22 Apr
2002
22 Apr
'02
5:47 a.m.
What are you saying here. Ben? Does the mail take a month from the U.S? I do
believe you can buy Altera parts in nearly every major city, even in Canada,
but if you can't I know of several guys who use Xilinx there. The minimum
order may be an obstacle, but if you follow my advice and knock over a liquor
store on a Saturday night, you should have enough dough to pay for
theevaluation board and enough beer to last you until it reaches you. Of
course, you have to split the take with the driver ...
more below ...
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Franchuk" <bfranchuk(a)jetnet.ab.ca>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)
Well, there goes the life-insurance method of finance ... back to plan A. So,
why can't you buy Altera in Cananda?
Richard Erlacher wrote:
>
> Why does that rule out ALTERA? The same guys who'd mail parts to me in
the
> U.S. will ship to Canada, won't they? I know
of no embargo against
Canada.
I hate waiting a month for stuff!
> Why not just get a friend and go down to the liquor store, get him to keep
the
> engine running while you make a
"withdrawal" so you can buy one of the
> evaluation boards for the big XILINX VIRTEX chips? I'd recommend late
> Saturday night on a 3-day weekend, though, so you'll get enough in a
single
> haul. Either that or bump off your wife after
buying a sufficient life
> insurance policy. That way you won't have to listen to the complaints
about
how much you
spent.
I am single and live 600 miles from a reasonable USA city.
That would be about a month by bicycle.
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