[geeks] Well, crap ...

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 07:27:02AM -0400, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> I've always felt money becomes somewhat meaningless when you get to the
> point where it's accumulating faster than you can possibly spend it.
> But maybe that's an issue of finding worthy things to spend it on.
> (Funding development of private-sector spaceflight, say, or funding
> water-desalination plants in places where fresh water is desperately
> needed.)

The problem is that people don't think that way. When they get to the
point that they can live comfortably, they turn it up a notch. If they
eat little meat, they want more meat. If they eat hamburgers, they want
steak, If they eat steak, they want filet mignon, and so on. 

If they have a 1,000 ft2 house, they want a 2,000. If they have a PC,
they want a Cray, which is the purpose of this list :-)

Geoff.
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