[Milsurplus] WWII-era portable PA on eBay

J. Forster jfor at quik.com
Tue Nov 2 20:06:43 EST 2004


Horace W. Hall wrote:

> > OTOH, I detest their management style,
>
> They do seem to have become so successful that the needs of their customers
> don't always head their list of priorities. And I wish they had not
> monkeyed with the page layouts as much as they have. I guess I just like it
> simple and effective.

I agree. I really dislike their increased use of Cookies. No one knows what kind
of data they are really collecting, and what they are (or intend) to do with it.
It reminds me of libraries keeping track of what you read or a video store
keeping track of what videos you view. IMO, such profiling is a serious invasion
of privacy.

> Their programmer staff seem to have evolved into
> being too graphics-looks-oriented. Seems like it takes 4 screens now to do
> what used to be seen on one.

And it takes FOREVER to download. Feature creep gone nuts, IMO.

-John

> Yup, its a love-hate relationship. Still, its a neat place to waste...err,
> spend... one's on-line time. <g>
>
> --Wayne
>   WB4OGM





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