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Re: "It's giving me some sort of error!!!"
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- Subject: Re: "It's giving me some sort of error!!!"
- From: bbuck@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Buddha Buck)
- Date: Sat, 19 Mar 1994 03:33:36 +0200
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In article <jEghtA+FBh107h@claw.wimsey.com>,
Jeremy Reimer <jaguar@claw.wimsey.com> wrote:
>In <2m2ebq$3k9@wcap.centerline.com> jimf@centerline.com (Jim Frost) writes:
>>jaguar@claw.wimsey.com (Jeremy Reimer) writes:
>>>Cars come in any color you want.
>
>>>Computers cannot claim any of these things.
>
>>You haven't been looking at some of the clone catalogs.
>
>>(I'd put in a smiley face but I don't really think it's funny.)
>
>I try to avoid smiley faces as much as possible. They're addictive.
>
>But I expected to be taken up on the "any color you want" line. As far
>as I have seen, though, such options are very limited. I remember a
>thread on a.f.c. a while back about possible computer colors/designs.
>
>From what I've heard, Cray will ship your computer in any color scheme
you request, and some have been shipped with some horrible
combinations.
>Personally, I like the all-black look. But I could never afford a NeXT.
>In fact, I can't even afford to have my existing box painted...
>
>
>--
>
>Jeremy "OS/2ibo" Reimer
>
>Promoting Better Netting Through Mediocrity since 1989.
>
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