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To: tejek who wrote (130359)	1/3/2001 9:44:37 PM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571808

Re: what cost $600 was not a toilet but a toilet seat The toilet seat cost a lot less than that, probably around $50, but the military contractor's overhead costs had to be allocated to all products. It's kind of like the way Intel produces chips for $25, but loses money on them if they sell for less than $140. AMD, on the other hand, produces chips for $30, and doesn't lose money on them unless they sell for under $70. :-) Dan

To: tejek who wrote (130359)	1/3/2001 10:13:31 PM
From: Windsock	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571808

Ted Re:"And there was an Air Force airborne coffee maker for 14K." The coffee maker was speced to survive up to 40 g's in the event of a crash. Military sturdiness and all that. The trouble was that people died well before that level of g's so they probably did not need the coffe maker after they were dead. Another ridiculous example was the g spec on a lap top PC that would allow it to be dropped from a large height, taller than a person, and survive the fall. More mil spec stupidity that resulted in a laptop that was more than 5 times the cost of a better performing laptop from commercial sources.