It certainly is close enough to topic to of interest. We have the tech recycling conversation often enough.
It manages to explain why the construction of many tech gadgets is so crappy. If you sell us crap once you need to buy it again three months later. On Jan 11, 2008 1:09 PM, Steve Rigby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 11, 2008, at 11:32 AM, Paula Minor wrote: > > > This may or may not be off topic for this list but the video is very > > entertaining and informative and perhaps worth discussion here. > > A very reasoned presentation. I particularly connected with the > portion about how we are taught to react to stuff that has been > determined to be obsolete, a word that primarily means "no longer in > use." I am happy to report that I have very little stuff that is > obsolete. I have been informed by others that my old computers are > "obsolete," but because I use them regularly, those suggestions of > obsolescence are obviously incorrect. That means that I do not have to > go shopping! Yeah! I can save that money instead of spending it. > > Steve > > > > ************************************************************************ > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ************************************************************************ > * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > ************************************************************************ > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
