ka... ching!

Tomasz Rola rtomek at ceti.pl
Sun Oct 2 10:02:17 CDT 2016


On Sun, Oct 02, 2016 at 06:35:15AM -0700, Al Kossow wrote:
> 
> 
> On 10/1/16 11:49 PM, Tomasz Rola wrote:
> 
> > BTW, the "ching" aspect does not have much spell for me.
> 
> The sound of a mechanical cash register, like at the start of
> Pink Floyd's "Money"

The sound of uniform metal pieces pouncing against uniform metal
pieces, imagined in the head of a beholder while Sally Bowles
(a.k.a. Liza Minnelli) twists her bunnies. Yeah I receive the message.

So is it possible that guys paying extravagant sums for S360 and
Cray-1 believe they will find a sleeping beauty in one of them metal
boxes, it they buy enough of them?

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Regards,
Tomasz Rola

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