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[Joe Elliott <jee@domain.elided>]

> Like I said, give me something that makes lots of
> noise, spews toxic fumes and drips toxic fluids all over the garage floor.
> Something that might have a stripped screw or a cracked pipe but doesn't
> make me spend half a day poking around in
> hkey_local_machine/software/microsoft/windows/currentversion/runonce blah,
> blah blah.... looking for some stupid file that doesn't belong there.
When I "moved out" of my parents house, I blew up/burned up some old 
Macintosh computers with firecrackers and gasoline--I think that 
would meet your criteria.

Point: Macs (used to) have plain-English file systems and modular 
system software.  More importantly all these asinine 
Windows/Outlook/whatever virii don't affect them.  I find the emails 
annoying, but they're not going to hurt my computer or get passed 
onto anyone else from my machine.  I'm not going to tell anybody to 
run out and buy a Mac, but if you buy a Windows machine I think you 
should be aware of their quirks, flaws, vulnerabilities and 
high-maintenance nature, not at all unlike buying a high-mileage 164. 
Don't detest computers just because the one you bought is 
incompatible with your interest in troubleshooting and willingness to 
spend time servicing it.

Joe Elliott
'82 GTV6
(and still more old computers in my parents' house than they'd like)
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