did anyone else go to MIT?

Q: How do you end up with so many of a given machine? A1: "I couldn't have one when they first came out. I couldn't have one later, because . . . and then I couldn't have one after that, because . . . Now I can get one! Oh, wow! There's another one! . . . A2: Ever heard of the "Penguin man"? He once was given a toy penguin. Later, somebody saw one just like it, and got it for him, thinking that they would make good bookends. Somebody else saw his penguins and gave him one. Soon, he had lots of penguins. People saw his "collection" of penguins, and got him penguins for Christmas and birthdays, etc. "I don't even LIKE penguins, but now I have the biggest collection in the world." He started selling them at the Alameda flea market. But, worse still, he started buying a few that he knew were rare/valuable. With the current association with penguins as the "mascot" of Linux, his collection is quite valuable. -- Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com