Well, you can't blame folks for wanting to get something useful out of so
expensive a toy.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sridhar the POWERful" <vance_at_ikickass.org>
To: "Bryan Pope" <bpope_at_wordstock.com>
Cc: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: "Toy" computers (was Re: Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers)
> On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Bryan Pope wrote:
>
> > > Doesn't the notion of a time line mean anything to you? In the 20 years
since
> > > the period to which I was referring things have changed considerably
since the
> > > density of hardware has increased so much. It makes little sense for
vendors
> > > to sell things separately and become huge and difficult to handle just
to sell
> > > a little more plastic, when they really don't need to be bigger than a
cigar
> > > box.
> > >
> > > The grandkids have Playstations. Adults might want 'em too, since some
of the
> > > games are pretty slick. I don't relate to that, myself, but I know lots
of
> > > folks enjoy a game as a form of diversion. I don't think anybody would
> > > mistake one for a computer though it wouldn't surprise me to learn that
> > > somebody somewhere had figured out how to make it run Linux. I just
can't
> > > imagine why one would want to.
> >
> > Here it is:
> >
> > Linux for PlayStation 2 Community: Home
> > http://www.playstation2-linux.com
>
> I believe NetBSD also runs on Playstation 2.
>
> Peace... Sridhar
>
>
> --
> "How do you fight such a savage?"
>
> "With heart, faith, and steel. There can be only one."
> -MacLeod and Ramirez, "Highlander"
>
>
Received on Thu Apr 25 2002 - 15:57:54 BST