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Fred Quimby · 11-14-2004, 10:21 PM

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory...siness/2899305

the article states that:

"Wal-Mart has 460 terabytes of data stored on mainframes. The Internet has less than half as much data, according to experts."

Some how, I doubt there is less than 230 TB of storage on the net.

Bob Saget · 11-14-2004, 10:25 PM

"The Internet Archive Wayback Machine contains approximately 1 petabyte of data"

Source: Archive.org

Fred Quimby · 11-14-2004, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bob Saget
"The Internet Archive Wayback Machine contains approximately 1 petabyte of data"

Source: Archive.org

I was just looking there.

thanks

Thurbs · 11-14-2004, 10:30 PM

scary. i loved that Southpark Walmart episode because it kills towns.

volante · 11-14-2004, 10:30 PM

Quote:

"We didn't know in the past that strawberry Pop-Tarts increase in sales, like seven times their normal sales rate, ahead of a hurricane," Dillman said. "And the pre-hurricane top-selling item was beer."

Nice to know that Floridians facing a hurricane still have priorities

infecto · 11-14-2004, 10:33 PM

Hell yeah beer before hurricanes! Everyone has a hurricane party or at least we do here in SC.

KRL · 11-14-2004, 11:28 PM

I've been watching CNBC's Inside Wal-Mart report for the last few hours.

This company's infrastructure is the most elaborate I've ever seen. They have it all nailed down.

The only computer network larger is the Pentagon's.

They have it wired so that every single transaction goes into the main database within 15 minutes.

Vendors can monitor product inventory and sales in real time through this network as well.

NinjaSteve · 11-14-2004, 11:30 PM

Do they sell their customer information off? Or do they buy it and then take over the town.

KRL · 11-14-2004, 11:36 PM

Interesting stat. At any one time Wal-Mart has 5,000 lawsuits against the company it is dealing with.

Wow.

Doctor Dre · 11-14-2004, 11:44 PM

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Originally posted by KRL
Interesting stat. At any one time Wal-Mart has 5,000 lawsuits against the company it is dealing with.

Wow.

5000 !?! HOW THE FUCK DO THEY MAKE IT OUT

Shoehorn! · 11-14-2004, 11:45 PM

Doctor Dre · 11-14-2004, 11:55 PM

They also sell frozen steak on the internet

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...est=9999999997

KRL · 11-15-2004, 12:05 AM

Wal-Mart has over 1.5 Million employees.

The annual turnover rate is 44%.

So it has to hire 600,000 new employees each year just to sustain the 44% that quit each year.

I guess those smilie faces aren't what they appear.

Nasty · 11-15-2004, 12:51 AM

I was at walmart with my brother a few weeks ago, he is an attorney, he made a purchase and they asked him for his drivers license before they would process his credit card.

He told the cashier that they are not allowed to ask for an id with a credit card and refused to produce his, the manager came over and things started getting nasty, they were yelling at each other.

He told the manager to read their merchant account tos to see what it says about asking for an id, the manager whispered in my brothers ear that this is walmart and we dont give a shit about the cc companies tos, we were then escorted from the store

Jeff aka NIGHTfall · 11-15-2004, 12:58 AM

uh... and why didnt your brother just show his ID? refusing to show id just makes you look like you are tyring to pull shit.

Steen2 · 11-15-2004, 01:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Nasty
I was at walmart with my brother a few weeks ago, he is an attorney, he made a purchase and they asked him for his drivers license before they would process his credit card.

He told the cashier that they are not allowed to ask for an id with a credit card and refused to produce his, the manager came over and things started getting nasty, they were yelling at each other.

He told the manager to read their merchant account tos to see what it says about asking for an id, the manager whispered in my brothers ear that this is walmart and we dont give a shit about the cc companies tos, we were then escorted from the store

Your bro seems like one of those guys who just wants to cause shit

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Walmart is preetty amazing.

beemk · 11-15-2004, 01:03 AM

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Originally posted by Nasty
I was at walmart with my brother a few weeks ago, he is an attorney, he made a purchase and they asked him for his drivers license before they would process his credit card.

He told the cashier that they are not allowed to ask for an id with a credit card and refused to produce his, the manager came over and things started getting nasty, they were yelling at each other.

He told the manager to read their merchant account tos to see what it says about asking for an id, the manager whispered in my brothers ear that this is walmart and we dont give a shit about the cc companies tos, we were then escorted from the store

is it like that in every state? why did he have to get hard, is it that diffacult to get your id out?

bringer · 11-15-2004, 01:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by KRL
Wal-Mart has over 1.5 Million employees.

The annual turnover rate is 44%.

So it has to hire 600,000 new employees each year just to sustain the 44% that quit each year.

I guess those smilie faces aren't what they appear.

the 56% that stay are probably the disabled greeters who dont realize they are in a deadend job

Nasty · 11-15-2004, 01:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jeff aka NIGHTfall
uh... and why didnt your brother just show his ID? refusing to show id just makes you look like you are tyring to pull shit.

He's a lawyer, who knows, he does that type of shit all the time, I hate going anyplace with him, he said legally they cant ask

I have never been asked anywhere but walmart, my kids use my cards all the time, they dont have an id that matches the name on the card

He told me the reason they cant ask and it made sense at the time but I cant remember

emthree · 11-15-2004, 01:09 AM

Wow, I would love to see who's sitting ontop of that hill

BRISK · 11-15-2004, 01:17 AM

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Originally posted by Jeff aka NIGHTfall
uh... and why didnt your brother just show his ID? refusing to show id just makes you look like you are tyring to pull shit.

If he doesn't have to, then why should he?

bringer · 11-15-2004, 01:18 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BRISK
If he doesn't have to, then why should he?

probably because walmart attracts scammers which cost them tons of money each year
where else can you buy $500 worth of stuff wearing a beater and no shoes?

BRISK · 11-15-2004, 01:23 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Fred Quimby
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory...siness/2899305

the article states that:

"Wal-Mart has 460 terabytes of data stored on mainframes. The Internet has less than half as much data, according to experts."

What "experts" are these?

Bob Saget · 11-15-2004, 02:21 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BRISK
What "experts" are these?

probably they were not experts.

nofx · 11-15-2004, 02:28 AM

fuck the waltons

Bob Saget · 11-15-2004, 02:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by KRL

They have it wired so that every single transaction goes into the main database within 15 minutes.

Haha, I can make within 15 minutes a system that works even faster

Fake Nick · 11-15-2004, 02:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Fred Quimby
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory...siness/2899305

the article states that:

"Wal-Mart has 460 terabytes of data stored on mainframes. The Internet has less than half as much data, according to experts."

Some how, I doubt there is less than 230 TB of storage on the net.

duh! CUSTOMER DATE

the internet has only HALF the customer data WAL- Mart has

jeez, is is that hard to follow serious stuff ?? you should consider getting a job there ......

bizmak · 11-15-2004, 06:42 AM

people will kill for that kind of user data

Jace · 11-15-2004, 06:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by bringer
probably because walmart attracts scammers which cost them tons of money each year
where else can you buy $500 worth of stuff wearing a beater and no shoes?

yup, when I was 18 i stole a credit card and tried to use it at walmart.....

and you wonder why they ask for id?

webmaster x · 11-15-2004, 07:07 AM

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Originally posted by thurbs
scary. i loved that Southpark Walmart episode because it kills towns.

i've seen it too. funny stuff.

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