[Electronics-talk] tv's

[Jim Barbour]

I just started reading this thread. What does this message have to do with tvs or electronics?
Jim 

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On Apr 15, 2012, at 10:09 AM, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at shellworld.net> wrote:

> So many examples in fact that there isn't a single major bank everyone 
> of the State's attorney's general doesn't want to prosecute.  The only 
> reason that hasn't happened is because of ongoing Federal 
> investigations.  Guess how many of those major national banks are 
> actually going to get prosecuted.  I'm pretty sure it will end up being 
> zero.
> 
> On Sun, 15 Apr 2012, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
> 
>> In a world that's getting flatter and flatter, I guess you could say the
>> US is losing it's edge in creativity, but IMHO, that's more because with
>> businesses becoming more and more international, it's harder to tell and
>> less important to determine where creativity comes from geographically.
>> With respect to these TV's, it's true they're being distributed in the
>> UK and Ireland first, but how do we know the technology didn't come from
>> somewhere else, and this was nothing but a marketing decision?
>> 
>> My understanding of the history of corporations is a bit different. I
>> don't recall ever hearing that the original charter for corporations was
>> solving public problems, and I don't see that discuss at
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_companies. In fact, the US
>> revolution was due in some part to the tight link between English
>> corporations and the abuses they were allowed to undertake due to their
>> close links with the English government. That's why the original US
>> corporations were so business focused, and their links to the government
>> were kept tenuous.
>> 
>> I've never been to business school in the US or elsewhere, but I suspect
>> that most corporations and especially international or transnational
>> corporations work towards the same goals. The US doesn't have a monopoly
>> on greed, corruption or the desire to make money in a capitalist
>> economy. Furthermore, there are plenty of examples of US corporations
>> engaged in philanthropic missions.
>> 
>> On 14/04/12 18:14, Jude DaShiell wrote:
>>> Corporate morays differ in America from other locations on this planet.  
>>> In some countries a little of the original purpose for corporations is 
>>> chartered to solve public problems.  Enriching investors was a third 
>>> priority behind perpetuation of the corporations themselves.  The first 
>>> thing anyone going to Business School here in America hears about 
>>> corporations is that their purpose is to enrich their investors.  Go 
>>> figure.
>>> 
>>> On Sat, 14 Apr 2012, JULIE PHILLIPSON wrote:
>>> 
>>>> AT LEAST A START.  I HOPE IT CONTINUES AND EXPANDS TO OTHER DEVICES AS IT IS
>>>> SUPPOSE TO.ITS INTERESTING THEY STARTED IN THE UK, BUT THEN THE U S HAS LOST
>>>> ITS EDGE IN CREATIVITY.
>>>> THIS IS G----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Denise M Robinson"
>>>> <deniserob at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 6:08 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] tv's
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> Here is the site for talking TVs--just open this link
>>>>> http://www.rnib.org.uk/livingwithsightloss/tvradiofilm/tvradiofilmnews/Pages/talking_television_panasonic.aspx
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 2:25 PM, William Vandervest
>>>>> <timelord09 at att.net>wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> are there any tv's thet have accessible menues or home theater systems
>>>>>> with them?
>> 
>> 
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