Gun Counter ignorance is not just in the gun store. Name some other examples.

[Ah Pook]

Auto parts counter jockeys are my biggest peeve.

One example:

Me: Ask for Holley carb jets in three different sizes.
Jockey: What car is it on?
Me: Doesn't matter. I need these parts. They are not stock.
Jockey: I need a make of car to look for it.

This goes around for a couple of rounds. I finally play his game and the end result is that he can't find it in his 'puter. Now I tell him to go back and find the Holley catalogue and find the part #s. Ten minutes later he came out with what I asked for. That was a wasted 1/2 hour.

Anymore I will gladly pay a little more for a service person who knows there ass from a hole in the ground.

[pepito]

"Replace the guide rod spring in your handgun every 300-500 rounds."

[HoneyBadger]

"Replace the guide rod spring in your handgun every 300-500 rounds."

LOL I'm approaching 4000rds on my glock.

[Delfuego]

Ever try to buy a snowboard from a shop???

Please explain the difference. Only conceivable difference I can think of is EM shielding between the strands, but everybody does that nowadays... even the $3 cable from monoprice.

HDMI cables are "digital". Traffic is protocol driven and there would not be shit for difference in either other than materials and quality control.

Speaker cable on the other hand in a big F'n difference. There is a reason some speaker wires cost $100 per foot. You can hear the difference if you are an audiophile and have the gear...

[Rucker61]

Ever try to buy a snowboard from a shop???


HDMI cables are "digital". Traffic is protocol driven and there would not be shit for difference in either other than materials and quality control.

Speaker cable on the other hand in a big F'n difference. There is a reason some speaker wires cost $100 per foot. You can hear the difference if you are an audiophile and have the gear...

Which is why studios use Mogami and Canare at much less than $100 a foot.

[brutal]

This is why I buy all my digital cables from monoprice.com With a digital signal it is all 1s and 0s. There is no quality gradient here... Like you said: it either works or it doesn't. Bonus: Since you can buy a 12ft HDMI cable from monoprice for $3 plus about $3 shipping, you might as well buy 2 "just in case". That being said, I've ordered hundreds of dollars of cables, parts, speakers, etc from them and I've never received anything from them that didn't work as expected right out of the box.

Much like concealed=concealed, digital=digital. Build quality=durability does have some merit.

Granted there is a difference between a higher end HDMI cable and the basic Wal-mart brand, but it's really not huge at all... It's not like the difference between a $200 1911 and a Nighthawk Custom.

^^ see above. ^^ Costco cables are built by Audioquest. Definite hit.

Please explain the difference. Only conceivable difference I can think of is EM shielding between the strands, but everybody does that nowadays... even the $3 cable from monoprice.

Again, my response agrees.

F' the monster cable snobs!

Monster cable is a despicable company. Want a good read? Check out the Blue Jeans cable response to their lawsuit. http://www.bluejeanscable.com/legal/mcp/

But the Monster cable is so pretty, and you're going to need that durability when you bug out with the Xbox!

I actually read a reputable study once where Monster speaker wire was compared with electrical wire (think wiring a table lamp) and the electrical wire came out on top in all categories.

Ever try to buy a snowboard from a shop???


HDMI cables are "digital". Traffic is protocol driven and there would not be shit for difference in either other than materials and quality control.

Speaker cable on the other hand in a big F'n difference. There is a reason some speaker wires cost $100 per foot. You can hear the difference if you are an audiophile and have the gear...

Which is why studios use Mogami and Canare at much less than $100 a foot.

For speaker wire, a coat hanger will beat just about anything at the same length. Zip cord > Monster. Check out DIY White Lightning Moonshine. That's my speaker cable of choice. I'd challenge anyone to tell the difference, double blind test, between one I built for $20 vs. any esoteric bullshit. I build my own interconnects using Canare cable.

My biggest gripe is listening to hound!!! blahahahahahaha macs suck!

SATA 10k rpm drives vs SSD.
IBM vs SUN
HP vs Dell
Ford vs chevy
Dodge vs everything else (for a farm truck)

And the worst one i've ever had to witness was International vs Case vs John Deere when all 3 reps where at my uncles farm right before harvest.

Whatever tool works best for the job at hand.

SSD > SAS>FC>SCSI>SATA for batch and OLTP workloads (enterprise) it's the algorithm that places hot data that matters.
IBM Power is > Sun
HP vs Dell - don't care, X/AMD is not a real processor ;-)
Dodge uber alles

Juan's Deer (Burro) trumps all.

[sandman76]

The one I love is the little display board in the Home Depot showing how all the electrical in your house should be done. Saw a guy taking pictures of it one day. Good luck with that.

[buckshotbarlow]

Back to the gun thing...listening to the Bass Pro GC guy say an XD is superior to everything else because it has a grip safety. WTF? Then my buddy buys an XD and hates it...wants me to sell it so he can get a glock...I wonder why?

[Irving]

Ronin, car sales people are not required to know Dick about the vehicles, especially used.

People mis-using the term "no-fault" in reference to auto accidents.
Most common is, "Well, this is a no fault state, so no one is at fault." I can honestly say that I have NEVER heard someone use the term correctly. Unfortunately, police are notorious for giving bad insurance info out to people involved in car accidents.

[vossman]

I took the car to the Saturn dealer to get the brakes looked at, pulling left under med/hard braking. Service guy takes it out said he didn't see it or feel it. I go to the service counter to try to get to talk to the mechanic and the counter guy chimes in. He said he sees this often and that most folks don't know pulling to one side is normal. I ask why. He said the brake fluid container is on the left side of the compartment so since it's closer to the front left brake, that brake will get more pressure. Then the right front, left rear etc. It took me a bit to process what he was saying, then I just stopped talking to him.
Once the mechanic came out I told him to take a ride with me. Showed him clearly what it was doing, let him drive it and experience the pull. Told him to really mash the brakes, it just about yanked the steering wheel out of his hands. He said it could be the curve of the road we were on. I thanked him and went about my way. Never went back there. I still kinda think they were messing with me but....