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From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney)
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Subject: Re: Single user vs. shared (was Re:
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>The high cost of computing in the middle of this century has done
>everyone a great psychological disservice.

I like this!

>Aluminum was once valued as ten times more valuable than gold.  Now we
>use aluminum cans daily and discard (recycle) them without a second
>thought.  It looks like computer CPU's, even uniprocessor
>supercomputer CPU's, will go the way of aluminum cans.

Yes, but can we recycle the chips to put into brilliant toasters?