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Re: OT: In Praise of Dos-Based Word Processors
- Subject: Re: OT: In Praise of Dos-Based Word Processors
- From: Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 09:04:12 -0400
Second thought re aluminum: "in 1883 aluminium . . . accounting for
inflation, that means aluminium cost $12,000 per pound. Less than 20 years
later, aluminium cost 32 cents per pound."
But I bet he didn't adjust the 32 cents for inflation! But aside from that,
aluminum went from being so hard to extract that only kings could afford
aluminum eating utensils (according to Miss Gill, my 10th grade chemistry
teacher) to being cheap, thanks to Charles Martin Hall's process.