Re: [BITS] Sex on the Brain, Deborah Blum

Gregory Alan Bolcer (gbolcer@gambetta.ICS.uci.edu)
Fri, 17 Jul 1998 15:51:23 -0700


It's only a matter of time before some enterprising
person figures out that it's cheap to sell network
bundles, a workstation, and cheap PCs as family packs,
or as they spell in advertising speak: family paks.

Greg

> Ya gota figure in todays tech ...An Imac would be great for toddlers and
> preschoolers. Theres not much worth breaking, they gain a sense of the
> underdog by using a platform so few of the folks aorund them use and the
> software is such they can use it by 8 months. Wait, thats teh exact specs
> I used for getting macs for folks back at my last company.
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> Anyway, an imac would be great for a younger kid. But by age 5 or 6 if
> they are not ready for a linux box or are clamouring to play with real
> games like thier friends have I would send the kids back for a gentic
> test.
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> "look momy, i curputed the registry!!"
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> "very good , have a cookie while momy reinstals the os"
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