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Here is a good scanner (canon lide 30) people are selling for 20-30$. It is completely supported by the sane project. Happy linuxing...

I was an active collector of Infocom games until recently, but I had to give up because (1) I eventually acquired all 35 games and (2) the special edition versions of the game still sell for incredible prices. Check out this copy of Starcross that just sold on ebay for $500. People still have fond memories for these great games.

Madonna tickets, San Jose CA, Apr 30, 9:00pm
Quantity: 15,000 available
Current bid: $56

No, it's not. In fact it's explicitly mentioned as acceptable.

ebay would love for me to sell myself stuff. They get $.25 + 3% + 1.25% + 4% of every transaction.

Unfortunately, you can't sell yourself.

My biggest pet peeve with them is crap being in the wrong category. It makes it such a chore to look for something to buy.
For example lets go with wholesale lots of PCs
The first 20 results are single buy laptop computers and then we have

TEKTRONIX 840 850 860 AUXILLARY 500 SHEET PAPER TRAY
100 x Antistatic Anti Static Bags ESD (6"x9")
MAKE OVER £1000 A WEEK ON EBAY (100% PROFIT)
Mystery Box Of Computers
3 more single computers.
LAPTOP REPAIR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
Wholesale Lots- Buy Computers and MAKE A LOT OF MONEY !

I mean holy shit, this reads more like spam then things to buy.
And it goes on and on and on like this.

Holy crap, a KC Munchkin reference, after all these years. My wrists still ache sometimes, from whippin' that horrible joystick around...

Then again, the Play-Yan is also only available in Japan, but you can get it through unofficial sources. Got mine yesterday, great little cart.

I'm pretty sure the Opera cart will be available too, if you search a bit. And if the Opera cart is anything like the Play-Yan, the only thing Japanese will be the credit screen (everything else is either icons or english text).

What would've been REALLY amazing is if the DS Lite had a built-in SD slot (with built-in Play-Yan micro capabilities) and built-in Opera browser (along with extra RAM built-in instead of on a cart). Throw in a PDF viewer (via the SD slot) and Nintendo would sell these to anyone... games, mp3, movies, ebook and browser on the go!

You can still find them on ebay for insane amounts of money.....

But they sell crude oil

http://cgi.ebay.com/Middle-East-Petroleum-Crude-Oi l-Set-From-Iraq-Arabia_W0QQitemZ9506292438QQcatego ryZ3491QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

That's what I'm hopeing for:

The Star Wars Adult

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item =9703428195&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%3A80%2 Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26satitle%3D9703 428195%26fvi%3D1 kinda cracked me up, buy it now originally was $15K

For that, you'll probably need one of these.

I am not so sure about how prayer (or cursing) may affect people at distance and without their knowledge of it.

Prayer and cursing do nothing at a distance. For that, you need what I have.

A voodoo doll!

Its too cool. I can poke the thing with needles and anyone in the world will then act as though I poked them.

eBay sells them:

Voodoo Dolls for less
Looking for Voodoo Dolls?
Buy direct from sellers and save
everythingelse.ebay.com

Just look for mp3 players on ebay, that's where I got mine. Also, don't be in a hurry to get one - you'll end up bidding more than you need to. Try this link: http://electronics.search.ebay.com/usb_MP3-Players _W0QQa10244ZQ2d24QQa14ZQ2d24QQa41399ZQ2d24QQalistZ a14Q2ca26092Q2ca41399Q2ca10244QQbsZSearchQQcatrefZ C6QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQcopagenu mZ1QQfgtpZQQfromZR2QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ 1QQgcsZ1821QQlopgZQQpf_queryZusbQQpfidZ2586QQpfmod eZ1QQreqtypeZ2QQsacatZ15057QQsaprchiZQQsaprcloZQQs argnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ2QQsbrftogZ1QQsofocusZpf

holy ass that's long.

I've bought a few of those as presents but they all died after about 3 months.

I don't know what they did with them but they all lost their mp3 playing ability, though you could use them for a while as 1gb keychains.

I got them all from Hong Kong via ebay for about 40Eu

http://search.ebay.com/1gb-mp3

http://search.ebay.co.uk/1gb-mp3

Aren't you the guy who paid $378 for a /. account on ebay?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&cate gory=0&item=2374876235

When the DS and PSP were revealed to the public, but not yet released, I thought that I would probably purchase both, but get the DS first. I got as far as the DS, and I don't think I'll be picking up a PSP. There's a lot of cool things about both systems, but when it comes down to it, I love the touchscreen. The PSP offers me a portable version of PS2 gaming, which is cool and all, but I don't really play video games away from the house, even with my DS. Since I have the PS2 experience at home, I might as well get the console that has totally different gameplay? If you haven't seen the bonus games that came with Super Mario 64 DS, they are a perfect example of what is possible with touch screen gaming. The ones where you draw a line, and it becomes a trampoline for Mario are amazing. There's some game coming out that's a RTS RPG (the stylus is a great replacement for the mouse, so PC style strategy and FPS games work quite well) where the player casts spells by writing runes on the screen. The better your handwriting, the more powerful the spells. It's quite cool to have a totally unique perspective on gaming like that, and the GBA support means I have Street Fighter Alpha 2 on it.

just think in GMT/UCT and everything makes sense.

I'll tell that to my boss next time I'm 4 hours late for work

there's a whole allegory thing goin' on there that apparantly you missed

There's a whole merchandizing thing goin' on there that you apparently missed.

Sorry, but this seems a bit expensive just to read your message.

Please search for "world peace" then.

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en& q=world+peace

For me, its the 3rd ad on the right. It says:

World Peace
Whatever you're looking for
you can get it on eBay

Here are the eBay listings: http://search.ebay.com/world-peace_W0QQfnuZ1QQfsoo Z1QQfsopZ3QQxpufuZx

Now that doesn't happen all the time, but there are enough good deals to make it fun.

Strange... According to you and many other people, Japan would be a foreign dumpster-diver's paradise. Maybe that's why there are new (by Chinese standards, and in terms of the tech used, not in terms of usage time) PHS, CDMA, and PDC phones on eBay here in China. I can get a phone that can play MP3s with video recording and playback using a SD card for $25 on eBay here (page will be full of question marks because eBay US mis-processes pages from its Chinese counterpart, but the price at the top should make a point) Perhaps Japanese dumpster-divers take these phones and sell them in China? They could not possibly be so cheap otherwise.

Anybody in Kentucky? See if you can pick this up:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ATM-used-Omni-490-Mas-Hamilton -Group_W0QQitemZ7603537770QQcategoryZ1271QQrdZ1QQc mdZViewItem

and reprogram it so that instead of dispensing money, it allows you to select a candidate and print out a receipt with that candidate's name. I think that with a working model available, states would ask Diebold why they couldn't modify their own ATMs to do the same. This would have several advantages:

1) If everyone received a voting card (with random "account numbers" not linked to your name) in the mail a few days/weeks before the election, and you had to swipe it to vote, you couldn't vote twice without stealing someone else's card.

2) You'd have a paper trail via the receipts printed out.

3) ATMs are designed to communicate securely over a network, so having them report votes into a central collection center should be feasible.

4) I assume most people have used an ATM before, so there shouldn't be any "confusion" votes for Pat Buchanan due to the formatting of the ballot.

The one thing that an ATM wouldn't allow that a paper ballot would is a write-in vote, so maybe a credit card machine where you can electronically sign would be more appropriate, but an old ATM would certainly serve as a good proof-of-concept.

Lobbying efforts center on legislation being drafted by Rep. Lamar Smith, a Republican from Texas who chairs a key House subcommittee.

I've no idea what that is unless you mean a pre-owned watch?

(Chosen amongst many)
http://cgi.ebay.com/POOR-MANS-JAMES-BOND-THE-ANARC HIST-COOKBOOK-DISKS_W0QQitemZ7229210949QQcategoryZ 3786QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/Army-Marine-sniper-weapons-med ical-survival-manual-500_W0QQitemZ6604549921QQcate goryZ66529QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Yep. looks like the terrorists win?!

(Chosen amongst many)
http://cgi.ebay.com/POOR-MANS-JAMES-BOND-THE-ANARC HIST-COOKBOOK-DISKS_W0QQitemZ7229210949QQcategoryZ 3786QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/Army-Marine-sniper-weapons-med ical-survival-manual-500_W0QQitemZ6604549921QQcate goryZ66529QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Yep. looks like the terrorists win?!

What the hell is a ring oscillator, you ask?

After reading that WP article, I think I'm still asking ;)

After reading it, it sounds like a project from one of the Radio Shack electronics kits I had back in the day. One of the components in this kit was a 7400, a quad 2-input NAND gate. By tying the two inputs of a NAND gate together, it's the equivalent of an inverter. By using one or three of the gates wired in a loop, you could make a one- or three-stage ring oscillator.

I don't recall if the documentation identified the circuit as a ring oscillator, but I think some projects used it (maybe with a capacitor somewhere in the loop to slow it down) as a clock source.

or some other place where I can actually buy it

Some other place like eBay?

And it's actually worse than that. As a pianist and touch typist, I can very nearly turn my brain off when it comes to typing. When I'm writing, I have to repeat what I'm about to write in my head so I don't lose track of what I'm writing down. When I type, the thought is already on paper before it gets out of my short term memory, so that isn't necessary to the same degree. This means that, when writing a note that takes twenty seconds to write, my brain was unable to listen to the lecture for all of that 20 seconds, but when typing it, my brain was able to listen and process the lecture for almost the entire 4 seconds.

I understand that in a class where visual communication is critical, a laptop can be distracting. For this reason, college professors should demand that the universities install proper lecture halls with tiered seating instead of flat classrooms. This improves visual interaction even when the students have laptops on their desks.

And, as you mention, providing lecture notes in these cases is a great thing. Heck, even when it isn't, it's a great thing. In the rare occasions where I've taught something, I've made it a point to always make my lecture notes available online afterwards because I wanted students to pay attention and interact in class to create a more rich, immersive learning experience. That works very well.

However, IMHO, you should not provide lecture notes until after the class session that covers them. If you given them all the notes at the beginning of the semester, students will feel less need to attend classes (unless, of course, you make regular attendance part of the grade, which itself has pros and cons). I often found myself adding things to the lecture notes based on questions and discussions that came up in class. By making those part of the online lecture notes, the students can take an more active role in driving the learning, which IMHO is critical to the learning process.

Anyway, my advice is for some of the students to have fun with this. I know I would if I were in that class. Maybe something like this. I mean, what you'd really like are glasses with really obvious fake eyeballs painted on there, but these were the closest thing I could find.

He's not the only one to do this:

Search eBay for Patriot Act Game. I was expecting to find people packaging and selling his game, but it turns out it's a completely different game....also based on Monopoly, also poking fun at the Patriot act, civil liberties, and the terrorist threat.

I like the free one better, though, it seems more thought out.

I tried to sign in at the site and get the same thing you get at Orkut:
"Joga is unique, because it's an organically growing network of trusted friends. It is one of a kind network that focuses solely on a common interest around the game of soccer. Joga will help you connect to people who share the same passion for the game and also access exclusive content around athlete profiles, video clips and photos.

If you know someone who is a Joga member, he or she can invite you to join as well. If you don't know a Joga member, you will still be able to join the network by visiting www.joga.com.

We look forward to having you join us in the Joga community."

Uhm, ok, so I have to find someone who is on Orkut/Joga to even get into the community? But how can I find someone if I can't get into the community to do a search?

Then I recall that Gmail account invites were for sale on eBay, and sure enough, you can get Orkut on eBay. It's only a matter of time before Joga account invites are available on eBay.

Anyway, if you have a Joga account, I'd love an invite. My first dot last name @ google.com.

Butt ugly, horrible backends and still rolling in dough.

Oops; here's the special link to that variety of pepper.

Something weird happened when I hit the Preview button, which produced a preview page, but when I submitted it, I was told that I'd already submitted the message. So I found it, and sure enough, it was a bit garbled and truncated. So I cut the link out and put it above, where it might work better.

Now let's see what the Preview button does ...

OK; that seems to have worked. Now I'll hit Submit ...

Your link didn's show anything... Try this this "Installed but never used, selling to someone who needs it, for personal use." Righto!

Doesn't seem to be a problem in Taiwan.
Step right up, they have tons of these ready to go.

I think this probably proves it most of all http://contact.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ReturnUse rIdHistory&requested=barclaysphoto yay for id changes!

You pay for placement in those places... so yeah, they would. What isn't said is that PriceRitePhoto changed their name to Barclayphoto. You can see their ebay username change here

The palm-based Fossil Abacus was vaporware for a long time. Then it came out, and nobody noticed.

You can pick one up for 50 clams, if you don't mind strapping a cube to your wrist. And pecking at a screen not much larger than a postage stamp.

Looks to me like thedollar from 100 years ago is still worth just as much.

Still .. beautiful plumage!

Here's a thought: eBay your TiVo and then go renew your library card.

This watch is not super cheap (starts at about $400), but it's not too expensive either considering what it does:

Yes watch (tech specs page)
http://www.yeswatch.com/wrist-watch/timekeeper/tec h_specs.html

They show the time with one hand, as well as digitally on the face. The face also shows daytime and nighttime by shading in the face of the watch to indicate when the sun is down, depending on the city you're in. Also shows moonset/moonrise/moon phase. Take a look, it's easier to understand from the pictures on the site...

The "Cozmo" line seems to be the least expensive, at about $400, although there is a "Zulu" model on eBay right now for about $300.

Look a couple comments up from yours....the poster got this watch on ebay, and it looks like the seller has more. Frankly, I'm tempted myself, except for various reasons I prefer a pocketwatch to a wristwatch.

And no I'm not this coachgifts cat, it's just the only 24 hour analog self winding watch that's less than like $1500 that I could find period.

Nano ITX.. yes. What do you get with nano itx? A 1gz VIA process, 2 usb ports, 100mb network, minimal sound, minimal video. How much does this cost? $350-$400 (yes those 8 layer boards arnt cheap) for the motherboard alone. No hard drive, no wireless, no ram, no case. Build me a nano itx computer that compares to the mac minis for anywhere near the price. I will buy 1000.

I rest my case.

http://search.ebay.com/Nano-ITX

most modern laptops offer hi-capacity double run time batteries that'll last 6+ hours on a charge. Here's a good example. They claim 7+ hours with the 12-cell battery which is double the capacity of the 6-cell battery that comes with the laptop.

Those laptops start at $629, easily affordable.

Also you might not need the laptop for the entire duration of every class, and when I was in college I rarely had a class schedule that spanned more than a 4-hour time frame anyway, usually I had at least one hour throughout the day to take a break before the next class.

It's because of people like this , who go into the local Target or Walmart and buy every system that comes in, just to try to make a little money on Ebay.