Hey Sellam,
> Most of the hikackers on 9/11 were Saudi Arabian nationals. The Saudis
> are the Uncle Tom's of the Arab world.
Is that where you're from?
Best Regards
At 09:23 AM 2/17/03 -0800, you wrote:
>On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, Mail List wrote:
>
> > The Navy recently needed some Ariel Hydra Plus DSP boards and contacted
> > me about them. They mentioned also searching eBay.
> >
> > Well, I ended up seeing some at ...
> >
> > Ariel Hydra VME single board DSP computer
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=162&item=2302043683
> >
> > I talked to the seller and he thought he had a thousand dollar reserve
> > on them. I told him, no, no reserve, just $500 opening bid.
> >
> > He had made a mistake listing it and ended the auction because of his
> > mistake.
> >
> > I couldn't buy them. My buying budget couldn't cover $1000 boards that I
> > wasn't sure were even going to be the right part ( minor difference in
> > last digit of part number) and I'm not an extraordinarily strong player.
> >
> > But I gave the client the seller's phone number, and seems they may have
> > had possibilities.
> >
> > Response from client ...
> >
> > > Bennett:
> >
> > > Will do. The boards on Ebay do not have the VSB option that we ideally
> > require, however these boards still may > be workable. We are researching
> > to find out what the slightly different part number denotes. We are still
> > > interested in any additional leads you may be able to find. Thanks for
> > your work on this!
> >
> > I still want to follow up and see if this worked out.
> >
> > Wish I could have made a little to cover my bills, but didn't seem doable
> > on this one.
>
>How inspiring.
>
>Yesterday, I unloaded the clean dishes out of the dishwasher and put them
>away, then re-filled it with dirty dishes, even though I was really tired,
>so my girlfriend wouldn't have to.
>
> > But I might have saved you all a lot of money, and might have solved a
> > national need.
>
>I put my plastics, papers and metals into the recycle bin instead of the
>trash. I saved the environment.
>
> > But, might have built up the karma level.
>
>Apparently not enough to avert this sort of reply.
>
> > Right now I might see the light at the end of the tunnel on a project
> > for the Saudi government. ( They are our allies ).
>
>Most of the hikackers on 9/11 were Saudi Arabian nationals. The Saudis
>are the Uncle Tom's of the Arab world.
>
> > Also just donated a chassis to Cornell University ...
> >
> >
> http://wwwapps.ups.com/etracking/tracking.cgi?TypeOfInquiryNumber=T&InquiryNumber=1Z2378230350228079
> >
> > With chassis, you can't get enough for them to make them worth packaging
> > and shipping. So my terms were the mailing center had to do it. Plus I
> > didn't have suitable materials.
>
>I gave a guy a dollar yesterday because he didn't have change and I didn't
>have enough in my wallet to break his ten. So I just gave him the buck.
>
>--
>
>Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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Received on Mon Feb 17 2003 - 11:47:01 GMT