From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Paul S Person   wrote:   
   >I still remember reading an article in (IIRC) BYTE pointing out that   
   >cost of a then-current small computer had dropped to the price of a   
   >common new car -- $5000.   
   >   
   >Cars, of course, common or not, have gone up since then. Computers,   
   >which specs nobody even dreamed of back then, have dropped. A lot.   
      
   Futurists predictions don't always work out right, but I think in then   
   event they wash out.   
      
   We didn't get electricity too cheap to meter, but we did get long distance   
   service too cheap to meter.  Car stereos and television sets are too cheap   
   for thieves to even bother with them now.  But now people are stealing   
   tampons and toothpaste.   
   --scott   
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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