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klevin writes "Grist magazine's running an article on what to look for when the old PC's running out of gas and you want to avoid trashing the environment even further. Their suggestions include: upgrade instead of replacing, go for LCD monitors instead of CRTs and, if replacing, reuse the old one as an MP3 server on your home network."
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You could setup a beowolf cluster of CRT's.
Imagine the possibilities.
"I'm not going to keep a bunch of useless parts around."
You're going to regret saying that when ISA comes back. You have been warned.
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i use an old 133MHz PI w/ 128MB ram for a RH9 firewall on cable modem. The workload hardly *ever* gets near 1 at all. There are many, many uses for old PC's.
Hell, i hooked up a USB cam w/ motion detect software (check sourceforge) to catch which one of our cats was crapping on the couch! Worked like a dream. Plenty of apps for those old beasts.
I'd point them all at my neighbour's house and try and melt his dog...
I use the eBay program. People send ME $30, I throw a bunch of crap I don't want in a box and send it to them!
Gamingmuseum.com: Give your 3D accelerator a rest.
Its called www.ebay.com
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
My idea was to give my old PC to my 5 year old son so he is not always hogging my PC to play games.
Trouble is the games he gets off the corn flakes packet require more PC horsepower than my development environment.....so guess who gets left with the old one!
And if you thought that was boring you obviously havn't read my Journal ;-)
Oooh, so Mother Nature needs a favor?!
. ht ml
Well maybe she should have thought of that when she was besetting us with droughts and floods and poison monkeys! Nature started the fight for survival, and now she wants to quit because she's losing.
Well I say, hard cheese.
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Out of curiousity, which council? Mine (Glasgow) ... oh, hell, my council's been called "Disnae Land" - the bin disnae get emptied, the streetlight disnae come on, etc. Recycling? Hell, that somethink to do with bi-cycles?
This is where the serious fun begins.
California will add a recycling fee to the cost of new computers and televisions starting July 2004,...
Might I suggest that anyone seeking to purchase a computer in California after July 2004, to instead jump in the car and drive north to Oregon to make the purchase?
We have no idiot fees here and NO SALES TAX for anyone, on anything, at anytime. There are several well-stocked and knowledgeable PC stores in Medford just across the border. The trip is about 400 miles each way.
The drive from the Bay Area is beautiful on the Hwy 101 route (same highway number, but not the demon road of Silicon Valley) and goes through one of the most beautiful places on Earth, the Redwood National Park. There are interesting and inexpensive hostels to stay at in both Kalmath (1 mile north of Trees Of Mystery) and Ashland.
Even with high gasoline prices, the savings from not paying the idiot California sales tax and the new recycling fees make the trip worthwhile. Plus the beautiful scenery is rejuvenating experience for those who spend far too much time staring at symbols on a PC monitor.