On Mon, 17 Sep 2012, Robert Borsuk wrote: Character bashing? I did no such thing. I posted your actual response word-for-word right here so everyone can see what you sent me. I also don't top-post, and I'm reformatting the mess you sent. No, you said part it out, /implying/ eBay, etc and a much longer time frame. When I responded, but didn't respond with an offer of a wad of money, you attempted to pull a classic "Give me money or the [bunny rabbit|cute puppy|etc] gets it" and I do not take kindly to such "extortion". Your sarcasm has been duly noted but it is irrelevant to the discussion at hand. There were a number of off-list responses and discussions among various list members regarding your post which you didn't see. Based on those that I saw, I strongly suspect you really /don't/ want to see them, either. The phrase "WTF" was certainly used more than once. Similar, but it might be best to avoid the whole "seniority" thing. While I may have been inactive for a number of years due to a number of factors, I've been around these parts for a very long time myself. Indeed. And I too will also call a spade a spade. The computer may be yours with which to do whatever you want, but you known darn well if you had posted your "buy this [rare] machine from me right now or I scrap it" message you'd have gotten some less than kind replies. As I said, I've seen people removed from this list in years past for posting the sort of message you sent me. At the very least it can be considered trolling. To clarify one major point, this is very different from people who end up with large machines that no one actually wants and that they can't house forever (ala free for local pickup, /or/ beer money + shipping costs). Instead, your response was pretty much akin to those late night HSUS infomercials. [I'll gladly give money directly to local non-kill shelters, but I'll be damned if I'll give /any/ money to a fund raising/pr only group that gives nearly nothing to the actual hands-on local groups.] http://www.examiner.com/article/what-is-the-truth-about-the-humane-society-… Do we need a poll? How about a show of hands? I know for a fact there are a large number of us here on the list who are either unemployed or underemployed. From personal experience, I think the latter may actually be worse. You don't have to scrap the machine, period. If you need cash, your other non-destructive option is to sell the more desirable and more readily available stuff from your "collection" and then re-purchase those items when you are on better footing. A lot of list members have done this. For example, is that a SGI system I see in the background of your Sequent photo? On the other hand, trying to tug on people's heart strings by threatening to destroy a unique, functional and irreplaceable system will very much get you the sort of response you got from me. I certainly could have flamed you into oblivion (There are a few here who can vouch for my linguistic abilities and my talent for balancing flame with substance) but because even now I /still/ want to give you the benefit of the doubt, I've tried to keep it strictly matter of fact while explaining my own point of view. I hope someone does claim the system and I certainly hope you find a way to work out your financial troubles. Being unemployed or underemployed /sucks/ and it isn't something I'd wish on someone. Before you sent that reply to me, I forwarded your initial message onto a number of others who aren't active here, so maybe that helped generate some leads for you.

On 9/17/12 7:16 PM, Robert Borsuk wrote: Talk to Rich Alderson or Ian King at LCM before scrapping any Diablo drives.