From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 22 22:23:44 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 11012106566B for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:23:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from mail.monochrome.org (b4.ebbed1.client.atlantech.net [209.190.235.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA3508FC0A for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:23:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.11] ([192.168.1.11]) by mail.monochrome.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p7MMNg4n031211; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:23:42 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:23:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Hill To: Gary Gatten In-Reply-To: <21605_1314040524_4E52AACC_21605_206_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499C803F8EE@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> Message-ID: References: <20110822034203.3dd9e29e@cox.net> <21605_1314040524_4E52AACC_21605_206_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499C803F8EE@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: 'Daniel Staal' , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" 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 22:23:44 -0000 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" > > > > > > >
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