22 Jun
2008
22 Jun
'08
8:11 p.m.
At 11:08 AM -0700 6/22/08, Eric Smith wrote:
No offense intended, but the way I read that is "I
have some stuff
that is nearly common as dirt, which I'm not willing to ship, but I'd
like to trade it for some rare and highly prized stuff that someone
else will probably have to ship to me." I suppose there's a small
chance that it might work, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Realistically "common as dirt" doesn't sound very accurate to me.
I've only ever seen one Sun 3 system, and that was one being used by
the Navy back in '92. This might be something like someone from near
one of the old DEC sites saying PDT-11's (note I said PDT, not PDP)
are common as dirt.
Remember commonality can be location based.
Having said that, this does remind me of people posting they want to
buy a Nikon D300 for only $1300 on Craigslist. At face value, it is
crazy, but possible, as I saw a posting for someone wanting to sell
one and a bunch of new lenses for close to that (some people buy a
camera like that and then realize it is too much for them).
Zane
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