On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:08:33 -0600 Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> TheOldFellow wrote these words on 11/23/07 01:18 CST: > > > I agree there's a lot in BLFS that might usefully be removed, GROAN, > > for instance :) Only used by people with CPU power to waste. > > Which would be just about everyone who's acquired a PC in the last, > say, 4-5 years or so. :-) > > Today in a Fry's advertisement: > > Athlon X2 dual-core motherboard - $58.00 > 1GB DDR2 - $5.00 > > Less money than the cost of a tank of gas for a motherboard and ram. > > Also noted in the same advertisement: > > Complete dual-core PC with 17" LCD screen > and multifunction printer - $199.00 > > Not having "CPU power to waste" is a personal decision nowadays. :-) > Clearly, you don't appreciate that: 1) these prices only apply in the USA - in the UK: double them - i.e. technology exchange rate: £1=$1. 2) my tank of gas costs about $150, as gas is $2 a litre here (non-technology exchange rate: £1=$2). My monthly pension check has to cover food as well as gas and computers, and the prices are rising very very fast. I buy about one tank of gas a month - it's all I can afford. It most certainly is NOT a personal decision for me. Expletive(s) deleted as Tricky-Dicky would say. R. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
