On Thu, 25 Nov 2004, Tony Duell wrote:
My neighbors
often discard computers, although admittedly rarely laptops.
Not over here they
don't...
Around here, there are periodic curbside bulk pickups. Those are full
of PCs, Deskjet printers that are out of ink (ink cartridges cost more
than a new printer WITH ink?), monitors, and occasional interesting
computers.
'Course I
could get components by taking apart the discarded computers,
but I seem to recall that you didn't approve of rendering working machines
inoperable to get parts.
PCs don't count ;-).
AH! Thanks for the clarification. Back when the show staff would steal
our sandwiches, cookies, beer, etc. from our Comdex booth every night, we
started to use a gutted Compaq case for hiding our goodies, and smuggling
them in. Until now, I was afraid to tell THIS group.
Couldn't
you flash the lights using a discarded computer?
I did. I've got a set of
Newtonsday lights controlled by a PERQ 2 T4....
Now that _is_ overkill....
No, that is REAL class!
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com