[geeks] Re: hub needed

[Lionel Peterson]

--- Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net> wrote:

> If you call someone who collects older computers a "cheap bastard",
> you have no place on the SunHELP mailing lists.

Now, be fair, he wasn't calling him a "CB" for collecting old
computers, he was "questioning" the savings of pursuing used
"commodity" hardware like a 10/100 hub or switch. For example, a $30
switch, half the price for being used, add $5 & 2-3 days wait for
having it shipped to you, plus possibly a transaction fee, if
PayPal/eBay is involved (the latter owns the former), and the concept
of savings is being stretched quite a bit.

I don't agree with everything the original poster said/implied, but
hang him for what he did say ;^) 
 
> Go cut another hole in the side of your peecee case and brag about
> how many gigahertz you have.. it just helps you reboot faster after
> crashes.

Dood, all my moola is going to http://www.crutchfield.com/customcar -
they are the bomb, and my 1987 Ford Torino will be a seet ride...

I was in Best Buy returning something (no, not a 10/100 switch - a
cable/DSL router I didn't need) and I got the chance to hear the
musings of two (literally) pimple-faced teens debate and discus what
the best amp was (seems Fosgate is king among the minimum-wage set) -
because they were under-rated as far as power goes... anyway, it was
insightful to hear how much they felt was needed to spend on a car
stereo... (seems 500+ watts are needed, just to be taken seriously) The
key moment was when one turned to the other and asked if his mother
does his laundry - they were trying to solve the mystery of the missing
ID tag from his company shirts...

Youth.

(Yes, I recently had a birthday ;^)


=====
Lionel

"Nothing would please me more than being able to hire ten
programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software"
Bill Gates, in "An OpenLetter to Hobbyists" dated February 3, 1976
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