On Jan 17, 2010, at 7:19 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
      Because Thing B is faster, Thing A is no longer
useful? 
 That reminds me of a thought I have from time to time when
 confronted with statements like "The
 computer is already x years old, it' getting too slow and must be
 replaced" -- A computer doesn't
 get slower with time.....! 
 
 Unless it is running an OS that adds additional crap from relatively
 unknown sources on an ongoing basis, and needs to be reinstalled
 periodically.  But, surely, nobody would be stupid enough to build and
 market such an OS. 
 
   A small number of people are stupid enough to build and market
it.  An astonishingly large number of people are stupid enough to
actually use it.
              -Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL