Dumpster stories!

And on another note: To all those who find it foolish to rumage through *dumpsters* looking for golden nuggets of historical components or interesting stuff. You must also take into account that 90% of the people dumping these types of things are the same people that after a full year of internet venturing still have no idea what URL means, how to manually enter a web address/URL, or are act like you are genius that you *a local help desk phone jockey* knew that their internet browser had a *stop* button! Half of the planet just goes about their meager exsistence without so much as one clue of the world around them. So when you *anti-dumpster-divers* flame all the rest, ask yourself, what have I tossed today? Would anyone else find that old stinky document or manual you couldn't figure out interesting? Or maybe the bosses old computer that no one on your floor could run? Most people assume that things are useless if 1) they can't understand it, obviously no one else can either 2) they can't operate it on 3rd grade level, so it must be broken 3) that just because it is old, or not as popular as something else, then it should be tossed! Hey if I spotted someone tossing out a computer that they claimed *didn't* work right, I would probably assume them to ignorant(from them not donating it, or recycling the parts) and attempt to retrieve it. IMHO information is power. How you obtain the info is irrelevant. Some people are just to clueless to spot a diamond in the rough if it got stuck on the bottom of their shoe! Reading *old* dumpster literature is just the same principle as going to the local library, except sometimes the hours are diferent...lol! So to all those who find it foolish to revist old data and hardware, blah blah yada! You fools, what is dirt to some is gold to others! Mark. Mark Belles wrote: