[rescue] on intel wasteful?

[George Adkins]

> Computers are TOOLS.  They are devices to solve problems, and you must
> take care in choosing the proper tool for your problem.  Blind advocacy
> does no good whatsoever to those of us who are willing to understand
> and use every available tool in our arsenal to solve a problem.
>

This is an excelent metaphor, but to correctly orient this, one would need to 
make use of the 'hole hawg' reference from Neal Stephenson's essay.


Computers are tools, like Snap-On or Makita.  Well crafted and powerful.  
Expensive, but they're supposed to be.  You get what you pay for.


PeeCees are like the little pot-metal Tiny Handyman Tool Set that I got for 
my fourth birthday.  Made in Taiwan and unable to take much load without 
breaking down.  But cheap, since their only real uses are for playing games 
and as 'Me Too!' toys for Suits.