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   From: trminlxGARBAGE@bitstreamnet.com   
      
   In article <4f6e3bf3.d380fe8f0a%mark.parity@each.end>,   
    mark.parity@each.end (Serial Comms Sucks) wrote:   
      
   > In article   
   > , ghost   
   > writes:   
   > >In article <2c573bf3.758fb83aae%mark.parity@each.end>,   
   > > mark.parity@each.end (Serial Comms Sucks) wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> >> Nice. What sort of Mac?   
   > >> >   
   > >> >Powerbook G3/333 .. the first series of black G3 notebooks with the   
   > >> >translucent bronze keyboard.   
   > >>   
   > >> I've never seen one of those, only the silver ones -- they're pretty nice,   
   > >> but they get tarnished quickly. What's the screen res on yours?   
   > >   
   > >It's a four year old model at this point. 14" 1024x768 LCD.   
   >   
   > I think I looked about a year ago, and that was still about the best I could   
   > buy without spending ridiculous amounts of money. Rich git.   
      
   rich? I wish. No .. my company offers a Computer Assitance Program, you   
   pay 10% down and they give you a 2,500 dollar interest free 18 month   
   loan, payment deducted strait from your paycheck. You can go higher than   
   2,500 but you pay everything over that in the down.   
      
   I love working for a mega-corp some days.   
      
   > >> >> >oh wait, I should be in your KF, guess you don't get to hear my   
   > >> >> >answer,   
   > >> >> >gee darn, guess I should have just replied to Sir Phil's question   
   > >> >> >only.   
   > >> >>   
   > >> >> We only pretend to have killfiles in demon.local.   
   > >> >   
   > >> >ah. I've never ventured into the group, not really sure what kind of   
   > >> >peeps I'd find there.   
   > >>   
   > >> All kinds. It's a quiet corner of usenet where unpleasant things have been   
   > >> left to fester for too long, and we're trying to clean it up a little so   
   > >> it   
   > >> can rejoin mainstream society. It's a dirty job, etc.   
   > >>   
   > >> >Those of you crossposting this into the   
   > >> >alt.cyberpunk group seem mostly pretty cool though.   
   > >>   
   > >> Hey, it's you guys crossposting here! :-)   
   > >   
   > >Really? Well, as long as we're the invaders I claim Demon.Local in the   
   > >name of Alt.Cyberpunk *sticks a flag in the ground* :)   
   >   
   > Hey, you can have it. It'll be an improvement on the incumbents.   
      
   Neat. Alt.Cyberpunk should co-opt more newsgroups!   
      
   ghost   
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