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Maybe I'll just have to buy its baby brother instead;-
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RQ-11-Raven-Aero-Vironment-UAV-Airplane-Wood-Model-Big-/120492557141?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c0dea8355

No, I'm referring more to the devices that never had an official build to start with. Typical example here - note that its vendor points out the inclusion of a nonstandard marketplace app in the description; this is almost certainly because it won't connect to the official market.

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Just add one of these solar chrged battery packs to your possessions.

Mine sits in an outside pocket on my rucksack sucking up the murky light.

The power on my G1 sucks like a porn star, I already upgraded it to 2Ah. Because of the very problem you mentioned.

Now I can wake up anywhere and know I've got phone juice.

...given that you can buy ipod breakout boards on ebay with the serial connectors clearly marked, it doesn't seem to be a particularly well kept secret.

See http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Enhanced-Breakout-Board-Ipod-Iphone-Ipad-/370447835814?pt=UK_CE_MP3Access_RL&hash=item56406962a6 for an example.

And how many independent hackers have access to SCADA? SCADA systems are not something that ends up just on any hacker's desk just like that. http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m570.l1313&_nkw=scada&_sacat=See-All-Categories Lots and lots of SCADA manuals, simulators and even some actual hardware. Locate in thirty seconds. I'm sure there is plenty more if you venture outside ebay. SCADA gear is not classified technology. True, it's not something you'll find in the home, but it is something a curious hacker could easily buy.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/KEYLLAMA-4-MB-PS2-PS-2-KEYLOGGER-KEY-LOGGER-PRIVATE-NEW-/170479007477?cmd=ViewItem&pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item27b15736f5 - the board inside most of these is around 10mm*20mm*3mm.
It will fit inside most (clients) laptops.
If you use their hardware, and they care enough, they can generally snoop your keyboard/mouse quite easily - display is a fair bit harder, and RAM still harder.

You may be to young to remember when people actually bought albums for the express purpose of actually listening to them in their entirety.

I don't recall that these same bands ever stopped selling singles though...

So, why can they sell vinyl singles... and they did for years... but not MP3 singles? Again, artistic integrity has nothing to do with their position.

But it isn't cool enough!
The pointer input device needs to be a TRACKBALL RING! ... Mother of god, it actually exists!
AN ACTUAL TRACKBALL RING!
Seems a little bulky admittedly, and wired connection, but still, A FRIKKIN TRACKBALL RING!

Hahahahahahaha!!

OMG! that's just fuckin' priceless :D

Best laugh I've had all day! Thanks for that.

Very much needed after hearing today that a friend committed suicide a few days ago.


Seriously though I thought he'd add in some sort of fresnel lens so you wouldn't have to focus your eyes real close , and why didn't he cut out the front panel of the saftey goggles?
It reminds me of this Radica stealth fighter toy which I have, unlike the Tomytronic 3D games (which I have all 7 variants of) it uses a single backlit screen and a fresnel lens, it also has a rudimentary motion sensor to steer the plane in the game.

Two negative feedbacks? That doesn't sound like much. I've bought from sellers with more negative feedback than that, like this person: http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=omar.m786&ftab=AllFeedback

Makes your story seem fishy.

Nice kit but not exactly original. You can find these are all over ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/6-DIGIT-VFD-CLOCK-2-ALARM-IDEAL-GIFT-NIXIE-TUBE-ERA-UK_W0QQitemZ260403291994QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Consumer_VintageAudio_RL?hash=item3ca13ee75a&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262#ht_4458wt_941 but at least this one is open source

Because nobody would do that today

Because nobody would do that today

Because nobody would do that today

Because nobody would do that today

Because nobody would do that today

b) They slow down the wheels (removing weight from the wheels is much more useful than removing weight from the frame, because of the angular momentum or whatever it is).

You've got detachable reflectors on your wheels? I can imagine that adds some weight.

They're normally like this. I think bikes sold in the UK have to have them (when they're sold, not when they're used). I used to have about 50 in various shapes, found in packets of breakfast cereal (like these).

In Netherland, they're standard on rims, and optional on the side of tires. It's just a thin strip, and doesn't add a lot of weight.

I've seen those on some tyres, but not on a rim.

After a lot of searching, I've found this, which is presumably what you mean. £12 seems a lot for four stickers though, motorbike-sized ones are £4 for four.

Seriously, I doubt you can get a prepaid SIM card easily/without giving your identity in Iran...
I'm not even sure that in France, where I'm currently writing, we can do it. I will check, it may be interesting.

If by prepaid we mean what I'm familiar with as "pay as you go" (that is, you charge it with some money which you then spend, as opposed to being on a fixed contract) it is possible. You used to be able to get them off the shelf in Virgin Mobile shops (and wherever else, I'm sure). And if in doubt, eBay. http://shop.ebay.co.uk/items/?_nkw=SIM+card&_sacat=0&_trksid=p3286.m270.l1313&_odkw=SIM&_osacat=0

I'm not sure if this is what the OP had in mind, but I have a National Cash Register model that I believe is from either 1894 or 1904. (It's been in my garage for about 10 years, with the intentional plan of restoring it.)

All the keys and counter still work. Honestly, I'm amazed by the engineering every time I look inside.

I'm at work, so I can't verify 100%, but this listing from ebay is pretty close. (I do know it's a "dolphin" design.)

The drawer numbers don't match the register (a detriment for collectors' purposes), but it's still a cool piece of machinery. Weighs a ton.

Bidding has started ...

http://catalog.ebay.co.uk/Nokia-1100-Mobile-Phone_W0QQ_fclsZ1QQ_pidZ56002720QQ_tabZ3

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110388976453

Look what this crisis is causing: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110388976453

Does this mean that there will be a market full of cheap(ish) second-hand Sun servers your average geek might be able to make use of?

Yeah,SUN ENTERPRISE 450 DUAL 300MHz SERVER WITH WARRANTY
A snip at £1,695.00 (although prices on Sun hardware do seem to have come down a bit)

The cardboard boxes were replaced by DVD size boxes here in Europe (at least where I am) some years ago. IIRC the difference occurred to me when a US friend sent me Red Alert 2 as a present, must have been about 2001.

I have no idea why there is a difference, however.

US vs. UK

Oh, and here I was believing that removing that battery was something difficult!

you can easily make a driver for them by filing down three points on a torx driver of the appropriate size

What's this "Torx" you mention? How does it taste? I think I've never heard of this stuff, I prefer Gatorade myself, but of course each to his own taste...

If you're not up for filing down a few points on a torx driver, you have no business fiddling around inside a laptop anyhow.

Last time I had a new battery in my Swatch the guy used a nickel to open the case. You say we need to file the point of a soft-drink can to change the battery in an Apple notebook? Sounds complicated...

uhm, whut? It's somewhat trivial to recycle PC equipment. Following your first port of call, there are a number of schemes that will take those PC's for you. For components that are entirely defunct, the local council will take them off your hands and safely recycle the materials for you.

Throwing IT junk in the trash is not the best solution....

A listing on ebay lists High Quality 24K Gold Electro-Plated Connectors, High Purity OFC Copper for High Transmission Speed, Anti-Interference Ferrite Filters as well as Anti-Noise, High Density Shields & Ability to Restore the Signal, as some of the features of there TOS Link optical audio cable. I found this one very funny.. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2m-Gold-TOSLink-Optical-Cable-TOS-Link-Lead-XBox-PS2_W0QQitemZ290243153497QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item290243153497&_trkparms=72%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

PayPal does indeed suck for sellers as well as buyers.

Really I don't object to them charging a percentage on transactions - it's still cheaper than a full merchant account. What I very much do object to is them charging twice what Google Checkout does for an equivalent transaction. What I object to even more is being forced as a seller to use PayPal - incidentally does anyone know who in the UK I should make a complaint about this to? It reeks of anticompetitive behaviour, as the Australians have realised.

eBay actually has Google Checkout listed as 'Not permitted' on their Accepted Payments page, and anyone who has ever tried to email eBay's support team to question this will know how hard it is to get an answer (they normally just spout irrelevant canned responses until you give up) but I did finally get an email from eBay explaining that I am allowed to use it but that I must offer it alongside PayPal and outside of the eBay checkout process.

I won't even go into PayPal's dubious dispute processes and lack of safeguards - they are well documented elsewhere, but again the argument of "don't use them" is rendered moot by eBay's policies.

Started days ago...

Alert generaaal!

I would absolutely LOVE to find a 1581 lying around somewhere though.

Perhaps something like this might help?

No idea if they're any good, but the components are listed as genuine C= parts and 3.5" Amiga drives are easy enough to find.

Of course, this would be an even better idea if it had BlueTooth inside too, but that is just a pipe-dream.

Original Windows XP Pro SP2 OEM packs with the installation CD and the product key / licence sticker are hot sellers on eBay. They're going for around GBP 50 (100 USD), while the Buy It Now price is up to GBP 75 (151 USD). Plus postage. See here:

http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=windows+xp+licence

Before anyone goes throwing their money away, I just found a much better deal! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum-48k-99- NEW-and-BOXED_W0QQitemZ270156223485QQihZ017QQcateg oryZ11994QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

"Uh. Rigging is the whole point of intellectual monopoly law. It's antithetical to free market capitalism. I don't know why you're surprised, america - you're about as capitalist as the soviets were communist."

People keep forgetting that the Internet routes around damage. There is no such thing as a monopoly when the whole operation can be moved to servers in another country. You're a seller in the US, and you want to sell to someone else in the US - just auction it off on ebay in the UK or Canada or france.

I have a LOT on my mind right now.. to be honest, i've rarely been so royally pissed off as i am today.
The photos shown above all have one thing in common (besides being rather lovely landscape photos):

They were all taken , without my permission, by the London based print-selling company Only-Dreemin. This company prides itself on offering its customers only the best quality canvas prints of the finest photos , by top artists.

What they fail to mention is that some of the photos they're selling prints of have been illegally obtained, and are being sold without the artists consent or knowledge.

In my case, a friend of mine came across their store on ebay and recognized one of my prints. (this was way back in january i think)
I looked into the matter and discovered 7 more of my photos being sold there. In the case of pictures 1, 2, 6 and 7, the image had been divided up into 3 vertical panels. ( Something i would never DREAM of doing myself. ) Furthermore, the images had been given new and exciting titles, like "Seraque II" and "Attica", "Dawn expander II" and " Joga" (barf)
I spent a good many days researching, going back thru their customer feedback, and was able to track back the sales of at LEAST 60 prints made from my images.
These prints sold for a total sum of 2450 british pounds (around 4840 US$ )

I gathered all the evidence , saved each webpage displaying my work , saved the list of customer feedback, printed all this stuff out and took it to a lawyer here in iceland.
She was confident that by sending them some well-phrased letters i'd be sure to get some damages out of them. After all, i had tons of incriminating evidence.
The letters did nothing other than make them take the images down from their site. Further letters got no response from them. My icelandic lawyer could do nothing else, so i was stuck with a bill and the infuriating fact that I, being only a non-wealthy art stutdent/ single mom in iceland, will have to accept that these people stole my work and made lots of money off it, and apparently are going to get away with it.

This is NOT OK BY ME.
I could think of little else to do than to at least tell people about this.
I have reason to believe that they've stolen images from other people, maybe other flickr users.
The reason i suspect this is quite simple. My photos were being sold under the bogus name of "Rebekka Sigrún" (the nerve of keeping the first name the same is somewhat amazing).
I saw a number of other photos being sold under that same artist name, and they werent mine. And obviously this Rebekka Sigrún doesnt exist.
Looking over the pictures i remember being sold under that name, it appears they've changed the artist name to "marco van eych". If anyone knows a landscape photographer by that name, let me know. i very much doubt he exists.

So i encourage everyone that has been displaying similar landscape photos on flickr to look at their site and see if they see something suspicious.
It would also be pretty cool if as many people as possible would send them angry letters, (address them to info@only-dreemin.com ) but that's just if you feel like it;)


ok. i've said my piece. Quite a load off my back.

What about eBay? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih =008&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=18 0113051017&rd=1&rd=1

Actually, yes, there is.

On the other hand no-one on here should be without their copy of this fine tome - hurry, only 10,000 copies available!

On the other hand no-one on here should be without their copy of this fine tome - hurry, only 10,000 copies available!

Here are a few currently running (UK) eBay auctions that have known-working-under-Linux cards (all are ralink, and I own one of each of these devices, unless some kind of version-bump has changed the chipset!) :

USB

PCI

PCMCIA

All should Just Work on, say, Ubuntu Dapper onwards (they did for me, at least), but I should note that I have not tried WPA with them. Obviously, eBay auctions are not exactly appropriate for corporate acquisitions, but hopefully this will help you in your search!

Here are a few currently running (UK) eBay auctions that have known-working-under-Linux cards (all are ralink, and I own one of each of these devices, unless some kind of version-bump has changed the chipset!) :

USB

PCI

PCMCIA

All should Just Work on, say, Ubuntu Dapper onwards (they did for me, at least), but I should note that I have not tried WPA with them. Obviously, eBay auctions are not exactly appropriate for corporate acquisitions, but hopefully this will help you in your search!

Here are a few currently running (UK) eBay auctions that have known-working-under-Linux cards (all are ralink, and I own one of each of these devices, unless some kind of version-bump has changed the chipset!) :

USB

PCI

PCMCIA

All should Just Work on, say, Ubuntu Dapper onwards (they did for me, at least), but I should note that I have not tried WPA with them. Obviously, eBay auctions are not exactly appropriate for corporate acquisitions, but hopefully this will help you in your search!

If you can muck up an old SGI, those are pretty neat, too

SGIs are also gorgeously good looking. A 16 CPU Origin 2000 went for £620 on last week; I have to say it was quite the temptation.

Stroller.

my karma is shot to hell anyway. so here goes

I'm opensourcing access to my r-type jamma board on e-bay right now.

If one of you more-money-than-me types could see yourself clear to opensourcing your paypal account in my general direction i would be much obliged

in the meantime mod away....

Hi, I live in the UK too, could you please elaborate?

Have a look at the offers on ebay for NEW PCs being sold at less than £200 with 512MB of ram. None of them has a monitor... bollocks!

Here's your talking dog:

http://toys.listings.ebay.co.uk/Electronic-Pets_Ai bo_W0QQsacatZ68402QQsocmdZListingItemList
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=sony+aibo&btn G=Google+Search

Seriously, if someone's prepared to pay over £200 for a ticket to see The Killers (more by the time the bid finishes), then they'll pay £600 for a PS3.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FREE-ENERGY-POWER-GENERATOR- 100-KW-SEE-VIDEO_W0QQitemZ7612097685QQihZ017QQcate goryZ633QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem