[mythtv-users] seagate giving refunds out

[Steve Hodge]

On Dec 11, 2007 8:04 AM, David Brodbeck <gull at gull.us> wrote:

> On Dec 10, 2007, at 11:03 AM, John Drescher wrote:
> > Speaking of HP about 10 years ago something like this happened with
> > electric motors. I mean for a 15A 115V outlet the biggest electric
> > motor you can have is around 3HP yet power tools (air compressors,
> > saws, vacuum cleaners ...)  all now sell models that are rated 5 or
> > more "peak" HP.
>
> This is the same sort of fraud as selling stereo systems based on
> "peak" wattage instead of RMS wattage, I suspect.
>

So where are the lawsuits? Oh yeah, normally you can't get away with suing
companies for using units correctly, even if they are not the units the
public think they are.

Steve
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