Re: dumpster diving hotspots

2003-02-11 Thread flawed jai
there's the right brained, 'feminine way', and the masculine, 'logical' way: it definitely helps to develop your intuitive, fuzzy, sixth sense, and be able to keep a floating nonspecific instinct open, so that when you get an irrational urge to head out the door and follow your nose in a

Re: dumpster diving hotspots

2003-02-11 Thread Todd Russell
it's also ok to befreind your local homeless shopping cart pushers and ask them what they've seen, and where and when. you can have them keep a lookout for you and agree to come tell you, call you or bring you stuff when they find it. give em a coupla bucks for good scoring if they please

Dumpster diving...

2003-02-10 Thread Todd Russell
Speaking of dumpsters, I was reading a copy of 2600 magazine at BN recently and found an article from a guy who found a pretty cool piece of kit in a dumpster. After the posts here, I'm really intrigued. Does anyone know of any typical hotspots for finding computers and such, or is it all

Re: Dumpster diving...

2003-02-10 Thread Joseph Davis
On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 14:59:24 -0600, you wrote: Speaking of dumpsters, I was reading a copy of 2600 magazine at BN recently and found an article from a guy who found a pretty cool piece of kit in a dumpster. After the posts here, I'm really intrigued. Does anyone know of any typical hotspots

Re: Dumpster diving...

2003-02-10 Thread Christopher
perfectly. I also found a fairly nice apple external hard drive, wich is right now hooked up to my SE. I was in heaven for most of that week, but my mom still hasnt forgivin me. Oh well, ~Christopher Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 14:59:24 -0600 Subject: Dumpster diving... From: Todd Russell [EMAIL

Re: Dumpster Diving!

2003-02-09 Thread Mark Benson
On Saturday, Feb 8, 2003, at 20:56 Europe/London, David Robarts wrote: I had an uncle get into some legal troubles by dumpster diving. His situation was a little different as he was working for a manufacturer - thus his action was viewed as stealing product that was discarded because

Re: Dumpster Diving!

2003-02-09 Thread Jack Gallemore
, then he did no wrong. Jack On Sunday, February 9, 2003, at 04:47 AM, Mark Benson wrote: I had an uncle get into some legal troubles by dumpster diving. His situation was a little different as he was working for a manufacturer - thus his action was viewed as stealing product that was discarded

Dumpster diving! Re: not a newbie btw.

2003-02-08 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- iriXx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i met someone last night who told me they had 20 LCs thrown away in their dumpster last week... sadly he couldnt carry them :(... although he did retrieve me something i've always wanted - a R4000 SGI Indigo... G THREW AWAY an R4000 Indigo???

Re: Dumpster diving! Re: not a newbie btw.

2003-02-08 Thread iriXx
Gregg Eshelman wrote: G THREW AWAY an R4000 Indigo??? Baka! So what if it is around 10 years old. ... oh yeah... the other thing he found in their dump a few years back a working apple Lisa... !!! he's the only person i've met who has one... m~ -- iriXx www.iriXx.org

Re: Dumpster Diving!

2003-02-08 Thread David Robarts
I had an uncle get into some legal troubles by dumpster diving. His situation was a little different as he was working for a manufacturer - thus his action was viewed as stealing product that was discarded because it was unprofitable and introducing it into the market. He didn't have criminal