> > > Oh - that's some group that is running a save-energy campaign (I think
> > > they are partly leftist or neo luddite also) as an Email chain
> > > letter. Protest the evil empire societiy that demands you
> consume so much
> > > in other words. They do have a point - lead article in
> today's paper is
> > > about the problem of getting rid of obsolete computers that are toxic
> > > waste and due to the endless march of so called progress are
> turning into
> > > paperweights.
> > >
> > > Kristin
> > >
> >
> > Except those machines are perfectly good for schools in deprived areas.
> > There's a program to ship 386s and 486s to African schools. :o)
>
> Do they have a website for that? Can you get me a URL to bookmark so that
> next time we've got an obsolete computer, it can be disposed of more
> responsibly? (I wasn't impressed when I took the P-90 to the Goodwill
> computer store the last time we needed to get rid of an old computer....)
>
> Julia
Urk! there was a feature on BBC World about it a few weeks back. I'll have a
look on their website.
I didn't really pay much more attention so "Wow, cool", as I only have one
PC, and it's not going to be 'disposed of' in anything like the foreseeable
future...
