All,
On 9/19/05, Tom Jennings <tomj at wps.com> wrote:
On Sun, 18 Sep 2005, Jules Richardson wrote:
Unfortunately the UK doesn't seem to have the
equivalent of US
salvage/surplus places :-(
WHAT!? How in HELL do you get through a week?! Where does it all go?
Alcohol helps the week pass! *hic*!
The EC do a good job of making sure that equipment can't just be dumped.
Many large organisations appear to have disposal contracts. :( I am assuming
a lot is broken down and recycled.
I find the local Linux user groups are a good source of hardware, and
contacts who know about useful sources of hardware.
Simon
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philosophers and theologians: the prime concern of an engineer is
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