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NickMark
May 21, 2012, 6:25:11 PM5/21/12
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http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/blog/energy/2012/05/eaton-to-acquire-cooper-in-12b-deal.html
This could bring a new player into the field
This could bring a new player into the field
Jim
May 21, 2012, 10:29:45 PM5/21/12
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On Monday, May 21, 2012 6:25:11 PM UTC-4, NickMark wrote:
> http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/blog/energy/2012/05/eaton-to-acquire-cooper-in-12b-deal.html
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> This could bring a new player into the field
It'a hard enough to even tell what the name of the game is .... anymore without adding another "player".
> http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/blog/energy/2012/05/eaton-to-acquire-cooper-in-12b-deal.html
>
> This could bring a new player into the field
Jim Rojas
May 23, 2012, 4:59:27 PM5/23/12
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the USA. It is the way these buyouts work. All funded buy taxpayer
dollars in some way, shape or form...
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mleuck
May 24, 2012, 4:26:38 PM5/24/12
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On Monday, May 21, 2012 5:25:11 PM UTC-5, NickMark wrote:
> http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/blog/energy/2012/05/eaton-to-acquire-cooper-in-12b-deal.html
>
> This could bring a new player into the field
I will never understand why a company like Cooper that produces product is worth 12 billion but Facebook is worth 100?
> http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/blog/energy/2012/05/eaton-to-acquire-cooper-in-12b-deal.html
>
> This could bring a new player into the field
Jeez now I'm starting to sound like Jim
Jim
May 24, 2012, 9:51:11 PM5/24/12
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But don't get all excited now. I'm sure it's just a case of Flowers for Algernon.
mleuck
May 25, 2012, 6:02:11 PM5/25/12
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Bob La Londe
May 25, 2012, 10:34:14 PM5/25/12
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"mleuck" <m.l...@tx.rr.com> wrote in message
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You are getting flowers and Algernon is getting smarter?
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mleuck
May 26, 2012, 3:00:04 PM5/26/12
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Bob La Londe
May 26, 2012, 8:53:20 PM5/26/12
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On May 26, 12:00 pm, mleuck <m.le...@tx.rr.com> wrote:
> On Friday, May 25, 2012 9:34:14 PM UTC-5, Bob La Londe wrote:
> > "mleuck" <m.le...@tx.rr.com> wrote in message
> On Friday, May 25, 2012 9:34:14 PM UTC-5, Bob La Londe wrote:
> >news:2dd3a9cb-6cdd-4636...@googlegroups.com...
> > > On Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:51:11 PM UTC-5, Jim wrote:
> > >> On Thursday, May 24, 2012 4:26:38 PM UTC-4, mleuck wrote:
> > >> > On Monday, May 21, 2012 5:25:11 PM UTC-5, NickMark wrote:
> > >> > >http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/blog/energy/2012/05/eaton-to-ac...
> > > On Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:51:11 PM UTC-5, Jim wrote:
> > >> On Thursday, May 24, 2012 4:26:38 PM UTC-4, mleuck wrote:
> > >> > On Monday, May 21, 2012 5:25:11 PM UTC-5, NickMark wrote:
>
> > >> > > This could bring a new player into the field
>
> > >> > I will never understand why a company like Cooper that produces product
> > >> > is worth 12 billion but Facebook is worth 100?
>
> > >> > Jeez now I'm starting to sound like Jim
>
> > >> You just may be becoming a little bit smarter .... that's all.
>
> > >> But don't get all excited now. I'm sure it's just a case of Flowers for
> > >> Algernon.
>
> > > You might have that backwards
>
> > You are getting flowers and Algernon is getting smarter?
>
> Funny part is most people reading this thread aren't old enough to have any idea what all of us are talking about.- Hide quoted text -
> > >> > > This could bring a new player into the field
>
> > >> > I will never understand why a company like Cooper that produces product
> > >> > is worth 12 billion but Facebook is worth 100?
>
> > >> > Jeez now I'm starting to sound like Jim
>
> > >> You just may be becoming a little bit smarter .... that's all.
>
> > >> But don't get all excited now. I'm sure it's just a case of Flowers for
> > >> Algernon.
>
> > > You might have that backwards
>
> > You are getting flowers and Algernon is getting smarter?
>
>
> - Show quoted text -
I'm a Sci Fi fan... well I use to be. I spend more time fishing or
tinkering in my machine shop and reading machining books these days.
Jim
May 27, 2012, 2:01:55 AM5/27/12
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I read lots and lots of Asimov, The Foundation and Robot series. Lot's of Heinlein, Methuselah's Children and following Lazarus Long in subsequent novels. Stranger in a strange land and Bradbury, A sound of Thunder, Fahrenhiet 451, I sing the body electric.
I liked the Dune series too.
And I liked most of Arthur Clarks work,except towards the end of his career. One of the most memorable was ( for me, anyway ),one by Clark. Not a profound or popular novel but just memorable because I never suspected what the ending was until I read it. Childhoods End.
But now .... like you ... I read technical manuals and spec sheets and research equipment for audio video installtions. I still try to watch out for a good Sci Fi movie when I see an advertisement. Some of them are pretty good. I'm usually more impressed by the special effects nowdays, than the story line. Most memorable of the oldies is Forbidden planet and This planet earth.
NickMark
May 27, 2012, 1:06:51 PM5/27/12
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On Monday, May 21, 2012 6:25:11 PM UTC-4, NickMark wrote:
> http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/blog/energy/2012/05/eaton-to-acquire-cooper-in-12b-deal.html
>
> This could bring a new player into the field
Like sci fi check out old time radio show X minus 1
>
> This could bring a new player into the field
http://www.otr.net/?p=xmn1
Bob La Londe
May 27, 2012, 9:30:45 PM5/27/12
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"Jim" <alar...@aol.com> wrote in message
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Yeah, its hard to take Ann McCaffrey seriously as Sci Fi. She doesn't spell
it out until you are a dozen books in. By then you are sucked into her
Dragon Riders world anyway. I like some Fantasy, but I don't really like my
Fantasy and Sci Fi mixed together. The Practice Affect was probably one of
the best pieces of original magical fantasy I have read.
ON THE FLIP SIDE... how do you explain Phase & Proton?
> I read lots and lots of Asimov, The Foundation and Robot series. Lot's of
> Heinlein, Methuselah's Children and following Lazarus Long in subsequent
> novels. Stranger in a strange land and Bradbury, A sound of Thunder,
> Fahrenhiet 451, I sing the body electric.
Read all of those except I Sing the Body Electric.
> I liked the Dune series too.
Never cared for it myself. I waded through the original book twice before I
really got it. Way too much verbose face flapping / keyboard smacking.
> And I liked most of Arthur Clarks work,except towards the end of his
> career. One of the most memorable was ( for me, anyway ),one by Clark. Not
> a profound or popular novel but just memorable because I never suspected
> what the ending was until I read it. Childhoods End.
I read a fair amount of Clark, but "Rendezvous with Rhama" was a waste of
paper. I was a huge Saberhagen Fan, and I read a lot of Niven. Even
Niven/Purnelle had some redeeming qualities. I think I read every single
thing Asimov published in book form. I thought he pussed out in the end
though... "We'll pick this way. Not because it's the best, but because we
can change our mind." It wasn't the logical conclusion. I read the 2
classics by Bradbury, but I found them to be awkward reading. Not sure I
remember "I Sing the Body Electric." I'm going to go look that one up. I
did read a lot of Philip K Dick. He was a little twisted, but very
creative. In retrospect its obvious he was a drug addict. I think I read
all the publish books by Heinlein, but I might have missed one.
I did read the ORIGINAL, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
> But now .... like you ... I read technical manuals and spec sheets and
> research equipment for audio video installtions.
Yeah, just when exactly did the latest MSC Industrial flier become more
interesting than the latest issue of Playboy? LOL.
> I still try to watch out for a good Sci Fi movie when I see an
> advertisement. Some of them are pretty good. I'm usually more impressed by
> the special effects nowdays, than the story line. Most memorable of the
> oldies is Forbidden planet and This planet earth.
I have to say they did a decent job with the latest Star Trek movie. Yeah,
they pulled a "Who Shot J.R.?" and destroyed Gene Rodenberry's happy little
universe, but now the way is open for a whole new era of creativity.
I have to say if you are into super heroes Stan Lee and company have been
doing a really great job of making modern day setting movies out of the
classic Marvel comics. It was pretty hard to beat Iron Man. Thor and the
Avengers have a bit to much mythology for my taste, but they are staying
true to the original story lines.
A buddy and I are leaving the women at home to go see MIB3 at the theater
later this evening. A long time ago we discovered, "Never take a girl to a
movie YOU want to see." Its crap as Sci Fi goes... well rehashed themes
from 1950s and 1960s anyway, but Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are great
actors.
news:c3c88b1d-d8b2-4340...@googlegroups.com...
it out until you are a dozen books in. By then you are sucked into her
Dragon Riders world anyway. I like some Fantasy, but I don't really like my
Fantasy and Sci Fi mixed together. The Practice Affect was probably one of
the best pieces of original magical fantasy I have read.
ON THE FLIP SIDE... how do you explain Phase & Proton?
> I read lots and lots of Asimov, The Foundation and Robot series. Lot's of
> Heinlein, Methuselah's Children and following Lazarus Long in subsequent
> novels. Stranger in a strange land and Bradbury, A sound of Thunder,
> Fahrenhiet 451, I sing the body electric.
> I liked the Dune series too.
really got it. Way too much verbose face flapping / keyboard smacking.
> And I liked most of Arthur Clarks work,except towards the end of his
> career. One of the most memorable was ( for me, anyway ),one by Clark. Not
> a profound or popular novel but just memorable because I never suspected
> what the ending was until I read it. Childhoods End.
paper. I was a huge Saberhagen Fan, and I read a lot of Niven. Even
Niven/Purnelle had some redeeming qualities. I think I read every single
thing Asimov published in book form. I thought he pussed out in the end
though... "We'll pick this way. Not because it's the best, but because we
can change our mind." It wasn't the logical conclusion. I read the 2
classics by Bradbury, but I found them to be awkward reading. Not sure I
remember "I Sing the Body Electric." I'm going to go look that one up. I
did read a lot of Philip K Dick. He was a little twisted, but very
creative. In retrospect its obvious he was a drug addict. I think I read
all the publish books by Heinlein, but I might have missed one.
I did read the ORIGINAL, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
> But now .... like you ... I read technical manuals and spec sheets and
> research equipment for audio video installtions.
interesting than the latest issue of Playboy? LOL.
> I still try to watch out for a good Sci Fi movie when I see an
> advertisement. Some of them are pretty good. I'm usually more impressed by
> the special effects nowdays, than the story line. Most memorable of the
> oldies is Forbidden planet and This planet earth.
they pulled a "Who Shot J.R.?" and destroyed Gene Rodenberry's happy little
universe, but now the way is open for a whole new era of creativity.
I have to say if you are into super heroes Stan Lee and company have been
doing a really great job of making modern day setting movies out of the
classic Marvel comics. It was pretty hard to beat Iron Man. Thor and the
Avengers have a bit to much mythology for my taste, but they are staying
true to the original story lines.
A buddy and I are leaving the women at home to go see MIB3 at the theater
later this evening. A long time ago we discovered, "Never take a girl to a
movie YOU want to see." Its crap as Sci Fi goes... well rehashed themes
from 1950s and 1960s anyway, but Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are great
actors.
Jim
May 28, 2012, 6:43:51 PM5/28/12
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You've heard that discorse about .... if a tree falls in the forrest is there a sound.
Well here's another one similar.
If a man is sitting alone in the forrest and his wife is no where around him, If he has an opinion ........ is he still wrong?
Frank Kurz
Jun 5, 2012, 9:56:39 AM6/5/12
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On 28/05/2012 3:43 PM, Jim wrote:
> On Sunday, May 27, 2012 9:30:45 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, its hard to take Ann McCaffrey seriously as Sci Fi. She doesn't spell
>> it out until you are a dozen books in. By then you are sucked into her
>> Dragon Riders world anyway. I like some Fantasy, but I don't really like my
>> Fantasy and Sci Fi mixed together. The Practice Affect was probably one of
>> the best pieces of original magical fantasy I have read.
>>
>> ON THE FLIP SIDE... how do you explain Phase& Proton?
> On Sunday, May 27, 2012 9:30:45 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, its hard to take Ann McCaffrey seriously as Sci Fi. She doesn't spell
>> it out until you are a dozen books in. By then you are sucked into her
>> Dragon Riders world anyway. I like some Fantasy, but I don't really like my
>> Fantasy and Sci Fi mixed together. The Practice Affect was probably one of
>> the best pieces of original magical fantasy I have read.
>>
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