From: wthyde1953@gmail.com   
      
   Bobbie Sellers wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > On 2/15/26 08:55, Paul S Person wrote:   
   >> 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?   
   >   
   >      Yes but the US Penny is being eliminated due to cost. Last I read   
   > was about   
   >      4.6 cents to make each penny.  And it is now mostly zinc so not a   
   > copper's worth.   
      
   Adding a new level of meaning to the old quote:   
      
   "I do not make money from movies, I make money from Zinc!"   
      
   William Hyde   
      
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