Re: The earth is flat!

[kress@jar.com (Andy Kress)]

In article <27dbkv$1ln@usenet.rpi.edu> weilej@rpi.edu writes:
>          <Mindless Drivel -----> EXIT STAGE RIGHT!!>
>
>My point of view:
>	As long as we're all leaving the II and going on to something bigger and better...SCREW the PC.  I personally went out and bought an  INDY II with all the fixin's.  But then, it became a few weeks old and thus outdated, so I sold it a huge loss, (but who cares, I'm rich as all hell) and bought a few 4 processor SPARC10's and a few gigs for my personal network.  BUT then it happened again...betrayed by my own technology!  I decided not to mess with these piddly anymore.  So I rooted around in my sofas for
 
>

  First of all there is no INDY II.  The INDY JUST came out.  You might be 
talking about the Indigo^2, but that isnt outdated quite yet.  I think Ill
be buying an Indy....cant beat it for the price.  A fully functional UNIX
box for $7500...AND you even get a keen color camera for it!  :)

>all my loose change and went out and bought a Cray SuperII...Now I have one of the most powerful machines on Earth and I'm so enlightened I could just spit.
>
>	I still use my Apple and I'm damn proud.  If my GS can't do it then I do it on another machine.  So what!  I don't need some fudge stain telling me what machine I SHOULD be using...I don't remember asking his opinion.
>
>	Well anyway, I've taken a valium and that's all I wanted to say...
>
>Hasta,
>Jay W.
><weilej@rpi.edu>

   Yes I know this note is jesting.  :)  Still wanted to correct the mis-
information!

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