[Nottingham] On the scrounge -- Simon

[paul at paulmellors.net]

I like this idea, if someone wants to develop this idea further and build a
website i'll purchase a suitable domain name and donate the hosting.

Paul

Quoting ForkBombFluf <fluf at freeshell.org>:

> On Fri, 2 Jun 2006, eddacker wrote:
>
>>> I'd be interested in some of the random PC bits, boards and video
>>> cards. I don't actually mind testing stuff out and sticking things
>>> onto Freecycle or distributing around the LUG? I've recently donated
>>> two Dell machines, that are happily running Ubuntu, to a couple of
>>> people who didn't have a PC and they are doing great.
>>>
>>> Which gives me an idea. How does other members of the LUG feel about
>>> refurbishing old PCs to donate to people less fortunate in life,
>>> schools etc etc? Could be an interesting project.
>>>
>>> Simon
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>> I am!
>> Back home I did this for single parents who couldn't afford much for 
>> their kids to do school work.
>> And had a project that sent machines to Central America into 
>> teaching situations. (I come from California so it was logical).
>> I remember my first Red Hat install in Spanish, couldn't read a 
>> thing, but knew which was what by the screens. hahahaha
>> I used to get kit from business upgrades fairly cheap, here in the 
>> UK haven't found much as most businesses pay recyclers to take it 
>> away.
>>
>> Let me know, I'll lend a hand.
>
> This idea intrigues me too.  I've watched several dozen Pentium III 
> 450's go for scrapping, and I have said the same thing about how 
> ridiculous it is to have to pay someone to take them away when 
> members of the public would no doubt happily take them away for a 
> small fee.  I am led to belive that the reason for this is due to 
> liability, aka. the fear of being sued by the purcaser if they 
> electrocute themselves weith it.  I have to say this boggles my mind, 
> the university I worked at in the US sent all their old excess kit to 
> a large building south of campus aptly named "Surplus", where it was 
> sold "as is" at at public auction once a fortnight. This seems like a 
> much better solution to the problem to me, but hey, I guess I haven't 
> been "doing it this way for hundreds of years", so what do I know, eh?
>
> *retracts claws* (Sorry about that.)
>
> ;-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Stef
>
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