On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 19:47:42 -0800 (PST), Franklin wrote:

>I know it's not for everyone, but I built my last three computers on my
>own. It's not hard, 

This is true, but if something unforseen arises, for the price, a
barebones Dell is a pretty good deal, excluding the fact that the
sound probably won't work on os/2.  To build yourself (this machine
is a homebrew smp) can be time consuming.  It took me about 6 weeks
to accumulate parts for this machine.  It takes less that 6 days to
get one from Dell.  If you need something quickly, Dell might be
worth considering.  Yes, homebrew was fun to build.  Yes, I would
do it again.  But I think the Dell Small Business machine is a very
good bargin.  I had an unexpected need for another computer a few
months ago.  $400 wasn't bad to get one in 4 days.  Yeah, they have
my SSN, and so does most everyone else in spite of their being a
federal law against using it.

I had to call the water company last week.  They wanted to know my
last 4 digits for verification.  I came unglued, what is the water
company doing with my ssn and where did they get it?  "Don't worry,
only the last 4 digits are in the computer"....  Right!

The recent news with Lexis-Nexis and Counterpoint might be enuf to
push Congress to finally do something.  All these companies have
been selling data for a decade now, you can bet your ssn is out
there in more places than you thought.  Not that this is right,
it's just a fact.

Jon





 
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