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From: Iggy Drougge <optimus_at_canit.se>
Date: Thu May 10 18:47:03 2001

Sellam Ismail skrev:

>On 9 May 2001, Iggy Drougge wrote:

>> Really, asd long as the reproduction is identical in every sense, why
>> would it matter when it was built? I wouldn't really mind replacing my
>> 1992 Amiga 4000 with a freshly built replica. As long as it looked and
>> behaved like my current A4000, but didn't consist of eight-year-old
>> hardware, the new model would be superior. Likewise, why would it
>> matter whether your issue of X-men was printed in 1996 instead of
>> 1963? Is it the actual reading material or 30-year old paper you're
>> looking for? OTOH, packaging is important to me, and so is the
>> condition of the equipment I get. I find aesthetic pleasure in the
>> design of the computer and its packaging. I do, however, not find
>> aesthetic pleasure in the sight of old plastic. New plastic works just
>> as well, and so do new circuits.

>How would you feel about a reproduction of a famous painting, like say the
>"Mona Lisa"?

Nothing wrong with that. Why should Mona Lisa only be the right of rich
people?

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