Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:23:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> To: Gary Gatten <Ggatten@waddell.com> Cc: '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: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108221818560.43526@tripel.monochrome.org> In-Reply-To: <21605_1314040524_4E52AACC_21605_206_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499C803F8EE@WADPMBXV0.waddell.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> <21605_1314040524_4E52AACC_21605_206_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499C803F8EE@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com>
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On Mon, 22 Aug 2011, Gary Gatten wrote: > 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 all barely functional and don't know any better.... I'm sure the OP found that extremely helpful. Thanks for the trenchant incisiveness. Right on topic, too. > Oh wait, this is a FBSD list... Ah, FBSD Rules! Long live FBSD! Right. > > 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. > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > 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="1"> > <div style='border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 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> > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging </> ]
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