From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 15 Feb 2026 08:11:51 -0500 (EST), kludge@panix.com (Scott   
   Dorsey) wrote:   
      
   >Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=   wrote:   
   >>On Sat, 14 Feb 2026 12:19:59 -0500 (EST), Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> "A penny's worth of better algorithm is worth a million dollars   
   >>>  worth of better hardware."   
   >>>      -- gus baird   
   >>   
   >>Was that back when programmers were being paid pennies to program   
   >>computers worth millions of dollars?   
   >   
   >Yes, as opposed today when programmers are paid pennies to write   
   >programs run on millions of computers each worth only a few dollars.   
      
   Then shouldn't the "penny" be adjusted for inflation?   
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