Re: [MLUG] Booting windows on Mac Intel hardware

[Phillip Kelchen <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Wednesday 05 April 2006 15:15, Michael wrote:

> Most techies do look down their noses at people in the backwoods. To bad
> they aren't enlightened enough to help improve the quality of life for
> people in the boonies or third world countries. I get to sound like a
> nut for continually advocating concern for strangers and efforts to help
> them.
>
> --
> Michael McGlothlin, tech monkey
> Tub Monkey
> http://www.tubmonkey.com/

Contrary to what many lifetime city dwellers believe, quite a few people like 
to live out in the rural areas. There is a lot more space and a lot fewer 
people, which leads to less crime, traffic, noise, neighbor issues, and the 
housing market is a lot more reasonably-priced. Rural residents are not 
necessarily "hicks," "rednecks," or otherwise unenlightened- not any more 
than the city bums, panhandlers, and people who drive with one hand on the 
horn button and the other out the window flipping the bird, all while cutting 
across six lanes of traffic, running a red light, and talking on a cell 
phone. The rural areas are not third-world by any comparison. In fact, one 
common characteristic of almost all third-world countries is a high 
population density...

There are a few trade-offs for living out there, and one of them is that the 
Internet is dial-up or expensive and relatively slow and 
data-transfer-limited satellite. However, there is IEEE 802.15 "WiMax" on the 
horizon and that is supposed to be good for 30 miles or so. 

Phillip

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