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I guess I'm a little confused on the point of the thread, then...Originally Posted by Zac Altman
They will all typically be decent systems if used for the proper market. If you're not looking at picking up any of these systems, why bother worrying about them? I remember some of your older posts, and your plan of attack still seems unclear to me...
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Translation: "It doesn't matter how long something has been around, it's not a 'standard' until someone copies it."
While that may be true to some extent, try to remember that the copy isn't the standard, the original is.
I agree that "more people are interested", but it looks like what more people are interested in is getting a piece of an existing market, not creating a new one. When the price of lasers starts dropping like the price of computer printers and disc drives did or they start selling them at Best Buy, then we can start using words like "mainstream".
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"Design"? Possibly. "Intelligent"? Sure doesn't look like it from this angle.
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Back in the late '80s, I worked with a couple of guys who, for no apparent reason, decided I was their personal computer guru. Every couple of days they came up to me to ask which graphics board was better or which monitor was better or is SCSI better than ESDI or how much RAM does it take to...you get the idea. This went on for months (literally), and of course it was at a time when new products were coming out weekly, generating new questions and alternatives. It got so I dreaded going in to work the day after the latest Byte or PC magazine hit the newsstands. Eventually I moved on to a different project and I suppose they latched onto some other poor bugger with their questions, but for all I know neither of them has ever bought a computer to this day.I guess I'm a little confused on the point of the thread, then...
It dawned on me that the two of them would never have as much fun actually owning or using a computer as they did playing their endless "what if" game in quest of the Perfect System.
I'm not saying that's what's happening here, but you never know.
Yoga class makes me feel like a total stud, mostly because I'm about as flexible as a 2x4.
"Design"? Possibly. "Intelligent"? Sure doesn't look like it from this angle.
We used to be hunter gatherers. Now we're shopper borrowers.
The three most important words in the English language: "Front Towards Enemy".
The world makes a lot more sense when you remember that Butthead was the smart one.
You can never be too rich, too thin, or have too much ammo.
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Kind of like fantasy football.
I'm used to people who have "great ideas" and pick my brain over and over only to do nothing in the end. They often offer to partner up with me but have nothing to contribute themselves besides "the idea".
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I have two Versa Laser 2.3's. Very quick to learn if you have an open mind.
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