Obviously this, and many other, universities are charging far to much money for their courses if they can afford to merely dump such items without giving thought to recycling. For an institution full of "intellects" they're certainly carrying on with the expedience of a bunch of "dumb-asses"
Fonso -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Elson Sent: Saturday, 24 December 2005 6:30 AM To: Protel EDA Discussion List Subject: Re: [PEDA] Lead Free... Alfonso Baz wrote: >We forgot to take the garbage out last week so when I found out I was going >to have to make a trip to the dump I got all excited! >An opportunity to fossick through electronic junk! >Imagine my disappointment when I arrived at the landfill only to find mostly >seagulls and discarded packaging ;( > > Ah, yes! Well, you NEVER know what you'll come across. I go through the dumpsters here at Washington University when I have the time and inclination. One day it will be pizza boxes, the next day, a pile of digital oscilloscopes. I flipped a Nicolet transient digitizer on eBay for $100, all I had to do was clean the plastic in front of the CRT. I got an HP 100 MSa/sec 2 chan digital scope in perfect working order, but I'm going to KEEP that one! I got a complete SGI IRIS workstation with one bad board, and a guy in Germany sent me all the boards out of his system for a nominal fee. Tons of other stuff, from full rolls of wire to big metal pieces for the scrap bin in the shop. A bunch of usable, but a little old Pentium computers, some I am still using. A bunch of really fine CAD/CAM monitors that are still in use on some of my computers. But, you'll never know what will be there on any trip. Jon ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
