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Grex > Coop > #232: Taking root access from non participatants | |
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veek
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response 101 of 126:
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Jul 17 11:12 UTC 2008 |
ah okay, you should use "Re:" - Nope, not yet.
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keesan
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response 102 of 126:
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Jul 18 04:31 UTC 2008 |
Over ten years, I have donated $600. Normal membership dues.
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lar
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response 103 of 126:
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Jul 18 06:34 UTC 2008 |
and getting $600 of out jim and sindi's budget is no small task.
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veek
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response 104 of 126:
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Jul 18 09:23 UTC 2008 |
Sheesh! Grr! I only just started working this month, and though I am a
plutocrat right now, my main paycheck hasn't arrived as yet! Plus if you
think I'm going to postpone my new computer by a additional few seconds
from the moment the money hits my account, think again <glares at Lar
and Sindi> I mean Sheesh! Grrr! Plus you guys are rolling in dough and
it's not like you got Scrooge on your doorstep! And if you think I'm
simply stalling think again! A new comp costs like 30-35K minimum with
UPS. I mean sheesh I'm using a 400Mhz right now! And I need a new pair
of shoes! Given that I have a surplus of 10K from one contract job and
approximately 25K from the regular job (and god knows what the
deductions will be on that) I might still wind up a little short!
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lar
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response 105 of 126:
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Jul 18 09:56 UTC 2008 |
How much is $600 dollars in Indian money ,veek?
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veek
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response 106 of 126:
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Jul 18 10:38 UTC 2008 |
600 U.S. dollars = 25525.3978 Indian rupees
You can do a Google: 600 USD to INR and it will convert for you. Works
for any currency i think. You can't compare currencies like that
though.. price of articles is more accurate.
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lar
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response 107 of 126:
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Jul 19 02:54 UTC 2008 |
You can get a decent laptop for under 600 us,veek
If you want a desktop you can get $299 although I don't know about the
shipping:
Laptop
http://www.dell.com/content/default.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&ref=hdd3&s=dhs
Desktop
http://www.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/desktops?c=us&cs=19&l=
en&s=dhs
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keesan
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response 108 of 126:
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Jul 19 04:07 UTC 2008 |
Can't you buy used computers or shoes in India? Used shoes here are $2, and
used computers are free. Someone just gave us 30 rack-mount models that just
need scsi drives added, 750MHz or faster. Their business upgraded.
Can you upgrade your 400MHz cpu to 500MHZ and if so, can I mail you a cpu?
I have Slot 1, Super Socket 7, or Socket PGA370 of that speed (or faster).
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lar
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response 109 of 126:
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Jul 19 06:28 UTC 2008 |
I think he's looking to move into the 21st century
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veek
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response 110 of 126:
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Jul 20 09:16 UTC 2008 |
wo! wo! heh, ah heck Sindi! and Lar
Anyway:
1. Essentially I hate shopping because of the traffic so my mom and sis
buy stuff for me. My old pair was a hand me down from my junior sib and
it used to rub my little toe.. bad for running but okay for college and
mild walking. Anyway, they bought the shoes, new ones, Adidas, for
Rs:800 approximately. I thought it would be 1 or 2K! It's on their
account since my mom shouldn't have thrown away my oldest pair which fit
perfectly but was a bit battered.
2. computerwarehousepricelist.com is down for some reason. They host a
Excel sheet with pricing and stuff in Rupees. I'm looking for a studly
Core 2 Duo! With 1-2GB RAM, DVD writer, 200GB disk, TVSE UPS (800VA),
maybe a dot matrix printer, built in audio/video/LAN, 17" monitor (CRT
is fine) and good mobo (boxed), and possibly a wireless 3 port thingy
(but I could postpone this since i use CAT5 anyways), I already have
lots of dvd's.
No Dell crap, too expensive, unbranded is best! *sigh* Oh the joys of
living in a consumer oriented society :P Bet you could create a cluster
out of that.
That secondhand suggestion is not a bad idea! I recently came across a
firm called connoi/www.connoiseur.com and the sysadmins here said they
bought HP Dual Cores for like 10K and though the case is a bit
battered.. I thought it was a bargain! If i get a bargain I'll pick it
up from them :) and through the sys-admins who I've become pally with :)
Lets see, I need to first collect my loot.
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keesan
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response 111 of 126:
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Jul 20 14:40 UTC 2008 |
Someone just passed along to us (thanking us profusely) 30 rack-mount
computers of 750MHz or moare, 512MB, mostly DELL, that they would have had
to pay to recycle otherwise. Some IBMs and others. Do you know anyone
working for a rich business that replaces its computers often?
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glenda
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response 112 of 126:
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Jul 20 20:27 UTC 2008 |
In Ann Arbor, you don't have to pay to recycle computers anymore.
Monitors yes, but not the CPU. Ann Arbor Recycling now takes them and
other electronics for free.
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mcnally
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response 113 of 126:
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Jul 21 01:37 UTC 2008 |
re #110: Do you really mean a dot matrix printer?
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veek
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response 114 of 126:
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Jul 21 07:30 UTC 2008 |
yup, cartridges are less expensive. ditto paper, and I can use the other
side to do rough work.
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keesan
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response 115 of 126:
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Jul 21 12:58 UTC 2008 |
You can get a $7 kit (plus shipping) to reink your ribbon. lasts a lifetime.
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scholar
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response 116 of 126:
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Jul 22 00:14 UTC 2008 |
a man after keesan's heart
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lar
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response 117 of 126:
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Jul 22 03:10 UTC 2008 |
heh, but not really. if he was truly a man after keesan's heart he
would still be using a 286 running dos 6.22
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nharmon
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response 118 of 126:
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Jul 24 19:01 UTC 2008 |
DOS shell???? What extravagence!!!
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aruba
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response 119 of 126:
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Aug 16 16:07 UTC 2008 |
I am coming to this discussion late, but I feel obliged to respond to cross
in #76. Dan says that Grex bought its current hardware by "buying the
cheapest stuff we could", but that's not my memory of it at all. STeve
chose the list of hardware in the spring of 2003, and I set about buying it.
The expenses are listed in the treasurers reports of April through June of
2003, which you can see in coop or at ~aruba/reports/0304.txt ... 0306.txt
I wouldn't say we "spared no expense", and I know Dan had some differences
of opinion with STeve on what to buy (which I didn't hear about until after
we'd already bought the stuff), but it's not fair to say we chose the
cheapest things we could find.
All that said, that was 5 years ago, and even though our memb ership has
dwindled we have more money now than then (thanks to our move to
colocation). I don't thoroughly understand the technical issues, but it's
my understanding that it's expensive to add the remote-access capability
we need to the current machine, because most people who need that buy new
machines that have it built in. So I support spending some of our money
on a new machine.
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cross
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response 120 of 126:
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Aug 16 16:13 UTC 2008 |
(My recollection was that we did NOT buy hardware RAID or ECC memory in order
to save money. Actually, the ECC thing might have been for performance, which
I don't quite understand, but then, there's a lot that I don't quite
understand. The RAID thing, as well as a rack-mount case, were certainly cost
related.)
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keesan
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response 121 of 126:
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Aug 16 17:45 UTC 2008 |
We have several no-longer-new rackmount DELLs (1550, 1650) with RAID
and SMP capabilities - would grex want any of those? Also ECC RAM
PC133 512MB.
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cross
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response 122 of 126:
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Aug 16 18:53 UTC 2008 |
No, I don't think that those would be particularly useful. But thanks anyway!
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keesan
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response 123 of 126:
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Aug 16 21:35 UTC 2008 |
Would anyone else reading this like one or more? We already recycled or gave
away at least half of the original total.
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nhardon
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response 124 of 126:
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Aug 19 14:51 UTC 2008 |
Ask cross about the penis extension that he got for lar.
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lar
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response 125 of 126:
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Aug 20 02:27 UTC 2008 |
I haven't received it yet,is it coming soon?
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