On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 17:53 -0400, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote:
> "Jon \"maddog\" Hall" <mad...@li.org> writes:
> > On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 17:29 -0400, Joseph Smith wrote:
> > > On 05/06/2011 04:19 PM, Ted Roche wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Details here: http://www.smalldog.com/ewastenh
> > >
> > > I found it humerus that they have a bunch of pics of Mac's on the
> > > webpage :-)
> >
> > Well, they are basically an Apple shop, so I guess they went with what
> > they had.
> >
> > I will notice that the "eWaste" in that picture looks a lot newer and
> > better than *my* "eWaste".
>
> Well, like you said--they're basically an Apple shop.... ;)
>
> As to the buying- and disposing-habits in the Apple world...,
> maybe it's telling that the Apple world has a site like
> <http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/>.
>
> Then, maybe something analogous exists in the GNU/Linux world
> (or in the `old-fart unix-weenie' world!?), but I've never seen it :)
>
I don't know, but their list of "things accepted" included
"typewriters", which reminded me that I still have my old SEARS
portable, manual (non-electric) typewriter in my closet. Portable
because it had a case that closed over the machine, with handles so you
could lug it places.
The most useful course I ever took was a summer course in "touch typing"
between 12th grade and start of college. I received that typewriter for
my birthday present that year....43 years ago.
I used that puppy back in college to type my term papers, and was good
enough at typing even then to get my papers done without having to wake
up any young lady to have her do it for me, unlike my roommate and many
of his friends.....
Believe me, asking your SO to wake up at 0100 to type a paper due at
0600 was a great way to end a relationship.....
Today, most college kids don't know what a typewriter is, the "CR" key
(for Carriage Return) being replaced a long time ago by "Enter" ("What
is a carriage, and why does it have to 'return'?") and each day more and
more kids think a "keyboard" is just something that you play music
on....anything else you "touch type" with your thumbs.
(Grumble, mumble)
md
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