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From: "Michael A. Covington" <covington@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: How many different processors do you use?
Date: 1999/06/29
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Marin David Condic <condicma@bogon.pwfl.com> wrote in message
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| Michael A. Covington wrote:
| > I'm glad to see somebody point this out.  I had always figured that the
| > "$400 hammer" was due to someone mixing up the development costs with
the
| > unit costs.
|
| Well, there are those who get their political opinions from Hollywood
| movie stars and are inclined to "Despise The Military" for no other
| reason than that they *are* the military.

Touche'.  Wasn't it Orwell who said that if you don't believe in defense,
you should try living in a country that doesn't have any?