21 Apr
2004
21 Apr
'04
2:24 a.m.
At 12:30 AM 4/21/04 -0400, you wrote:
Torquil MacCorkle, III wrote:
That's true. Some government agencies require that "items be destroyed
beyond it's intended usage". To some surplus managers that means that it
has to be shredded but others they simply take the systems apart and sell
the units individually.
Joe
For
That is *SICK*. I wonder who did the mutilation, if this man did it........
must. repress. rage...
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Thanks,
Torquil MacCorkle, III
Lexington, Virginia
One thing to remember is that sometimes for equipment to meet the
definition of scrapped, it has to be irrepairably damaged. instance, IBM has a strict rule that boards that are
scrapped for tax
purposes have to be shredded. And when I've been in Austin Electronics,
I've run across boards that have connectors cut off so they can't be
used for their original purpose (tin connectors, so I know no one was
going for the gold).
While I don't support that kind of mutilation of historically
interesting equipment, do you think it could be such a situation?
--jc