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   XPost: sci.electronics.design   
   From: lcargill99@comcast.com   
      
   RichD wrote:   
   > On Jan 20, Les Cargill  wrote:   
   >>> A noise canceling headphone consists of a headphone,   
   >>> plus an external microphone fed to an inverting input,   
   >>> right?   
   >>   
   >>> Why does that cost $40 extra?   
   >   
   >> 2) Because that is what people will pay for them.   
   >>   
   >> Guy I went to college with went to work for Evil Corporation "X", and   
   >> basically lived on the road for like ten years. Wasn't married, so   
   >> he was able to save almost everything he made. The point is that these   
   >> are a "travel" item and people who burn through a corporation's travel   
   >> budget can offset salary&  bonus with such purchases, and the   
   >> resulting value to them is higher than for those of us who don't.   
   >>   
   >> That is why the Sky Mall magazine is like it is...   
   >   
   >   
   > Sky Mall magazine?   
   >   
   > --   
   > Rich   
      
      
   I gather you don't fly much?   
      
   http://www.skymall.com/shopping/homepage.htm?pnr=ING   
      
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   Les Cargill   
      
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