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  • P peterchen

    what would you do with that kind of money?

    Agh! Reality! My Archnemesis![^]
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    martin_hughes
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    Buy several Greek islands.

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    • M martin_hughes

      Buy several Greek islands.

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      MidwestLimey
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      Follow the same "Wait six months" mantra as above and you'd be able to buy Greece for that amount.

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      • M MidwestLimey

        Follow the same "Wait six months" mantra as above and you'd be able to buy Greece for that amount.

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        martin_hughes
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        Yeah, but can you imagine evicting that many people?

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        • N Nemanja Trifunovic

          Don't be cynical. I bet their purchase of Palm makes as much sense as the one of Compaq.

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          Mycroft Holmes
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          Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

          makes as much sense as the one of Compaq.

          Nah Compaq was a GOOD brand when HP killed purchased it

          Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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          • S Shog9 0

            I suppose it's too much to hope for, but... (folks tell me that HP's hardware has gone down-hill lately as well, but I'm still quite fond of my ten-year-old scanner and 7-year-old printer... just so long as I avoid using HP's drivers. I like things that last...)

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            Mycroft Holmes
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            Shog9 wrote:

            folks tell me that HP's hardware has gone down-hill lately

            7-10 yo equipment does not qualify as lateley :)

            Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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            • M Mycroft Holmes

              Shog9 wrote:

              folks tell me that HP's hardware has gone down-hill lately

              7-10 yo equipment does not qualify as lateley :)

              Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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              Shog9 0
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              Eh, no... The stuff I bought years ago is still working, but the newer stuff doesn't last (or so I hear). Point being, Palm desperately needs to improve their build quality, and that's something HP traditionally could have provided... Whether they still have engineers who can do that is another question.

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              • C Christian Graus

                HP has been dead in the water for a while, this could be the last gasp.

                Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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                RichardM1
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                Their name used to mean excellent quality. Now it means crap. :sigh:

                Opacity, the new Transparency.

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                • P peterchen

                  what would you do with that kind of money?

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                  Giorgi Dalakishvili
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                  By Palm :)

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                  • C Christian Graus

                    Wow. You're sure that's not in Zimbabwe dollars ?

                    Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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                    Wayne Gaylard
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                    Zimbabwe dollar is now dead by the way. We all trade in US currency at the moment. Never been so well off in my life. Went from an income of 25,000 US$ to an income of 150,000 US$ overnight.

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                    • M Mycroft Holmes

                      Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

                      makes as much sense as the one of Compaq.

                      Nah Compaq was a GOOD brand when HP killed purchased it

                      Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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                      ragnaroknrol
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                      Mycroft Holmes wrote:

                      Nah Compaq was a GOOD CRAPPY brand when HP killed purchased it AND THEN GOT BAD

                      We called them comcraps. HP at the time was making great machines. They bought Compaq, and suddenly the quality of their machines matched compaq. I blame Fiorina. She drove that company into the ground.

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