Re: PC--What is it good for?

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:06:40 -0800, archmage@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Nate Edel) wrote:
>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.

And as I was pointing out, even the H1 doesn't have *much* trickle down
tech. It's mostly just a body shape and the chassis, and the thing is, the
HMMWV's body and chassis are nothing special. It's more like a wide
tractor than a real car. The parts that trickled down are mostly the worst
parts of the things.

Only one thing that Hummers are good for: making stretch limos. When you
add 20 feet, that's when they start looking in pro****tion to themselves.

Jasper