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Re: OT: Laptop for College Bound Student?



El jue, 12-06-2008 a las 15:35 -0500, Ron Johnson escribió:
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> On 06/12/08 13:23, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 13:21 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >> On 06/12/08 13:09, Paul Johnson wrote:
> >>> About a year ago, though I had the misfortune of managing a sizable
> >>> network of Apples about 10 years ago for a few years.
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> >> That makes no temporal sense.
> > 
> > Sure it does.  9, 10, and 11 years ago are all about 10 years ago.
> 

When was the last time he tried to use a Mac?:

> "About a year ago"  <<<<<<<<,
                             ^ Note the comma.

> "10 years ago"

So, we're in 2008. That means that in 1998 he had the misfortune of
managing a sizable network of Apples.

> "for a few years".

i.e.: his misfortune started in 1998 and lasted 'a few years': 1999,
2000, 2001...



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