Posted by Mike Rosenberg on June 24, 2006, 12:56 pm
> Yeah, but if you are going to run Windows, why bother with a Mac?
Because on a PC you're limited to Windows and Linux, but on a Mac you
can run the Mac OS, too.
--
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Posted by Davoud on June 24, 2006, 4:33 am
Davoud wrote:
> > Ditto, ditto, ditto, including the Machead bit!
Michael Pardee replied:
> Oh no! Now my friends might not only find out that I am hanging out with
> liberals, but that I am hanging out with Macheads! My reputation is shot.
>
> Oh well. You guys are worth it.
You have erred on two fronts. I'm not a "liberal," though I freely
admit that I don't know what the word means. I think that I am a
Progressive, and I make no move to deny it when when I am called a
leftist. But I'm a sarcastic leftist who believes that the USA has two
economic systems: free-market capitalism for the middle classes and the
poor and socialism for the wealthy. Pick a system -- I don't really
care which, -- and apply it to everyone.
You're way too kind about my worth. I am not even worth the proverbial
value of the elements of which I am made, because, as a practical
matter, the cost of isolating those elements from my carcass would be
higher than their market value. Better to sell my bones by the pound
for glue-making.
You're right about the Machead bit. It tends to go with the
progressive-intelligentsia part. At least that's what a /Microsoft/
survey reported.
Davoud
Posted by Liam Greenwood on June 30, 2006, 4:46 pm
>
> Sure. I have no intention of getting rid of my 1992 Mazda Miata
><http://www.davidillig.com/miata.shtml> /or/ my 2006 Avalon, which
> offers supreme comfort on long trips. Just drove the Avalon on a 3,000
> mi. round-trip from MD to TX at steady 75 mph speeds and steady 32 mpg
> highway -- and that's with seat cooling turned on!
>
> Incidentally, I got my Prius today. You will laugh to see what it
> replaced. Hint: 13mpg city. <http://www.davidillig.com/titan.shtml> . I
> loved it anyway, but I don't have room for four cars.
Nice site! No pictures of the Avalon though? I'll have to go back
when I have time to watch your blizzard video too.
Cheers, Liam
>
> Davoud
>
> davidillig.com is a non-commercial, family-safe web site.
>
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Posted by Davoud on July 1, 2006, 3:01 pm
Davoud wrote:
> > Sure. I have no intention of getting rid of my 1992 Mazda Miata
> ><http://www.davidillig.com/miata.shtml> /or/ my 2006 Avalon, which
> > offers supreme comfort on long trips. Just drove the Avalon on a 3,000
> > mi. round-trip from MD to TX at steady 75 mph speeds and steady 32 mpg
> > highway -- and that's with seat cooling turned on!
> >
> > Incidentally, I got my Prius today. You will laugh to see what it
> > replaced. Hint: 13mpg city. <http://www.davidillig.com/titan.shtml> . I
> > loved it anyway, but I don't have room for four cars.
Liam Greenwood replied:
> Nice site! No pictures of the Avalon though? I'll have to go back
> when I have time to watch your blizzard video too.
Thanks for visiting my miserable little web site and for taking time to
reply.
I've been lax. I'll get around to putting a picture of my Avalon on the
site, and I also want to change the Nissan Titan page by adding the
Prius and contrasting the two in terms of size and economy.
As for the blizzard video, it isn't on-line. It's a two-gigabyte DVD!
Perhaps one day I'll post some web-sized excerpts from my home-brew
DVD's. Some of them are damn-near pro quality, I'm told.
Davoud
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