Hey Bro' if you got the time, then more power to ya..... ------------------------- Stephen Barncard San Francisco http://barncard.com
2009/4/21 Richmond Mathewson <[email protected]> > As every single one of my computers is at least 5 years old (come, come, > the parts out of which > my Frankenstein Pentium 4 are composed must have a half century between > them), I have a > choice: > > 1. Chuck them out when bits go bust. > > 2. Learn, and repair things. > > The former is probably the root of what we could call the "Western > sickness"; try whispering > that in Gordon Brown's shell-like ear (well, its really a flappy, great, > Scots lug!), or that of > Barak Obama (similarly large) and see where it gets you! As a right-wing > eco-green sort of chap > (work that one out), I find both the reliance of socialists on state > support, and > the horrors of rampant greed-fueled consumerism as awful. > > Now, Alexander Taylor Annal, a man who my older son is named after, who > died at 99 > 2 years ago, kept a 1938 Fordson tractor going until 2000; and cried when > it finally died. > If he could do that, there doesn't seem any earthly reason why I cannot try > to keep > a few computers going a spot longer than their warranty. And every time I > do it is one > in the eye for King Camp Gillette, the inventor of inbuilt obsolescence. > > Oddly enough, have just disembowelled a 40 year old Russian fridge and got > it > working again :) > > sincerely, Richmond Mathewson. > > > > stephen barncard wrote: > >> I guess the EU has lobbyists too. How nice for the manufacturers. >> >> ------------------------- >> Stephen Barncard >> San Francisco >> http://barncard.com >> >> >> 2009/4/21 François Chaplais <[email protected]> >> >> >> >>> Le 21 avr. 09 à 18:32, Richmond Mathewson a écrit : >>> >>> < >>> ..... >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> I am bemused by all the commercial hype to endlessly upgrade; most PCs >>>> currently on the market >>>> can do a lot more than the average consumer will ever require. >>>> >>>> I run a G4 Mac (Mirror Door 2003, Dual Proc.), a PPC Mac Mini, a G3 >>>> iMac, >>>> and a "Bits-and-Bobs-flung-together-from- >>>> the-discard-pile" Pentium 4: between them they satisfy all my computing >>>> needs. >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> My ability to get old computers working is strictly restricted to >>>> bunging >>>> an install disk into the CD drive! >>>> >>>> If the computing world would sit back and think a bit, instead of >>>> continually spending money on ever more >>>> spiffy computers, and filling up landfills like nobody's business; they >>>> might see the virtues of hanging on to >>>> older hardware and "milking it" as long as possible: this is, ultimately >>>> far more 'green' than buying >>>> Steve Jobs' "latest thang", which, supposedly, is so 'eco' that it gives >>>> free massages to members of greenpeace :) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> A few years ago I went to my favorite Apple reseller to repair my wife's >>> iBook. The technician told me it was not possible anymore; more >>> precisely, >>> the older French law forced manufacturers to supply spare parts for ten >>> years, whereas, in a later application of a E.U. "regulation", only five >>> years of spare parts supply were required now; which means that, you >>> actually cannot spare parts after five years. >>> Which also means that, if a company does not have a brand policy, >>> everything will be designed to break apart after 5 years. >>> Recently tested with a washing machine. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> François >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-revolution mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-revolution mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
