20 Oct
2018
20 Oct
'18
9:31 a.m.
On Oct 20, 2018, at 2:03 AM, Doc Shipley via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
That's just nasty. Your invective, that is. There are idiots in any enthusiast
group, and predators. Including this group, if we're honest. You want to talk
conspicuous consumption? How many on this list, myself included, have spent a fortune on
old computer hardware, and then another fortune housing it?
That?s not consumption. The items involved are not ?consumed? - they are not destroyed or
used up. Taking a piece of equipment and turning it into a keyboard plus N pounds of scrap
is consumption. The equipment is destroyed.
You guys want people to stop scavenging those
irreplaceable treasures? Ante up, pure and simple.
Right, because availability of cash is the sole determining factor in a person?s worth. I
guess someone should come pick up all this stuff then, I clearly don?t deserve any of it.
I only spent ten years plus searching, called in major favors to get it here, and wrote
two successful public projects to share the experience with other people - but very little
money. What was I thinking? I?m sure whoever is able to shell out $8K from their trust
fund to turn 1500 pounds of potentially working machines into a couple el33t h4x0r g4ming
keyboards will be far more deserving than a filthy poor like me.