From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 8 15:02:16 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19ECA16A41F for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2006 15:02:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from smtp2.suscom.net (smtp2.suscom.net [64.78.83.231]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FEA943D55 for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2006 15:02:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from localhost (smtp2.suscom.net [127.0.0.1]) by smtp2.suscom.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9242E1CD53C for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2006 09:59:17 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtp2.suscom.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp2 [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 13720-09 for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2006 09:59:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from seibercom.net (ip148.217.susc.suscom.net [216.45.217.148]) by smtp2.suscom.net (Postfix) with SMTP id D527A1CD64B for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2006 09:59:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (budman [192.168.0.2]) by seibercom.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k08F1h0Y001293 for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2006 10:01:43 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 10:01:43 -0500 From: Gerard Seibert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: gerard@seibercom.net Organization: Seibercom.net In-Reply-To: <20060108143751.77423.qmail@web33313.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <1136705674.23844.15.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> <20060108143751.77423.qmail@web33313.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q Message-Id: <20060108095843.F05E.GERARD@seibercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.24.01 [en] X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.87.1, clamav-milter version 0.87 on seibercom.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at suscom.net Subject: Re: Sparc vs i386 architecture X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 15:02:16 -0000 Danial Thom > Frankly, people who spend $9000. worth of time > dicking around with some old piece of junk to > avoid buying a $400. computer crack me up. :) Yes, it is amassing. I have a friend who has spent thousands of dollars keeping his old car running. He could have purchased a new one with a new warranty, etc. and have saved all that money, but he refused. For some individuals, the challenge is the real thrill that they crave. -- Gerard Seibert gerard@seibercom.net