oh, you guys are right, i got it. thanks 4 the infor.
i knew what to do now. On 8月19日, 下午11时47分, Dave Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 23:18 +1000, Omniwoof wrote: > > I truely applaud the notion but you'd probably find that after labour > > + repair + shipping that you might get more value for money/time > > simply purchasing old/cheap PCs that are already over there. > > > Naturally reliability is an issue as well - no sense in shipping out a > > PC that is simply going to break in a few months. > > I agree that it might seem like a good idea, but lets think about it. > PIIs are more than 10 years old, back there was no RoHS and PCs were a > lot dirtier in general. > > eWaste is a massive problem in developing nations. Not only eWaste > being dumped by dodgy operators, but also well meaning people send > rubbish overseas. > > Even though I see the benefits of technology for community development > and education, feed, I think that we should focus on housing and > clothing people before giving the "better off" old PCs (or OLPC XOs for > that matter). See links at the bottom of the email if you want to > really help people in need. > > With the PIIs and similar old PCs, if you wouldn't considering using it > yourself, send it to bytebackaustralia.com.auor a similar service. > > If you think it might be useful for others then check with > computerbank.org.auor similar organisation. Avoid donating to greenpc. > They offer very under speced machines running w2k and ms works to "needy > families" for what I consider to be unreasonable prices. > > Cheers > > Dave > > Worthwhile > charitieshttp://www.msf.org.au/http://redcross.org.au/ourservices_aroundtheworld_default.htmhttp://www.oxfam.org.au/ > > --ubuntu-aumailing [EMAIL > PROTECTED]://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
