[ale] [OT] Great Geek Giveaway!

mute wonder mutewonder at gmail.com
Fri Jun 24 11:59:28 EDT 2011


I'm looking for a not-too-old laptop, and a desktop to setup as a media
center.  Anybody can give me a ride to/from Stone Mountain (just off Hwy
78/Memorial Dr)?

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> SPECS!!! I'm not even sure how many there are!
>
> It's mostly all free. Come take it. _A_L_L_M_U_S_T_L_E_A_V_E_!_
>
> :-)
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Lawrence Hamblin <infinity.d2 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Will you have the specs for the various laptops and desktops available on
>> Saturday?  I have a certain level of machine in mind.
>>
>> -Lawrence
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> GGG is ON! after 9am Saturday
>>> 4003 Allenwood Way
>>> Tucker, GA 30084
>>>
>>> I'm adding my entire SGI stack with software and specials to the mix:
>>> x1 dual CPU (r12k) dual GPU (w/TRAM) Octane with maxed RAM and PCI card
>>> cage and personal video option card, SGI 22" minitor, keyboard, mouse, SGI
>>> video camera, x2 SGI origin 200 w/ Craylink cable plus Lightwave and IRIX
>>> and other tools.
>>>
>>> $500 for entire lot. Don't even ask what I paid for all of this.
>>> Especially if SWMBO is around. I've spent enough time in the doghouse over
>>> this stuff already. Apparently "Double Jeopardy" is allowed in marriage but
>>> not the legal system.
>>>
>>> Trivia:
>>>
>>> The Octane was actually used making the first Scooby Doo movie. The
>>> origins were used by @home (and came originally with enough credit card data
>>> on the drives to worry me! - now wiped). The Craylink cable makes the 2
>>> Origins act as a single system. Pretty cool.
>>>
>>> Origins have _no_ plastic but the Octane looks fine. I think even the
>>> light bar still works.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Rich Faulkner <rfaulkner at 34thprs.org>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey Jim!  Is the "GGG" still on for this weekend?  If so, when and
>>>> where?
>>>>
>>>> Rich in Lilburn
>>>>
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>>>
>>> --
>>> --
>>> James P. Kinney III
>>>
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>>> consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they
>>> please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.
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>
> As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to
> consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they
> please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.
> - *2011 Noam Chomsky*
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