No hoax. Do some research (like google 'merilus british columbia' returns Britich Columbia Internet Association. And, they list Merilus as a sponsor. It's a real company, so unless someone hacked their website and put some nicely convincing pages up... IT'S REAL!
As for being worthless:
I have to presume you've never been a tech that deals with SOHOs. There are many small companies that use one server and one to five workstations. Accountants, flower shops, gas/service stations, etc... the list can go on and on... anyone with the need for more than one computer and internet access but doesn't wanna spend another grand or two on a seperate machine.
yes, you can build a sweet li'l firewall/router from an old P75, but the ppl they buy hardware from will sell them spankin' new 600MHz machines with CD/sound/the works... cause their greedy.
If this card sells for under 100 it will be worth it without a doubt. And I'll be informing my old boss at one of the local VAR/OEMs about it so he can save his customers some cash (and he can set his margin up on this PCI card to show them the hundreds of dollars they'll save while he still makes a pretty penny).
here's an idea:
Let's capture and train animals of lesser intelligence. We could then keep them around to amuse ourselves or keep us company.
23 Skidoo
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No hoax. Do some research (like google 'merilus british columbia' returns Britich Columbia Internet Association. And, they list Merilus as a sponsor. It's a real company, so unless someone hacked their website and put some nicely convincing pages up... IT'S REAL!
... HIKE!
As for being worthless:
I have to presume you've never been a tech that deals with SOHOs. There are many small companies that use one server and one to five workstations. Accountants, flower shops, gas/service stations, etc... the list can go on and on... anyone with the need for more than one computer and internet access but doesn't wanna spend another grand or two on a seperate machine.
yes, you can build a sweet li'l firewall/router from an old P75, but the ppl they buy hardware from will sell them spankin' new 600MHz machines with CD/sound/the works... cause their greedy.
If this card sells for under 100 it will be worth it without a doubt. And I'll be informing my old boss at one of the local VAR/OEMs about it so he can save his customers some cash (and he can set his margin up on this PCI card to show them the hundreds of dollars they'll save while he still makes a pretty penny).
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here's an idea: Let's capture and train animals of lesser intelligence. We could then keep them around to amuse ourselves or keep us company. 23 Skidoo JeD42