Replying to a message of bob klahn to BOB ACKLEY:

 bk>>>  I had the impression you have more computers than you can begin
 bk>>>  to use.

 BA>> Oh I do, I do.  I have enough computer horsepower out here
 BA>> to run every business in
 BA>> every city and town in southwest Iowa, plus the various
 BA>> city and town governments,
 BA>> without raising a sweat.  But I am a pack rat, if something
 BA>> is useable I don't want
 BA>> to toss it.

 bk>  I understand completely, but I'll never admit it to my wife.

 BA>> I also have far more phonograph records than I can listen
 BA>> to in a reasonable length of

 bk>  I do believe we discussed that before. I suggested we could
 bk>  convert them to MP3s. As soon as we could afford a terrabyte
 bk>  drive we could have them on one drive. A couple weeks later
 bk>  750MB drives were available for less than $1000. I believe you
 bk>  can get a terrabyte for less than $500 now. It was what, a year
 bk>  or so ago we were talking about it?

 bk>  Maybe we should talk about how I can win the lotto?

I wrote a program that tracks Powerball numbers.  Obviously with the
intention of predicting the next set.  Thus far the prediction end hasn't
worked, but then it only has to work *once* (and when it does I'll probably
forget to buy the ticket).

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