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2008-05-03 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Bobby 2008-05-03 07:35|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 The Good news:
Computers went on sale to the general public
The Bad News:
DOS 4.0

Posted by George Smiley 2008-05-03 08:10|| 2008-05-03 08:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Cuba the Worker's Paradise on the Grow!

Cell Phone and Computers! Gawk at yesterdays technology at tomorrow's prices!

Homeownership for state workers! Marvel at Raul's third cousin's spacious thatched hut!

Farm fallow government land! Thrill as your burro-propelled pre-1958 plow shatters in scrub-brush choked detention centers!

So long serfdom, hello 19th century!

Posted by regular joe 2008-05-03 08:37|| 2008-05-03 08:37|| Front Page Top

#3 The end is near. Barbo's brother is doing it right. Free Markets Cuba style!

I'm considering closing down Havana station and making a bid for the braided light tackle franchise.

Gray Ghosts are calling me.

Fetch my RayBans!

Posted by George Smiley 2008-05-03 09:22|| 2008-05-03 09:22|| Front Page Top

#4 I suppose only when the old bastard finally pegs will we be able to call it "Raul's Cuba".

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-05-03 09:43|| 2008-05-03 09:43|| Front Page Top

#5 and it only takes 15 years' salary to buy a 486 WITH math coprocessor!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-05-03 09:47|| 2008-05-03 09:47|| Front Page Top

#6 It would be cruel to wish Windows Vista on such a long-suffering people ...

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2008-05-03 11:54|| 2008-05-03 11:54|| Front Page Top

#7 I wouldn't joke too much about it. This move only concerns the PRIVATE ownership of computers.

Cubans are quite computer savvy. Give them internet access and sooner or later you will face tough competition.

Posted by Omoque Pelosi8695 2008-05-03 14:30|| 2008-05-03 14:30|| Front Page Top

#8 Don't kid yourself; it's Haiti w/better cigars.

Posted by regular joe 2008-05-03 16:44|| 2008-05-03 16:44|| Front Page Top

#9 Don't kid YOURSELF
A lot of young people take computer lessons in Cuba and you'll find mean Linux freaks and programmers there.

Most Cubans may not be able to own a computer but the have regular access to one. And many are quite modern. Internet access is possible via friends who work in an institute and "rent out" access late in the night when the boss is sleeping.

Cuba may be a shithole but science education is excellent.

Posted by Omoque Pelosi8695 2008-05-03 21:56|| 2008-05-03 21:56|| Front Page Top

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