[mythtv-users] seagate giving refunds out
David Brodbeck
gull at gull.us
Mon Dec 10 18:25:33 UTC 2007
On Dec 10, 2007, at 10:07 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> I don't understand what confusion you all are talking about. If every
> hard drive manufacturer in the world is using the exact same
> terminology
> to specify the disk drive sizes, there's no opportunity for confusion
> when comparing drives.
> Since when is the vendor responsible for misinterpretations of fact
> caused by the consumer's ignorance?
>
So, to use an analogy, if automakers quietly got together and decided
that "HP" would no longer mean "horsepower," but rather "hokum
points," and then sold cars with elevated "HP" figures, that would be
the consumer's fault? Would it make a difference if they influenced
some industry trade group to declare "hokum points" a legitimate unit?
For me there's a principle at work here. I resent it when companies
take widely-understood words and redefine them for their own benefit.
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