger insecurities."                  - D M Procida, UCSM

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#59826

In article <290520141449518370%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
 Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:

> In article <lm5m4b$qns$1@dont-email.me>, John McWilliams
> <jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > On 5/28/14   PDT, 2:34 PM, Your Name wrote:
> > > In article <280520142158488556%timstreater@greenbee.net>, Tim Streater
> > > <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> > >> In article <53864cb6$0$1282$c3e8da3$50776f34@news.astraweb.com>, JF
> > >> Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> After some speculation in media due to a New York Post speculation
> > >>> yesterday, it appears to be official.
> > >>>
> > >>>  
> > >>>   http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/05/28Apple-to-Acquire-Beats-Music
> > >>>   -B
> > >>>   ea
> > >>>   ts-Electronics.html
> > >>
> > >> Never heard of either of 'em, sorry.
> > >
> > > Never heard of Apple?!?  Gee, you're way behind on your reading.  ;-)
> > >
> > Even Beats is familiar to this old guy. You'd have to have not been in a 
> > stereo store,
> 
> Bought my stereo kit in early 70s, have seen little need to update it
> (until recently, perhaps).

So you're probably not very with current products and their 
manufacturers.

> 
> > or Apple Store,
> 
> But my Macs from the online Store.
> 
> > or big box store
> 
> Whats a big box store?

Have you been living under a rock for the past two decades?

The term is usually used for mega-retailers like Wal-Mart and Target. 
Wikipedia says that it's also used for specialty superstores like Best 
Buy.

> 
> > to have not seen some Beats product or other.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
*** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***

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#59827

In article <barmar-1920E2.10310829052014@news.eternal-september.org>,
Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> In article <290520141449518370%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
>  Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> 
> > In article <lm5m4b$qns$1@dont-email.me>, John McWilliams
> > <jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > On 5/28/14   PDT, 2:34 PM, Your Name wrote:
> > > > In article <280520142158488556%timstreater@greenbee.net>, Tim Streater
> > > > <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> > > >> In article <53864cb6$0$1282$c3e8da3$50776f34@news.astraweb.com>, JF
> > > >> Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> After some speculation in media due to a New York Post speculation
> > > >>> yesterday, it appears to be official.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>  
> > > >>>  
> > > >>>   http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/05/28Apple-to-Acquire-Beats-Mus
> > > >>>   ic
> > > >>>   -B
> > > >>>   ea
> > > >>>   ts-Electronics.html
> > > >>
> > > >> Never heard of either of 'em, sorry.
> > > >
> > > > Never heard of Apple?!?  Gee, you're way behind on your reading.  ;-)
> > > >
> > > Even Beats is familiar to this old guy. You'd have to have not been in a 
> > > stereo store,
> > 
> > Bought my stereo kit in early 70s, have seen little need to update it
> > (until recently, perhaps).
> 
> So you're probably not very with current products and their 
> manufacturers.

I replaced my Quad amp last year. I have a pair of IMF Professional
Monitor III purchased in 1974. I suspect the x-overs may need to be
recapped, but it's hard to judge (perhaps the freq. response of my ears
has something to do with it) or maybe the optical sound output from the
Panasonic TV or the D/A converter is crap.

Meanwhile I'm pondering how best to sell the Thorens TD125 turntable,
and SME 3009 with Shure V15 cartridge (all unused for 20 years).

> > > or Apple Store,
> > 
> > But my Macs from the online Store.
> > 
> > > or big box store
> > 
> > Whats a big box store?
> 
> Have you been living under a rock for the past two decades?
> 
> The term is usually used for mega-retailers like Wal-Mart and Target. 
> Wikipedia says that it's also used for specialty superstores like Best 
> Buy.

I don't think we have any of these (well there is Asda, owned by
Wal-Mart, but that's just a supermarket).

If you're talking about "big box" in the sense of a big store shifting
lots of TVs in boxes, I'd be better off doing some research, then going
to e.g. John Lewis to see the TVs all set up and being sold by someone
who has at least some idea of what they're talking about. I might then
buy from them or perhaps from Amazon.

-- 
"People don't buy Microsoft for quality, they buy it for compatibility
with what Bob in accounting bought last year. Trace it back - they buy
Microsoft because the IBM Selectric didn't suck much" - P Seebach, afc

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#59839

In article <290520141649349349%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
 Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:

> In article <barmar-1920E2.10310829052014@news.eternal-september.org>,
> Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> > In article <290520141449518370%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
> >  Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > In article <lm5m4b$qns$1@dont-email.me>, John McWilliams
> > > <jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On 5/28/14   PDT, 2:34 PM, Your Name wrote:
> > > > > In article <280520142158488556%timstreater@greenbee.net>, Tim 
> > > > > Streater
> > > > > <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> > > > >> In article <53864cb6$0$1282$c3e8da3$50776f34@news.astraweb.com>, JF
> > > > >> Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> After some speculation in media due to a New York Post speculation
> > > > >>> yesterday, it appears to be official.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>  
> > > > >>>  
> > > > >>>   http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/05/28Apple-to-Acquire-Beats-M
> > > > >>>   us
> > > > >>>   ic
> > > > >>>   -B
> > > > >>>   ea
> > > > >>>   ts-Electronics.html
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Never heard of either of 'em, sorry.
> > > > >
> > > > > Never heard of Apple?!?  Gee, you're way behind on your reading.  ;-)
> > > > >
> > > > Even Beats is familiar to this old guy. You'd have to have not been in 
> > > > a 
> > > > stereo store,
> > > 
> > > Bought my stereo kit in early 70s, have seen little need to update it
> > > (until recently, perhaps).
> > 
> > So you're probably not very with current products and their 
> > manufacturers.
> 
> I replaced my Quad amp last year. I have a pair of IMF Professional
> Monitor III purchased in 1974. I suspect the x-overs may need to be
> recapped, but it's hard to judge (perhaps the freq. response of my ears
> has something to do with it) or maybe the optical sound output from the
> Panasonic TV or the D/A converter is crap.
> 
> Meanwhile I'm pondering how best to sell the Thorens TD125 turntable,
> and SME 3009 with Shure V15 cartridge (all unused for 20 years).
> 
> > > > or Apple Store,
> > > 
> > > But my Macs from the online Store.
> > > 
> > > > or big box store
> > > 
> > > Whats a big box store?
> > 
> > Have you been living under a rock for the past two decades?
> > 
> > The term is usually used for mega-retailers like Wal-Mart and Target. 
> > Wikipedia says that it's also used for specialty superstores like Best 
> > Buy.
> 
> I don't think we have any of these (well there is Asda, owned by
> Wal-Mart, but that's just a supermarket).

How parochial are you? Do you only know about things that are in your 
backyard? You don't watch or read news? Wal-Mart is the world's biggest 
retailer, they have the largest workforce outside the government. 
They're in the news frequently. Businesses like this are the reason many 
mom-n-pop stores are struggling to compete, and even many once-big 
retailers like Woolworth have gone out of business.

I think I've only been to Wal-Mart once or twice, and never to CostCo 
(there doesn't seem to be much point in buying in bulk when you live 
alone). But I surely know they exist and they have huge impact on the 
economy.

> 
> If you're talking about "big box" in the sense of a big store shifting
> lots of TVs in boxes, I'd be better off doing some research, then going
> to e.g. John Lewis to see the TVs all set up and being sold by someone
> who has at least some idea of what they're talking about. I might then
> buy from them or perhaps from Amazon.

I believe the term "big box" just refers to the fact that these are 
usually big, standalone buildings -- the store itself is a big box.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
*** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***

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#59840

In article <barmar-00829D.19380229052014@news.eternal-september.org>,
Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> In article <290520141649349349%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
>  Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> > In article <barmar-1920E2.10310829052014@news.eternal-september.org>,
> > Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > Have you been living under a rock for the past two decades?
> > > 
> > > The term is usually used for mega-retailers like Wal-Mart and Target. 
> > > Wikipedia says that it's also used for specialty superstores like Best 
> > > Buy.
> > 
> > I don't think we have any of these (well there is Asda, owned by
> > Wal-Mart, but that's just a supermarket).
> 
> How parochial are you? Do you only know about things that are in your 
> backyard? You don't watch or read news? Wal-Mart is the world's biggest 
> retailer, they have the largest workforce outside the government. 
> They're in the news frequently. Businesses like this are the reason many 
> mom-n-pop stores are struggling to compete, and even many once-big 
> retailers like Woolworth have gone out of business.
<snip>

Yep. It's difficult in many bigger towns and cities to find a store
that isn't part of a large chain, often owned by the same parent
company. Most of the shopping malls are all filled with the same old
big name stores.  :-(

In Australia / New Zealand there two main budget-sell-everything type
cahins - Kmart (which licenses the name from the US, but is an
unrealated company) and The Warehouse (often called Red Shed in New
Zealand, but they bought up an Australian company which has yellow
stores - I can't recall the name now).

Woolworths still exists in Australia as a supermarket chain, but the
New Zealand branches of Woolworths and Foodtown have all been rebranded
as Countdown after a buyout a few years ago ... although they still use
the peeled tomato "W" logo which Apple tried to stop Woolworths using.

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#59843

In article <barmar-00829D.19380229052014@news.eternal-september.org>,
Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> In article <290520141649349349%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
>  Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:

> > I don't think we have any of these (well there is Asda, owned by
> > Wal-Mart, but that's just a supermarket).
> 
> How parochial are you? Do you only know about things that are in your 
> backyard? You don't watch or read news? Wal-Mart is the world's biggest 
> retailer, they have the largest workforce outside the government.

Why should I read any news about a foreign company like Wal-Mart?
Except perhaps when they take over one of our supermarket chains.

As for size, I'm sure I read somewhere that the NHS is the biggest
employer anywhere except the Chinese Red Army.

> They're in the news frequently.

No, quite rarely.

> Businesses like this are the reason many 
> mom-n-pop stores are struggling to compete, and even many once-big 
> retailers like Woolworth have gone out of business.
> 
> I think I've only been to Wal-Mart once or twice, and never to CostCo 
> (there doesn't seem to be much point in buying in bulk when you live 
> alone). But I surely know they exist and they have huge impact on the 
> economy.

Since there are none of either here it's unsurprising that I've been to
neither.

-- 
"That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed,
nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted"  --  Bill of Rights 1689

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#59850

In article <300520140952281805%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
 Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:

> In article <barmar-00829D.19380229052014@news.eternal-september.org>,
> Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> > In article <290520141649349349%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
> >  Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> 
> > > I don't think we have any of these (well there is Asda, owned by
> > > Wal-Mart, but that's just a supermarket).
> > 
> > How parochial are you? Do you only know about things that are in your 
> > backyard? You don't watch or read news? Wal-Mart is the world's biggest 
> > retailer, they have the largest workforce outside the government.
> 
> Why should I read any news about a foreign company like Wal-Mart?
> Except perhaps when they take over one of our supermarket chains.

Didn't realize you were not American. Never mind.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
*** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***

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#59853

In message <300520140952281805%timstreater@greenbee.net> 
  Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> In article <barmar-00829D.19380229052014@news.eternal-september.org>,
> Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

>> In article <290520141649349349%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
>>  Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:

>> > I don't think we have any of these (well there is Asda, owned by
>> > Wal-Mart, but that's just a supermarket).

ASDA is not just a supermarket. They sell clothing, toys, and weirdly,
financial services as well as food.

>> How parochial are you? Do you only know about things that are in your 
>> backyard? You don't watch or read news? Wal-Mart is the world's biggest 
>> retailer, they have the largest workforce outside the government.

> Why should I read any news about a foreign company like Wal-Mart?
> Except perhaps when they take over one of our supermarket chains.

Wal-Mart is an international company with a presence in over 25
countries. They are the world's largest corporation and the largest
non-governmental employer. They are also one of the proofs positive that
vast sums of money turns people into evil soul sucking scum.

> As for size, I'm sure I read somewhere that the NHS is the biggest
> employer anywhere except the Chinese Red Army.

Those are both government employers. Walmart employs over 2 million
people.

-- 
>> a Freudian slip is when you say one thing but you're really
thinking about a mother.
> no, a Freudian slip is sexy underwear your mother wears

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#59854

In article <slrnlohu0m.1r9.g.kreme@amelia.local>, Lewis
<g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

> In message <300520140952281805%timstreater@greenbee.net> 
>   Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> > In article <barmar-00829D.19380229052014@news.eternal-september.org>,
> > Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> >> In article <290520141649349349%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
> >>  Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> 
> >> > I don't think we have any of these (well there is Asda, owned by
> >> > Wal-Mart, but that's just a supermarket).
> 
> ASDA is not just a supermarket. They sell clothing, toys, and weirdly,
> financial services as well as food.

So does Tesco. And so?

> >> How parochial are you? Do you only know about things that are in your 
> >> backyard? You don't watch or read news? Wal-Mart is the world's biggest 
> >> retailer, they have the largest workforce outside the government.
> 
> > Why should I read any news about a foreign company like Wal-Mart?
> > Except perhaps when they take over one of our supermarket chains.
> 
> Wal-Mart is an international company with a presence in over 25
> countries. They are the world's largest corporation and the largest
> non-governmental employer. They are also one of the proofs positive that
> vast sums of money turns people into evil soul sucking scum.

<yawn>
 
> > As for size, I'm sure I read somewhere that the NHS is the biggest
> > employer anywhere except the Chinese Red Army.
> 
> Those are both government employers. Walmart employs over 2 million
> people.

<yawn> again, I'm afraid. AFAIAC, it's a foreign company about which I
don't give a monkey's and in which I have not the slightest interest.

-- 
"The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour to
 lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores 
 the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate technology, led them
 into it in the first place."                             - Douglas Adams

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#59863

In message <300520142241240002%timstreater@greenbee.net> 
  Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> In article <slrnlohu0m.1r9.g.kreme@amelia.local>, Lewis
> <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

>> In message <300520140952281805%timstreater@greenbee.net> 
>>   Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
>> > In article <barmar-00829D.19380229052014@news.eternal-september.org>,
>> > Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> >> In article <290520141649349349%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
>> >>  Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
>> 
>> >> > I don't think we have any of these (well there is Asda, owned by
>> >> > Wal-Mart, but that's just a supermarket).
>> 
>> ASDA is not just a supermarket. They sell clothing, toys, and weirdly,
>> financial services as well as food.

> So does Tesco. And so?

You said Asda was "just a supermarket"

> <yawn> again, I'm afraid. AFAIAC, it's a foreign company about which I
> don't give a monkey's and in which I have not the slightest interest.

They are not foreign to you.

-- 
"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial."
Irvin S. Cobb

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#59862

In article <300520140952281805%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
 Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:

> In article <barmar-00829D.19380229052014@news.eternal-september.org>,
> Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> > In article <290520141649349349%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
> >  Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> 
> > > I don't think we have any of these (well there is Asda, owned by
> > > Wal-Mart, but that's just a supermarket).
> > 
> > How parochial are you? Do you only know about things that are in your 
> > backyard? You don't watch or read news? Wal-Mart is the world's biggest 
> > retailer, they have the largest workforce outside the government.
> 
> Why should I read any news about a foreign company like Wal-Mart?
> Except perhaps when they take over one of our supermarket chains.

Your foreignness probably also explains not recognizing the term 
"big-box store". It's probably an American idiom. Even in other 
countries that have similar (or the same) stores, they probably don't 
use the same term for them.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
*** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***

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#59864

In article <barmar-AB2513.02151631052014@news.eternal-september.org>,
Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> In article <300520140952281805%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
>  Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> > In article <barmar-00829D.19380229052014@news.eternal-september.org>,
> > Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> > > In article <290520141649349349%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
> > >  Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > I don't think we have any of these (well there is Asda, owned by
> > > > Wal-Mart, but that's just a supermarket).
> > > 
> > > How parochial are you? Do you only know about things that are in your 
> > > backyard? You don't watch or read news? Wal-Mart is the world's biggest 
> > > retailer, they have the largest workforce outside the government.
> > 
> > Why should I read any news about a foreign company like Wal-Mart?
> > Except perhaps when they take over one of our supermarket chains.
> 
> Your foreignness probably also explains not recognizing the term 
> "big-box store". It's probably an American idiom. Even in other 
> countries that have similar (or the same) stores, they probably don't 
> use the same term for them.

Most places don't have enough different brands to give them an overall
them. I did see the term "hypermarket" used to describe them when I was
reading something online today.

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#59829

I don't consider myself as living under a rock. Although I do not watch
TV so admittedly I don't see TV commercials unless they are really good
and someone pointto them on Youtube.

I frequent the Apple places of worship a few times a year. I have have
seen "beats" stuff, but never noticed them. I have noticed some younger
folks parade around the town with 1970s headphones connected to their
iphone. I notice them because they stand out as different (aka: not
widespread use).

Before this story of Apple buying Beats, I was totally unaware of that
company's existence.

Perhaps in the USA it is more of a cultural phenomenon, but outside the
USA, i have to wonder. Recall that Apple makes more than half its
profits from outside the USA.

I think 3 billion bucks is way overvalued for that company.

I read somewhere that Vivendi has shares in the company. (some some form
of association). Perhaps paying a hefty premium for a worthless company
was a way to get favours from the shareholders. And I am hoping those
favours are worth 3 billion bucks.

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#59816

In article <53864cb6$0$1282$c3e8da3$50776f34@news.astraweb.com>, JF
Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>
> After some speculation in media due to a New York Post speculation
> yesterday, it appears to be official.
> 
>  http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/05/28Apple-to-Acquire-Beats-Music-Beats-
>  Electronics.html

Yep, there's a couple of articles on MacRumors.com about it. I haven't
had time to read them fuly yet, but a VERY quick skim seems to say it's
at least partly for the subscription service.

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#59818

On Thu, 29 May 2014 09:35:41 +1200, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> 
wrote:
> In article <53864cb6$0$1282$c3e8da3$50776f34@news.astraweb.com>, JF 
> Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>>
>> After some speculation in media due to a New York Post speculation 
>> yesterday, it appears to be official.
>> 
>>  http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/05/28Apple-to-Acquire-Beats-Music-Beats- 
>>  Electronics.html
>
> Yep, there's a couple of articles on MacRumors.com about it. I haven't 
> had time to read them fuly yet, but a VERY quick skim seems to say 
> it's at least partly for the subscription service.

If that is the point, why not just buy Spotify or Pandora or one of the 
other market leading sevices?  Apple could have them for what would be 
chump change out of the savings account.

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#59821

In article <slrnlocnfg.1f4s.timmcn@sugaree.local>, Tim McNamara
<timmcn@bitstream.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 29 May 2014 09:35:41 +1200, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> 
> wrote:
> > In article <53864cb6$0$1282$c3e8da3$50776f34@news.astraweb.com>, JF 
> > Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> >>
> >> After some speculation in media due to a New York Post speculation 
> >> yesterday, it appears to be official.
> >> 
> >> 
> >>  http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/05/28Apple-to-Acquire-Beats-Music-Bea
> >>  ts-Electronics.html
> >
> > Yep, there's a couple of articles on MacRumors.com about it. I haven't 
> > had time to read them fuly yet, but a VERY quick skim seems to say 
> > it's at least partly for the subscription service.
> 
> If that is the point, why not just buy Spotify or Pandora or one of the 
> other market leading sevices?  Apple could have them for what would be 
> chump change out of the savings account.

Thos bigger names would be more expensive to buy, but I did say the
subscription was probably only PART of the reason. They've also
"gained" the two big-headed fool... err, "music industry geniuses"
behind Beats.

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