From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 10 11:56:34 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6799A16A419 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:56:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fatman.uk@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.189]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF04613C442 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:56:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fatman.uk@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b2so244876nfb for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:56:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; b=mPsEX6K1EeEAMTGqDUjU2KFcOfDUBbDkt+wE9Un2JDu648bHhAOTJP+lPkttbDxtfYRs5JGtxQS4VHKjsa2uj4u37wbm/9nGIN61dxStTzRfsvoqSaL911ybX04lCbijXrG3i6jLb1oYmuwWh2Aawq4dcZ+mS3JnMjcDyMPaxo4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; b=lJf6vLHVYBLL9kzPzQvKw9bLyZ/ej6QQ/g8tH1GHXG5R3JpA0Om3bjDGd+oWo9Y9kEAwpd9DP4CTacsxJmzPz5qMAZtgXdyQoIafjmFQVLsBpZR57J6iaMaXd3WABSyiqwjvqLZza9SM1Lsgi8KT1+ENKTfEve5n9mSP5IXiTSo= Received: by 10.78.183.15 with SMTP id g15mr1279688huf.1186746992138; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:56:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from monju-bosatsu.dreamtrack.dnsalias.com ( [86.18.88.217]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f3sm2837548nfh.2007.08.10.04.56.28 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:56:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <46BC5269.5060207@crackmonkey.us> Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:56:25 +0100 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: User Questions References: <200708091626.l79GQWtT031477@smtpclu-7.EUnet.yu> <20070810094414.G76834@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20070810063133.B044.GERARD-SEIBERT@seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <20070810063133.B044.GERARD-SEIBERT@seibercom.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Adam J Richardson Subject: Re: Convince me, please! - too much about "GUI" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:56:34 -0000 Hi Gerard, Gerard wrote: > I was not aware of any place where they gave computers away. In the UK we call them "skips". Not sure what the rest of the world calls them. [Large metal junk containers placed at the back of large buildings near the other bins. They're usually hired rather than owned. Perfectly good computers are often found within.] Most of my CRT monitors come from skips. There's no shame in skipdiving when you can't afford hardware. :) Adam J Richardson