From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 22 13:45:09 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10CAC1065673 for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:45:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from DStaal@usa.net) Received: from mail.magehandbook.com (173-8-4-45-WashingtonDC.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.8.4.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 118548FC14 for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:45:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from www.magehandbook.com (mail.darkmindweb.com [192.168.1.100]) by mail.magehandbook.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A43777 for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:45:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 152.121.16.254 (SquirrelMail authenticated user daniel) by www.magehandbook.com with HTTP; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:45:03 -0400 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: <20110822034203.3dd9e29e@cox.net> Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:45:03 -0400 From: "Daniel Staal" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.21 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Subject: Re: First World (Was: What dialup modem WILL work with 8.x and uart?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:45:09 -0000 On Mon, August 22, 2011 7:19 am, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > I live in some 3rd world country (BTW, how does one become 1st world?) Back in the day, you'd have needed to join NATO... (2nd world, of course, required joining the Warsaw Pact.) These days, I subscribe to the 'soda theory'. At the lowest level of an economy, you can only buy one of Pepsi or Coke. A step up, and you will have a choice. The next step beyond that, you have a choice between Sprite and 7-Up. A first world economy will have multiple choices for any flavor of soda, including things like Root Beer, Grape, or Sport Drinks. In fact, you will have specialty sodas in most flavors, that are in limited distribution by area, but still in major market retailers. They will often be sold at prices near or above half an hour's wage (at minimum wage) for a single soda. (Vs. Coke or Pepsi, which are usually sold at half that or less.) ;) Daniel T. Staal (How is Kenya these days? I haven't been there in 10 years or so...) --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------