On Wed, 4 May 2005, Antonio Carlini wrote: >> It's only by the virtues of "capitalism" that you can buy a >> working floppy drive for $10. > > But the original complaint is that he _cannot_ buy a > _working_ floppy drive! I forget the author: "America is the place where, you can buy a year's worth of aspirin for one dollar, and use it all up in a week."