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The sad side of reality!
"May all the great brains of our world live in a truly great place."

However, until we reach that, we just have to live in the one supplied by the
WinTel monopoly.

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David A. Mann wrote:

> On 25 Apr 1998 21:55:04 GMT, paulsy@ihug.co.nz (paul) wrote:
>
> > I think Intel and Microsoft have this agreement where Intel makes faster
> > processors and Microsoft makes the programming languages that slow them down
> > again.
>
>  And computer users are so gullible they soak it up without question.
>
>  I just love the Intel ad that claims the PII enables us to watch
> full-screen DVD video.  Yeah, right.  MPEG-2 decompression is done by
> the hardware - to do it in software requires about a 433MHz Alpha
> workstation to get a full 30fps frame rate, according to the DVD FAQ.
>
>  I've seen basic shell functions such as File|Open boxes take a few
> *seconds* to load on a ppro180 running NT.  I don't see how you could
> even intentionally make it run that slow without adding
> Intel-Microsoft conspiracy delay-loops!
>
> - Dave.
>
> David A. Mann, aka Pooky- on irc
> My email address is not postmaster@localhost
> nor is it abuse@localhost or root@localhost
> it's *pooky*at*caverock*net*nz <--- changed!