I believe that here in California, there is a new state law that requires depositing all such used computing equipment at a state-designated/approved recycling/disposal facility.
Judy On Fri, 29 Sep 2006, Richmond Mathewson wrote: > I had no intention, in my original posting, of > implying that Apple computers were filthier than any > other manufacturer . . . > > I am absolutely sure that all computers are filled > with filthy muck! > > And, as another poster pointed out, that is the price > for fancy technology. > > But filthy muck may not have to go on being the price > of fancy technology - and as we are all paying our > hard-earned money to the companies that manufacture > the fancy technology we might consider changing some > of our "feature requests" from ever more > mind-bogglingly fast processors (face it when was the > last time you managed to have gulp of your favourite > drink before the fancy technology made its next move?) > to technology that is fancy in a different way. > > To speed this on its way I propose that a fund should > be set up; all people who purchase computers should be > obliged to deposit 1 US dollar per machine purchased > into it - as a prize for the person who can first > produce a computer that contains no poisonous metals . > . . > > OK, OK, . . . I am finding it difficult to get the > monitor I designed from potatoes to feature multiple > resolutions :) > > facetious, or not, it might be sensible to cut down on > the Cadmium! > > sincerely, Richmond Mathewson > > ____________________________________________________________ > > "Philosophical problems are confusions arising owing to the fluidity of > meanings users attach to words and phrases." > Mathewson, 2006 > ____________________________________________________________ > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > All New Yahoo! Mail ? Tired of [EMAIL PROTECTED]@! come-ons? Let our > SpamGuard protect you. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > _______________________________________________ > 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
