Re: PC--What is it good for?

In rec.arts.sf.written C.O. Jones <apair@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Jasper Janssen <jasper@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > >One word: Humvee.
> > >
> > >Trickle-down tech is almost inevitable.
> > 
> > play at going across rough terrain, but not do anything when they get
> > where they're going). The H2 Hummer on the other hand is a minivan
with a
> > bodykit. It's no closer a relation than the relevant Dinky Toy is to
the
> > HMMWV.
>
> Are you seriously missing the point? Do you understand the phrase
> "trickle down tech?" Trickle down tech is the Civilian Hummer. What you
> are talking is military surplus. BIG difference.

Except for the H1, there is no "trickle down tech," just trickle-down
marketing.

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