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- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 01:31:10 MST
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- From: Bob Wier <rrw@SUNSET.CSE.NAU.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Trucker TV to scramble?
- In-Reply-To: Robert Smathers <roberts@TRITON.UNM.EDU> "Re: Trucker TV to
- scramble?" (Jan 3, 6:12am)
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- I havn't seen the check-out channel yet. Maybe a good selling point
- would be that it would stop people from reading the National
- Enquirer in the check out line without buying it :-). On the other
- hand, I bet the tabloid publishers would fight it tooth and nail.
-
- An interesting thing I have seen here is an electronic Notebook style
- LCD display (large - about maybe 5" by 8") hooked to the handle on the
- cart. There are buttons you can press to get locater information and
- find out where coupons are. The store has lots of it's carts set outside
- under a walkway (they are open 24 hrs so can do that) and I guess they
- have to recharge them, cuz there are cables running from the wall to
- each cart. I wonder if they download data that way as well? Hard to
- think that would be cost effective -
-
- Oh well, anything to get rid of those #*@(*&@*&@^ kiddie shopping carts.
- Jeeze I hate those things - if you havn't seen it they are little
- plastic shopping carts suitable for about a 5 to 10 year old. Talk
- about clogging up the aisles. I've quite going to a couple of stores
- when they brought those in - I just want to get in the store and thru
- the checkout line as fast as possible...
-
- See everyone tomorrow on the IRC!
-
- - Bob Wier
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