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["Shea Tisdale" <shea AT sheatisdale.com>]

You already have genuine Toyota parts...

The only thing genuine Lexus are the name badges.  In Japan they are all
Toyotas.

;-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:internetworkers-
> bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Alan MacHett
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 1:13 PM
> To: Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
> Subject: Re: [internetworkers] About the dumbest thing I have ever seen...
> 
> 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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