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  • From: "Alan MacHett" <machett AT ibiblio.org>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] About the dumbest thing I have ever seen...
  • Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 13:13:02 -0500 (EST)

my parents just bought me a brand new Lexus, but I'm really a Toyota
person, but I *do* like the way this Lexus looks, so I think I'll rip all
the guts out and have genuine Toyota parts installed...

oh, and some green neon undertrim just for effect.

-AM

In response to geschwin AT email.unc.edu's message(s):
> <Devil's Advocate> I know it might be hard for some of you out there
> to fathom this, but there actually **are** people out there who PREFER
> a Wintel machine over a closed hardware platform. Also, there are
> people who prefer to have a machine that has an operating system and
> software that they are already familiar with rather than have to learn
> a whole new system. So he simply modified that machine to get
> something that he wants. Besides, this was certainly not the first
> time that a Mac has been modded into a Wintel machine. Calling
> somebody dumb for modifying what he got into something that he wants
> is being a bit harsh there...</Devil's Advocate>
>
> - Bill
>
>
> Quoting "David R.Matusiak" <dave AT matusiak.org>:
>
>> On Wednesday, January 28, 2004, at 09:57 PM, David Minton wrote:
>>
>> > I think this site has made lists around the world, and is getting
>> > hammered.
>> > It is up though--I just looked at it again.
>> >
>> > But talk about dumb, he says he mainly uses the computer for
>> ripping
>> > music/DVDs--and to do this he traded a pair of 2GHz G5 processors
>> for a
>> > single 2200 Athlon. My guess it would have been able to rip 2-3
>> times
>> > faster
>> > in its original configuration.
>>
>> he didn't want to "wait for the software."
>>
>> ??
>>
>> this person is capable of completely rebuilding a computer, but they
>>
>> cannot fathom that the machine came with software installed?
>>
>> <thinks nasty words to self>
>>
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