K.S. Bhaskar on 13 Feb 2008 10:00:11 -0800


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Re: [PLUG] Finding a motherboard with a BIOS that does not block CPU virtualization


On Feb 13, 2008 12:52 PM, Michael Leone <turgon@mike-leone.com> wrote:
> On 2/13/08, K.S. Bhaskar <bhaskar@bhaskars.com> wrote:
>
> > depreciation - there's a certain geeky retro chic in having high end
> > Linux workstations that have cases with labels like "Dual Athlon" or
> > Genuine Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition).  On the practical side,
> > any thief who steals one has to be totally clueless!
>
> You don't seriously think a thief would stop to look at what the label
> on the cases says, do you? :-) They'd take it, and throw it away later
> (maybe), when they got back to a safe place. They'd grab anything
> valuable in sight, and a computer is valuable ...

[KSB] True!  I was just finding a (geeky) rationalization for the
retro chic.  After all, I am an engineer!  8-)
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