19 Oct
1997
19 Oct
'97
5:49 a.m.
Philip.Belben(a)powertech.co.uk wrote:
No. Typical house sizes here in the UK mean that all
of us UK members have
it. I imagine many of the US crowd have the same problem, too. In
continental Europe, typical house sizes are larger, but most people live in
apartments, so goodness knows what they do!
Hey, all of the BBC shows I see on Public Broadcasting over here in the States
show these huge houses with broad sweeping staircases (which would be great for
stacking a whole lot of desktop-style systems). Am I being deceived by the
media? Do some Brits live in extended closets like we have here in the U.S.?
Actually, I'm one of the lucky ones. My fiancee permits me a whole 8" by
10"
room in the basement for my laboratory. Not much room to actually _move
around_, since three sides are heavy-duty storage shelves, but at least I can
get at half a dozen keyboards and screens from the one chair, an old wooden
"back chair". Of course, I can't have that many systems powered at a time
anyway until I run some more electricity into the room.
--
Ward Griffiths
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails
of the last priest." [Denis Diderot, "Dithyrambe sur la fete de rois"]