14 Feb
2002
14 Feb
'02
1:21 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Ford [mailto:mikeford@socal.rr.com]
Day). Individuals and businesses can bring in their
old
computer equipment,
including monitors and hard drives. There is no charge for
this service.
I would read that: "Give us some stuff so that we don't have
to buy so much of it."
country. Computers that are unable to be rebuilt
"will be recycled
responsibly to generate reusable materials," according to the
press release.
... and translated, this probably means: "Anything that we don't know
what to do with will be turned into bicycle spokes and sent to China."
number. To confirm store hours and whether they will
accept a
certain type
of computer equipment (especially anything unusual), people
can call the
"We may not actually accept anything that we don't know what to do
with, since it's expensive to make things into bicycle spokes."
store directly. People who bring in old computer
equipment to
Staples during
this event can receive a $100 savings on a new computer with an Intel
Pentium 4 processor, or $20 off a purchase of $100 or more
for other Staples
products purchased during those two days.
"... but buy some normal off-the-shelf stuff, please!"
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
/usr/bin/perl -e '
print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl
Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
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