[Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: borken iMac G5

[Brian Morris]

Apologize for not sending to the list first off. Gmail makes it awkward.
'borken' was careless BTW..

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Brian Morris <cymraegish at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] borken iMac G5
To: Shannon Lee <shannon at scatter.com>


This offends me, feels unexcellent interpersonal relations.  A G5 is not a
useless crap computer. By comparison there is only one machine at NB that is
stronger than a G5, the rest are a best half as good both in terms of speed
and picture quality.



On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Shannon Lee <shannon at scatter.com> wrote:

> There is not a shortage of computers for hacking at Noisebridge, there is a
> ruthless and efficient crap mafia making sure that Noisebridge doesn't fill
> up with useless broken hardware.  Broken computers are not at all in short
> supply, and seriously, nobody should consider bringing their broken computer
> to Noisebridge unless there's a specific use for it.
>
> --S
>
> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Brian Morris <cymraegish at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I vote yes. IMHO there is a shortage of computers for hacking at
>> noisebridge.
>> iMac has small footprint and is easily moved about with built-in monitor.
>> If powersupply is bad, probably not too hard to fix that. Much better than
>> the two old G4s that are unused (one a 400mhz).
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Tymm Twillman <tymmothy at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Friend just sent me an iMac G5 20/2.1 (FA064LL/A) that died on her, that
>>> she'd like to go to a good cause.  not sure the source of problem -- and
>>> don't have time to investigate -- but it's totally dead, no signs of power.
>>>  drive's been pulled but she said everything else should be there.
>>>
>>> if someone wants to give it a go, i'd be happy to pass it on to
>>> Noisebridge.  would like receipt (just for something to help offset her
>>> shipping costs).  faster service if someone's able to pick it up at Cesar
>>> Chavez & Pennsylvania, otherwise could be a week or 2 before i'm able to
>>> drop off.
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