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Dreamcast Broadband Adapters
JayBonci writes "Dust off the old Dreamcast. If you're one of the many like myself who still enjoy their Dreamcast or are aspiring DC hackers, then you may want to pay attention to a quiet announcement by CSI, the Japanese manufacturer of the Dreamcast Broadband Adapter (flaky, but understandable translation provided by the fish). If you have no idea what the BBA is, the official page here. If CSI gets 1000 pre-orders for the unit, they will be willing to make another production run. Keep in mind that these units are very useful for the Dreamcast Linux efforts and NetBSD/Dreamcast, and that Japanese units work on US systems."
Why has this been modded up as Interesting? $deity-dammit, my mod points ran out yesterday.
As a UK citizen, I can say that we do not enjoy a significantly lower standard of living than the US. Nor are we taxed to the hilt. A large percentage of UK homes now own at least one PC system. You'd be hard pushed to find an office in the UK still running on Commodores, Sinclairs or Acorns.
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I've got a fever and the only prescription is more COBOL.
Nor are we taxed to the hilt.
Are you on drugs!? Do you not realize that most of the 75p per litre of petrol (US$4.00+ for a gallon of gas) we have to pay in the UK is tax?
Not only that, but you end up paying tax ON the sales tax (VAT)!
Worse, you already paid 25%+ of your income out in income taxes and national insurance to be able to buy the gas on which you're getting taxed TWICE again!
Not taxed to the hilt? You must be having a laugh.
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