Re: Audio Video and power over cat 5

["mikey" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Holy Cow, everybody and his momma is losing it with Bass!
What the hell did I miss?
But watch that fucker! Negative publicity works just fine for him.
Why not let's get an ignore thing going or maybe Jim could do a
Belgian strangle-hold on him, I'll sign. One post every time Bass posts
outlining the whys and wherefores in a reasonable manner of why the jerk
should be avoided (hmmm, maybe Jim is the wrong guy to ask hahahahaha)
But seriously, maybe we can drive the son of a bitch out of here, aviation
did it.

"Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Robert L Bass" <sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > >> How could you possibly know what 'most people in the
> > >> alarm industry" do or don't do...
> >
> > Having spent half a lifetime in the industry (more years
> > installing and servicing alarms than you've been alive judging
> > from your vernacular), I have significantly more knowledge of
> > what most installers do than you, my friend.
>
> So 25 years installing in CT and FL gives you insight on most people in
the
> alarm industry? Yea right.
>
> My guess is I've done far more installations than you've ever done in your
> "half a lifetime" and worked in one way or another with several hundred
> techs yet I'd never be so arrogant as to claim I "know" what most
installers
> do
>
> > >> That is a lame over generalization meant to make yourself
> > >> appear better.
> >
> > Nope.  It was a specific and accurate statement of the condition
> > of the industry.  Once you've been around long enough to know
> > something about it, please come back and share with us.  For now
> > it's best you sit on the sidelines and lurk.
>
> No it's only accurate in your mind to sell product
>
> > >> most diy's are not good at calculating line loss/load...
> >
> > Most DIYers don't need to do line loss calculations because most
> > DIY installations are medium to large residential jobs which
> > rarely exceed the capacity of standard 22/4 cable.  However, a
> > fair number of my DIY clients also install commercial fire alarm
> > systems which require such considerations along with stand-by
> > battery calculations, etc.
>
> Funny, we just had an apparent DIY client who grossly overloaded his DSC
> Power 832, guess they need some new calculators
>
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