Alan Baker
but there you are: assuming they are "fancy, overpriced toys".

Nobody (Edwin)
I assumed nothing.

Alan Baker
Sure you did.

Nobody (Edwin)
Incorrect.

Alan Baker
You assumed Macs are "fancy, overpriced toys"

Nobody (Edwin)
I see you subscribe to the notion one can make a thing true by repeating it enough times.

Alan Baker
when the evidence is that they are the choice of those who really need good computing: literally in this case, rocket scientists.

Nobody (Edwin)
Your assumptions are not evidence of any kind. You haven't shown who at the JPL is buying Macs, nor shown anything but their contempt for the taxpayers who foot their bills.

Alan Baker
The simpler conclusion is that if people are still buying Macs when there is a cash crunch, it's probably because they value them highly for their needs.

Nobody (Edwin)
More likely it's because they don't value the taxpayers' hard-earned money as much as they do their fancy toys.

Alan Baker
Based on your prior assumptions...

Nobody (Edwin)
Incorrect.

Strange that a Canadian is justifying the spending of U.S. tax dollars...

Did your fingers get too tired to type a response?

Alan Baker
I noted that people who have the means to choose whatever tool works best for them... ...are choosing Macs in larger numbers.

Nobody (Edwin)
Point out the place you noted that. Your unsupported assumption was simply that people at the JPL must need Macs because they're using U.S. taxpayer money to buy them, in spite of claiming they weren't immune to budget cuts.

Alan Baker
The fact that they continue to buy them in the face of budget cuts makes my case stronger.

Nobody (Edwin)
It only shows your earlier remarks about the effect of budget cuts on the purchase of expensive toys were incorrect.

Alan Baker
:-)

Nobody (Edwin)
You forgot to explain why you're justifying the spending of U.S. tax dollars, smiley. The obvious answer is you're a paid Apple shill.

Alan Baker
LOL

Nobody (Edwin)
How much does Apple pay you to shill?

-)