Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:15:24 -0500 From: Gary Gatten <Ggatten@waddell.com> To: 'Daniel Staal' <DStaal@usa.net>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: First World (Was: What dialup modem WILL work with 8.x and uart?) Message-ID: <21605_1314040524_4E52AACC_21605_206_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499C803F8EE@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> In-Reply-To: <be0873cdcb195164909268bfe8734c9a.squirrel@www.magehandbook.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108211133500.1308@abbf.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <20110822034203.3dd9e29e@cox.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108220516520.17068@abbf.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <CAAdA2WMH%2BmAy_LH1_wc3PON_jiDG%2BrL66WupaLE7knGVWUgUiA@mail.gmail.com> <be0873cdcb195164909268bfe8734c9a.squirrel@www.magehandbook.com>
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Interesting analogy. Osama - er, I mean Obama could really use people like= you to explain things better to him, 'cause obviously he has NO idea what = his various and numerous Czars and advisors are saying. Or maybe they're a= ll barely functional and don't know any better.... Oh wait, this is a FBSD list... Ah, FBSD Rules! Long live FBSD! 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.=20 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. --------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" <font size=3D"1"> <div style=3D'border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0i= n 0in 1.0pt 0in'> </div> "This email is intended to be reviewed by only the intended recipient and may contain information that is privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, use, dissemination, disclosure or copying of this email and its attachments, if any, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender by return email and delete this email from your system." </font>
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