NYCPHP Meetup

[jonathan]

I hate to thread-crap, but this last email really capped it for me :)

If someone on this list knows enough to run Linux and tune it, they also
know that they can buy something like this:

http://www.caseoutlet.com/NWPc/checkercube/checker.html

...and put in a $50 closeout drive, along with $20 stick of closeout RAM,
and end up with something faster, with more storage, and a longer shelf
life. And it also looks pretty good. And silent.

The bottom line is that your boxes are not worth $250. They are worth a
lot less, if anything at all.

As previously suggested: go to eBay and sell them to the
non-able-to-tune-linux suckers there. Enough of this. Thanks.

Sorry for the grumpiness, but this really pushed a button.

jonathan


On Wed, 28 May 2003, Matthew Knight wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I never meant to be misleading, so I sincerely apologize if anyone had
> thought they were being given away.
>
> Considering the large number of "hobbyists" on this list, I thought this
> was a good opportunity for someone to get a slick LAMP server
> up-and-running for cheap.
>
> (All things considered, with the case, the motherboard/memory/NICs we're
> throwing in, it's a pretty good deal.)
>
> And, when running Linux, they're *superfast*.  ...I thought you all were
> true believers?  You should know how to tune Linux to *scream* on a PI.
>
> And if you don't, I'm available for tutoring @ $150 / hour.
>
> HA!  Kidding, people, kidding.
>
> Matt
>
>
>
> ***************************
> Matthew Knight
> Reconstrukt, LLC
> P.O. Box 334
> Larchmont, NY 10538
> www.reconstrukt.com
> matt at reconstrukt.com
> 24-hr fax/fon: 866.212.1700
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tom at supertom.com [mailto:tom at supertom.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 2:16 PM
> To: NYPHP Talk
> Subject: RE: [nycphp-talk] Rescued: 66 black-anodized-steel PCs
>
> I can't speak for everyone, and I'm certainly not beating up on Matthew
> (the
> fellow who posted about the PCs), but the gist that I got from that post
> was
> that the machines were free (as they were "saved"), and I was actually
> in
> the process in researching how we could use those for LIPHP (meeting
> tonight, BTW, www.liphp.org - shameless plug!).  FWIW, I feel $250 can
> go
> alot further than that in the PC space.
>
> Tom
>
> http://www.liphp.org
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Fischer [mailto:agfische at email.smith.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 2:07 PM
> To: NYPHP Talk
> Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] Rescued: 66 black-anodized-steel PCs
>
>
> I agree.  This isn't a place to sell stuff.  If it had been a giveaway
> of old stuff that was going to be trashed, as someone else had posted
> about six months ago, that makes sense to me.  I was at the end of an
> email expressing my desire for two of them when I saw the post showing
> that there was a pricing sheet available on the web.  PLEASE, spare me!
>
>
> On Wednesday, May 28, 2003, at 14:01 US/Eastern, The Geek wrote:
>
> > Do we really need people selling there old stuff here.  There are
> > forums for that (Ebay comes to mind) this is not one.  Lets see $250 x
> > 66 is $16,500.  I think you can afford to go else where.  Please
> > Do!!!!!
> > On Wednesday, May 28, 2003, at 01:32 PM, Matthew Knight wrote:
> >
> >> Hey Dan -
> >>
> >> Unfortunately, we're not giving them away...
> >>
> >> But we threw together a page with pricing, shipping details here:
> >>
> >> http://www.reconstrukt.com/blackbox/
> >>
> >> Also note that we're including the NIC cards, unlimited memory,
> etc...
> >>
> >> We'd also be willing to let you pick them up if you're local, no
> >> problem.
> >>
> >>
> >> Matt
> >>
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> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Analysis & Solutions [mailto:danielc at analysisandsolutions.com]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 12:32 PM
> >> To: NYPHP Talk
> >> Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] Rescued: 66 black-anodized-steel PCs
> >>
> >> Hi Matthew:
> >>
> >> If you can't find individuals for all of them, contact Sustainable
> >> South
> >> Bronx.  They're a nonprofit that, in part, processes (and resells if
> >> possible) used items.
> >>
> >> http://www.ssbx.org/
> >>
> >> --Dan
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