well well.. Ladies & gentlemen.. I do live in sweden and don´t know much about either european or us railroad gauges at all. What I do try to express is the frustration in being forced into a spinning wheel of continues upgrading all the time. The other day i couldn´t do a order payment to a foreign country within EU because my bank have decided to not support my web browser....tiresome... Of course the reason for this spells money, development etc sometimes for better sometimes for worse ..ok I know that but yet it´s so */=***%& tiresom...I just wish for some workpeace. If you buy a car at this date and then next month find out you can´t drive it because all the gas stations in the world doesn´t sell the type of gasoline needed for your car anymore. So you upgrade the engine, make some adjustments and you´re on the road again... happily driving your car..until one week later when you can´t refuel because the gas lid doesn´t go along with the gaspumps....because all the gas stations in the world has decided to implement a new standard on gaspumps.... tiresome...and it doesn´t end there. It goes on and on and...and you end up exhausted and so does your wallet. I am just a user of my computer... not a computer technichan. To me a computer is just a tool....I don´t want to stick my head under the´´hood´´ every time I wan´t go for a ride... /stefan On Sep 17, 2009, at 4:16 AM, James I Fraser wrote: >> stefan möller wrote: >>> hello! >>> >>> thanks for all the answers and yes of course it´s a Power Pc >>> Quicksilver 800mhz ( letter c fell off sorry..). >>> >>> Looks I´ve started something here..thoughtful comments. > > snip > >>>> >>>> I'm waiting for GE to insist on changing the gauge of US railroads. >>>> Four feet seven and three quarters inches was pretty silly and it's >>>> too small. >> >> >> 1.) Too small for WHAT? >> >> 2.) Since when has rail gauge made any sense at all? In the U.S. it >> has apparently measured between 3 feet and 6 feet, depending... >> >>> Make it two meters and change all of the rails. >> >> Whatever is finally agreed upon for what a 'standard gauge' really IS >> today, you can probably blame a lot of it on Englishman George >> Stephenson (1781-1848). > > > > > Well, a bit before George really. The 4'81/2" gauge is based on the > wheel tracks of the Roman Chariots which bothered England for a while. > > James > > > >> In the U.S. it's currently 4 foot, 8 1/2", by congressional decree, >> so Google says. >> >> In any case, to make it 2 meters is not only arbitrary and without >> any drivers, but retrofitting the U.S. rail system would be night >> unto impossible. >> >> keith whaley >> Who owns a G4 AND an iMac, just to keep this pertinent, if not >> exactly 'on track'... :-D >> >> >> Think how >>>> much GE could earn making replacement engines for its P6es that now >>>> dominate. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> G4 mailing list >> G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 > > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 >