Re: [MMM] Re:Paul's Music Box

>>My $150 computer netted me an AMD K7 running at
>>1.5 GHz, more than sufficient for my requirements.
>
>Wish we had prices like that here in the UK.
>You pay $1000 for the cheapest model
>of laptop here, unless you get it second
>hand. Similar prices for a decent desktop
>computer.
>
>Example - the people I bought my desktop computer
>from are selling a low range laptop for £675.62
>which is 1,253.61 dollars and that would be considered
>cheap for a laptop here - you wouldn't expect
>anything fancy at that price. If you have special
>requirements it might well be over $2000
>and that wouldn't be considered expensive,
>only middle range. Expensive would be more
>like $3000 to $4000.
>
>Lucky you :-).

Honestly, I don't know how Europeans afford anything.

Actually, despite that Americans still enjoy low prices
on many things, I think it's starting to happen here.
For one thing, none among my close classmates are likely
to be as wealthy as their parents. I wonder if this
isn't part of the natural progression of Empires. You
get obscene wealth, but then all that wealth causes
inflation, and that crushes your younger generations.
Did the American Empire top out in 1965? Looks like it
from where I'm sitting. In this view, it's abhorrent
but understandable that Republicans are trying so hard
for another WWII.

-Carl