Really, I've often wondered when "landfill mining" was going to take off as a viable enterprise, as the higher cost of materials justifies the complicated means.
"Scavenger Cooperatives" / "Informal Recycling" is common and turning into big business in third world countries.
Find a dead piece of equipment, try to repair it. I'm surprised at the success rate I'm having.
Laserjet III, Philips DVD player, Toshiba PVR,space heater, answering machine... all stuff I salvaged and brought back to life.
Google for the name of the equipment, if it's a frequent/known problem you'll find repair instructions. BTW almost half of the salvaged stuff was repaired by replacing leaky/bulgy capacitors.
*This is, incidentally why you get the annoying gray screen when you try to play dirty NES carts - the contacts aren't making a good enough connection to transmit the unlock code. Ah yes, the dreaded NES flashing blue screen of death.
Just lift pin 4 from the 10NES chip and ground it. That effectively neuters the hardware lock. Shh. Don't tell Nintendo. They might get mad.;-)
... after years of working in the circuit design industry, a failed cap means that the circuit broke it. I would say that the circuit design broke the capacitor.
I actually managed to fix the DVD player since other people have had the same thing happen and provided all the details of the right capacitor to buy. Let me guess... Philips DVP 642.
Some stupid (single occupant) rich bitch in a town in southern France (can't remember which one) yelled at my sister for almost opening the door of our rental car into the side of her precious SUV.
Time for a French lesson. Repeat after me: J't'emmerde, poufiasse! Tu prends ton putain de camion et tu va t'le garer ou je pense.
Idiot got caught with child porn. Zero sympathy here. However it's a slippery slope.
What about software, videos, MP3? What if they want proof of license? They could also decide to download your email inbox and address book. Why? Because They Can.
I know what's going on my laptop next time I cross the border. TrueCrypt. That's what.
You might like Medieval Mayhem, my homebrew version of Warlords for the Atari. Dammit, just lost my mod points a few hours ago. Wishful thinking: Could you port that to Flash and WiiCade API.
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Pics or it didn't happen... But seriously, I would love to see shots of your Apple I
Revised headline:
Hrair natives from Amazon don't know how to count.
Really, I've often wondered when "landfill mining" was going to take off as a viable enterprise, as the higher cost of materials justifies the complicated means.
"Scavenger Cooperatives" / "Informal Recycling" is common and turning into big business in third world countries.
Landfill recycling is thriving in Latin America I'd love to see Mike Rowe fly down there and spend one day with the recyclers ...
All you need is two NICs. Viola. QoS no problemo.
I don't understand the need for a musical instrument to create a firewall.
Please email floyd
followed by at sign
then the word earthling
then dot
and finally, net
Google for the name of the equipment, if it's a frequent/known problem you'll find repair instructions. BTW almost half of the salvaged stuff was repaired by replacing leaky/bulgy capacitors.
Google: "conserning the Nintendo Entertainment System" (misspell intentional)
Hear hear! I'm all for Wiindizupdate :-)
all they ever do is replace "Oppressive Bad Guy 1 antagonist to the U.S." with "Oppressive Bad Guy 2 sympathetic to the U.S."
... after years of working in the circuit design industry, a failed cap means that the circuit broke it. I would say that the circuit design broke the capacitor.If this thing can track my cat, I want to make a desktop toy out of it ...
I've had several equipment fail, not because of tin whiskers, but because of crappy capacitors that leaked and/or burst.
courtesy of crazy Japanese censorship laws. Google for gmask or see examples at Lecture on masking (Yes, it's SFW)
Time for a French lesson. Repeat after me:
J't'emmerde, poufiasse! Tu prends ton putain de camion et tu va t'le garer ou je pense.
If it's good enough for Grommit, it's good enough for me.
Naqadaium would be an excellent name for Unbibium 292.
What about software, videos, MP3? What if they want proof of license? They could also decide to download your email inbox and address book. Why? Because They Can.
I know what's going on my laptop next time I cross the border. TrueCrypt. That's what.
Truly entertaining educational videos: http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/lookaroundyou/media/ , and more on Youtube.
It's really useful fuel for fusion reactors.
Rabbits: One, Two, Three, Four, Hrair Fish: One, Two, Three, Four, School
that I regret there's no photoshop contests on Slashdot.