The Great Henrico County ibook riot

Here's the CNN take on this: Henrico County sold its used G3 ibooks this morning at the Richmond International Speedway for $50 each. (The system is switching to Dells; good luck). Anyway, the computers they were selling routinely go for $300 or more on ebay. Needless to say, there was a riot. Here's a characteristically blunt but accurate slashdot post with the correct analysis of the situation.

(Disclaimer: My new ibook was delivered yesterday).