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An apple only needs to be tasty enough to be palatable. A frugal (utilitarian) man would sell the tasty ones to Deebye, and buy meager ones for eating.

Uh huh.



Ok really. You're now just arguing 'nuh uh, no it isn't'. How are you going to determine which apples are tasty and which one is just tasty enough exactly? Let's say it's just your attempted humour. Because that's the only plausible explanation at this point.

There is no such frugal man that exists in this current reality that would measure which apples are too tasty, and which are tasty enough. For frugality and 'practical' sake. Even if he did, what happens if even the 'meager' apples on sale are still far too decadent for this mythical frugal saint of a man?

Ok, what if I only need the power of a 1990 computer. I still need to pay today's price for a unit that is hundreds times more powerful than the one I need.

My dad is looking for a new computer. He will use it for typing, and some light web surfing. Even at the lowest price, let's ball park it at 300-500 dollars. It will look like alien technology compared to one's he's used for 15 years. No such beast existed 15 years ago, 300$ do not get you very far back then if you're comparing tech bang for dollar ratio.

My first work station cost me close to 5k. And this was considered a revolution compared to the 10k SGI -ENTRY LEVEL- machine before it.
My current machine cost half that, and runs circles around it. And it's now considered 'long in the tooth'. For my next upgrade, I can see the price dropping to slightly below 2k, maybe even 1.5k dollars, and it will run circles and do parkour backflips compared to what I now have.

What exactly, are you kvetching about? I'm not as nuanced as Jester, so forgive my bluntness. It's a 'Good Thing' that every time I look at a comp store parts flyer, the dollar to power ratio I can get just keeps increasing.

Do you want to buy a 1990's computer as a museum piece antique or something? I'll sell you mine for a bushel of apples. Only the most delicious ones though, I don't take meager tasting ones.

I could have used the power of a Cray XMP in 1985, but due to the price -- it was not pragmatic to do so. Yes, that level of power existed but was beyond practical use.

Yes, that level of power existed but was beyond practical use.

...There is. No. Such. Thing. It's one thing to say so due to cost at the time, but the cost dropped. The power of past supercomputers are now in some game consoles that can be bought at Walmart.

I can do digital sculpting with an -off the shelf parts- 2k machine where 15 years ago it might only be possible at some super secret high tech graphics lab.

Dude, seriously. What are you -really- kvetching about. Do you want a return to the 90's? Jeesus, if you have a working time machine to go back to that period I'd sell ALL of my delicious apples for a seat next to you. I had more hair on top and I was chasing so many more chicks back then.