13 Aug
2012
13 Aug
'12
5:29 a.m.
On Aug 13, 2012, at 12:13 AM, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 08/13/2012 12:00 AM, Mouse wrote:
I disagree, with qualifications. Back in Baltimore, there's a great
little electronics store called Baynesville Electronics which is more
or less what Radio Shack always should have been. It's the only place
in the local area (and I live in Philadelphia now) where I can go and
pick up a handful of resistors, obscure batteries and cables of all
kinds (need an MMCX->RP-SMA cable right now? They have one) on the
spur of the moment. More expensive than Digi-Key, but if I need some
parts RIGHT NOW, it's a great option. Less of one now that I live in
Philly.
I wish there were more around like that. And there are, in the SF Bay
area (visit Halted next time you're out there; you won't be sorry).
I'll absolutely agree they're dying, but sometimes they're not
overrated.
- Dave
I don't know; I've never really looked.
If I could buy such a
converter at the local brick-and-mortar the same way, at the same time
as, I buy the drive? Then you might have a point. Otherwise, at the
very least it's raised the bar substantially.
I dunno Mouse. You and I usually agree on this sort of thing, but
this time I have to disagree. It's a whole lot easier to to sit here in
my underwear at 4AM, click on a listing and have it show up at my door a
week later...in the meantime I can get back to doing real work, and not
have to deal with the "duhhhhhhhhhhhhh" of the mouth-breathers who work
retail these days.
Brick-and-mortar stores are WAY overrated. (and dying)