Club 30's "Kill the Boredom Demon" Jive Pad, 98th Edition

• sbst275

  12 Oct 08, 13:38

  Originally posted by av98m:

  
  Why am I not suprised?

  There are also lots of fake capacitors (not rated as claimed), semiconductor chips and other parts being churned out from PRC factories

  
  talking abt transistor

  they found e soldering was not even up to standard!

• sbst275

  12 Oct 08, 13:40

  e same mag also reported abt massive numbers of PRC factories closing down

• av98m

  12 Oct 08, 13:40

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  talking abt transistor

  they found e soldering was not even up to standard!

  
  PRC  soldering has always been bad, unless subject to strict QC checks. Most of the time its just big globs of solder which will fail over time.

• av98m

  12 Oct 08, 13:40

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  e same mag also reported abt massive numbers of PRC factories closing down

  
  only to reopen under different names

• sbst275

  12 Oct 08, 13:41

  Originally posted by av98m:

  
  PRC  soldering has always been bad, unless subject to strict QC checks. Most of the time its just bog globs of solder which will fail over time.

  
  not abt tat.. it did not use some heat resistance material for e soldering

• sbst275

  12 Oct 08, 13:43

  Originally posted by av98m:

  
  only to reopen under different names

  
  they're saying abt those in Guangzhou... kena hit by falling export

  in fact Far East - Europe shipping rates plunged by 70% recently

• 16/f/lonely

  12 Oct 08, 13:43

  But PRC can't be the only country that cuts corners.....but then it is a major exporter.

• sbst275

  12 Oct 08, 13:44

  Originally posted by 16/f/lonely:

  But PRC can't be the only country that cuts corners.....but then it is a major exporter.

  
  but lots of e defective pcb are linked to them

  in fact they had pics of those 'factories' tat collect those old pcb boards... they even confessed those are from old computers to be sold as new military grade pcb boards

• av98m

  12 Oct 08, 13:45

  Originally posted by 16/f/lonely:

  But PRC can't be the only country that cuts corners.....but then it is a major exporter.

  
  Well, most of the world's manufacturing now takes place in PRC

• av98m

  12 Oct 08, 13:46

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  they're saying abt those in Guangzhou... kena hit by falling export

  in fact Far East - Europe shipping rates plunged by 70% recently

  
  global financial crisis plus loss of confidence in PRC products eh

• 16/f/lonely

  12 Oct 08, 13:46

  Dunno how long more before they clean up their act.

• sbst275

  12 Oct 08, 13:48

  I think e milk scandal has more to come

  e defence issue is a bit more complicating, there could even be spying

• av98m

  12 Oct 08, 13:50

  Originally posted by 16/f/lonely:

  Dunno how long more before they clean up their act.

  
  not in my lifetime

• 16/f/lonely

  12 Oct 08, 13:51

  Come to think of it, the Chinese have long been known to be innovative...

• the Bear

  12 Oct 08, 14:14

  Alonso wins!

  next race is the Melamine F1 at Shanghai

• cassie

  12 Oct 08, 14:23

  And I just discovered the bottles on my Salomon hydration belt is made in China. The belt in Vietnam.
• sbst275

  12 Oct 08, 14:45

  I'm wondering would many of those mini bonds or watever end up in death soon?

• Kuali Baba

  12 Oct 08, 15:05

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  Alonso wins!

  next race is the Melamine F1 at Shanghai

  Which is going to be a free standing event because any remaining seats will be washed away by the rain, just like last year.

• av98m

  12 Oct 08, 15:33

  Originally posted by cassie:

  And I just discovered the bottles on my Salomon hydration belt is made in China. The belt in Vietnam.

  
  well, you're not going to eat the bottles so you should be fine?

• cassie

  12 Oct 08, 18:47

  Er I don't normally get that hungry during runs that the bottles by any stroke of imagination turn into nice juicy brocolli! Darn! Was too lazy after my nap to go for a short run. That and utilising the excuse of rain.
• av98m

  12 Oct 08, 19:06

  naps are good. I certainly met my sleep KPI this weekend!!

• stellazio

  12 Oct 08, 20:26

  cheebong i was working today..

• Kuali Baba

  12 Oct 08, 23:05

  What does the 'bong' mean?

• av98m

  13 Oct 08, 07:22

  Good morning. Man I feel so engergised after all that sleep.

• av98m

  13 Oct 08, 07:31

  http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-to-protect-your-money-in-singapore.html

  useful bit of info on bank deposits