storage media

At 06:09 PM 12/15/00 -0800, you wrote: I can be as economical or even as downright frugal as the next guy, but even by economic logic, it's possible. At the high-end of cereal give-aways, they simply jack the price of the cereal to cover the big toy. Or they put it in the box and cover the cost in the shipping and handling charge. That's my favorite. I make it a point of covering the cost of goods in the S/H charge. What's easier to make, a radio or a voice recorder/playback chip? More importantly, what do kids want? They probably don't want a radio. They do, however, want chicken nuggets and a hunk of plastic that talks. A Happy Meal costs less than a box of cereal, no? Perhaps you're right. They'll be giving away digital cameras at McDonalds. I would guess the most expensive part inside them will be the battery, as is the situation today. Back in 1986 or so, I was ridiculed for a column in an Amiga mag that speculated that one day soon there would be free C compilers, assemblers and development systems. - John