Component graveyard?
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This is a question purely from curiosity, and especially for those of us addicted to having the latest-and-greatest: What do you do with the old components (that still work)? I tend to keep mine lying around until I have enough to make a new (old) computer. Then I put the reborn machine together and, typically, give it away to someone who can use it. Usually minus the screen however. So what do you do? Sell 'em, junk 'em, give them away? Only change is constant
Turn it into a Linux security machine, logging our network :laugh: The following statement about your geekness is true. The previous statement about your geekness is not true. -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT/P d- s: a- C++++$ UL+>++++ P+ L++$ E- W+++$ N !o K+ w++$ O---- M-- PS- PE Y+ PGP--- t !5 X- tv b+++ DI++ D+ G++ e++>e+++ h--- r+++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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It is:-) Cheap Russian ammo for my AK provides endless opportunities for entertainment. As soon as it cools down enough to go out in daylight, I plan to ventilate a genuine, vintage IBM PS/2 I have taking up space in storage. I'd like to have a video of the event for advertising purposes - "Bugs Vanquished, or the Next Clip is Free.":-D I think it would be a nice addition to my website...
AK eh? I envy you americans! In order to get a license for a fully automatic rifle in Sweden you practically have to be an officer. Yet another reason to get a green card. :-D Preferred storyline: - I am your father. Search your feelings and you'll know it's the truth. Together we can rule this galaxy like father and son. - Ok dad. Let's kick some butt!
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This is a question purely from curiosity, and especially for those of us addicted to having the latest-and-greatest: What do you do with the old components (that still work)? I tend to keep mine lying around until I have enough to make a new (old) computer. Then I put the reborn machine together and, typically, give it away to someone who can use it. Usually minus the screen however. So what do you do? Sell 'em, junk 'em, give them away? Only change is constant
Alastair Stell wrote: So what do you do? Sell 'em, junk 'em, give them away? I donate them. Mauricio Ritter - Brazil Sonorking now: 100.13560 MRitter :jig: I've gone sending to outer space, to find another race :jig:
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It is:-) Cheap Russian ammo for my AK provides endless opportunities for entertainment. As soon as it cools down enough to go out in daylight, I plan to ventilate a genuine, vintage IBM PS/2 I have taking up space in storage. I'd like to have a video of the event for advertising purposes - "Bugs Vanquished, or the Next Clip is Free.":-D I think it would be a nice addition to my website...
Its not only the cheap ammo but the better gun... Tomaz
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AK eh? I envy you americans! In order to get a license for a fully automatic rifle in Sweden you practically have to be an officer. Yet another reason to get a green card. :-D Preferred storyline: - I am your father. Search your feelings and you'll know it's the truth. Together we can rule this galaxy like father and son. - Ok dad. Let's kick some butt!
Perhaps I should clarify... We don't have fully automatic weapons here. When you read about people being hosed down by a maniac with an automatic it's a false report. The liberal media deliberately lies to make it sound worse than reality. The "assault" weapons we're allowed to have are no more than hunting rifles with magazine capacities larger than the usual 5 rounds. Both my AK-47 and SKS have semi-automatic actions, just like Dad's Remington deer rifle. The SKS, being a rather shoddy product, does have a nasty habit of randomly firing 3-shot bursts when it gets warm, but that's more an annoyance than a feature. On the other hand, unlike the AK, it never jams and isn't picky about the kind of ammo I use; the AK requires Russian military rounds to properly operate the extraction mechanism.
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Its not only the cheap ammo but the better gun... Tomaz
I don't know about better... but it is a nicely made machine. The ammo makes the difference though. Years ago I bought a few thousand rounds, not realizing that they were armor piercing until I popped of a round at a steel I-beam and punched a neat, round hole through it:eek: I've been trying to use that up for a while, and I'm down to the last few boxes, since they made it illegal a few years ago. Not to possess, mind you, but illegal to manufacture or sell. It's perfectly okay to keep and use what I have, but I'm not likely to ever need to stop a train with it, so I see no reason to hang on to it.
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Perhaps I should clarify... We don't have fully automatic weapons here. When you read about people being hosed down by a maniac with an automatic it's a false report. The liberal media deliberately lies to make it sound worse than reality. The "assault" weapons we're allowed to have are no more than hunting rifles with magazine capacities larger than the usual 5 rounds. Both my AK-47 and SKS have semi-automatic actions, just like Dad's Remington deer rifle. The SKS, being a rather shoddy product, does have a nasty habit of randomly firing 3-shot bursts when it gets warm, but that's more an annoyance than a feature. On the other hand, unlike the AK, it never jams and isn't picky about the kind of ammo I use; the AK requires Russian military rounds to properly operate the extraction mechanism.
Although in some cases it is easy to convert a semi-automatic to a fully-automatic with just a file. I have a friend that has a fully automatic shotgun :omg: -:suss:Matt Newman / Windows XP Activist:suss: -Sonork ID: 100.11179
"You can't seriously believe that you could get away with suing someone over quoting text from a message posted in a public forum, can you?" - John Simmons -
Although in some cases it is easy to convert a semi-automatic to a fully-automatic with just a file. I have a friend that has a fully automatic shotgun :omg: -:suss:Matt Newman / Windows XP Activist:suss: -Sonork ID: 100.11179
"You can't seriously believe that you could get away with suing someone over quoting text from a message posted in a public forum, can you?" - John SimmonsYeah... there's a kit available for the SKS, but it's a felony to install it. A full auto shotgun sounds dangerous - how the heck do you control that beast? The last time I fired a shotgun I was 9 years old - it sat me right down, and I haven't been tempted to ever own one.
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I don't know about better... but it is a nicely made machine. The ammo makes the difference though. Years ago I bought a few thousand rounds, not realizing that they were armor piercing until I popped of a round at a steel I-beam and punched a neat, round hole through it:eek: I've been trying to use that up for a while, and I'm down to the last few boxes, since they made it illegal a few years ago. Not to possess, mind you, but illegal to manufacture or sell. It's perfectly okay to keep and use what I have, but I'm not likely to ever need to stop a train with it, so I see no reason to hang on to it.
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Yeah... there's a kit available for the SKS, but it's a felony to install it. A full auto shotgun sounds dangerous - how the heck do you control that beast? The last time I fired a shotgun I was 9 years old - it sat me right down, and I haven't been tempted to ever own one.
I have no idea how he managed it, but he said it was great for squirrel hunting :) -:suss:Matt Newman / Windows XP Activist:suss: -Sonork ID: 100.11179
"You can't seriously believe that you could get away with suing someone over quoting text from a message posted in a public forum, can you?" - John Simmons