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Jul 02, 2006 08:55

On the way to work last night, saw a 15" monitor out by the curb. Stopped and picked it up. Went to work ( Read more... )

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Ack!!!! aquachem July 3 2006, 06:12:33 UTC
Sad state of affairs, not only overkill IMHO, but that'll suck juice! :P

- ACD -

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Re: Ack!!!! longbottle July 3 2006, 11:16:20 UTC
The four CPU cores and 4GB of RAM in my main machine disagree with the existence of such a concept as "overuse".

Besides, I don't pay my own electric. And anyway... they auto-off after 15 minutes.

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gldm July 3 2006, 12:21:20 UTC
I got a nice printer that way once! :)

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longbottle July 3 2006, 12:25:23 UTC
Really? Someone chucked a working printer? It wasn't an inkjet, was it?

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gldm July 3 2006, 15:18:03 UTC
HP LaserJet 4M. 8000 pages on the counter, roughly one cartridge worth. I found it sitting on the curb in Queens getting rained on with some garbage. Took it home, gave an error code. Found out the error code means "I want a toner cartridge!" Worked fine after that for years, until the fuser blew a little before I moved to SA. New fuser lamp on ebay = $20, but I'm not home to install or use it anyway.

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longbottle July 3 2006, 23:03:45 UTC
Very nice. I love it when clueless people trash stuff like that.

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delfinus July 5 2006, 04:35:22 UTC
We're the people who trash monitors like that. We ditched all our working monitors to the curb last spring. There were simply too many here, and 15" is simply too small. I think someone picked them all up, though, so that was nice for them, I'm sure.

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longbottle July 5 2006, 12:46:44 UTC
Did you try charity first? Or perhaps recycling? There IS lead in them, and cities often times will fine you for throwing out something "hazardous" with the trash.

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delfinus July 5 2006, 17:06:24 UTC
They don't fine you, they just leave it there. We just put them out assuming someone would come by and pick them up, which they did.
To actually get rid of any of the electronics, you have to haul it yourself and pay per piece. E-waste is expensive. Thus, the garage has a lot of dead parts at the moment.

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longbottle July 5 2006, 21:41:41 UTC
Depending on age, you can usually get a charity to take the functional stuff.

Maybe near you, but we have a place that lets you bring in stuff twice a year for free.

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