Perhaps we can use this as a recruit for non- SLUGgers/linux users? I
think the newspaper will allow a non-profit or not-for-profit (whatever
the difference, I don't know) organization to list an ad for free in
some section.
Something like:
<CENTER>Suncoast Linux Users Group
Is having its monthly meeting and is hosting a hardware swap meet!!!
Bring your old unloved computers to new loving owners and vice-versa.
Linux will be installed for free on machines you'd like to take
home!..... blah blah blah
Paul, if there's anything I can do to help organize this, please let me
know. In the meantime, we should brainstorm the practical uses for some
of the lower CPU/RAM computers. So far, I've seen steve@itcom.net, Scot
Mc Pherson, and some others mention some valuable practical and
dedicated uses i.e. samba fileservers. I can reach the Tampa and
Dunedin meetings (possibly one of the Brandon ones too).
Mario
Paul M Foster wrote:
>On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 05:44:56PM -0500, Mario Lombardo wrote:
>
>>I don't know what happened, but I found this weird guy sitting at my
>>machine (snicker).
>>
>>In all seriousness, Paul, you've really struck a chord in my heart. I
>>am a full-fledged dumpster diver. I feel it is an honest to God shame
>>when people chuck valuable processing for the sake of newer technology
>>when it's all going to repeat again in a couple of years.
>>
>
>As one of my many jobs many years ago, I worked for a rural trash
>service for a while. Amazing what people discard. I once read that
>people in Japan simply throw their old furniture and stuff out.
>Apparently they have a culture where people simply don't consider
>re-using other people's stuff. This from a culture where resources are
>extremely limited and most raw materials must be imported.
>
>>I've got an HP closet at home that I plan to populate with 486
>>motherboards and make a Beowulf cluster someday. Maybe if P2P
>>processing progresses, I'll do that instead, but for now, I'm
>>accumulating as my girlfriend is leaving (oops!).
>>
>>If enough folks are interested, maybe we could pool together and make a
>>mass junk raffle for SLUG? Anymore junk out there?
>>
>
>This is starting to sound like a good idea. There have been some other
>recent discussions about people swapping junk. The only caveat would be
>that if you bring junk and no one wants it, you gotta take it back home
>with you; we can't leave junk lying around at PwC.
>
>Paul
>
>
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