Yes! I do infact think that "asshat" is just the right word for such a person };-SQuote:
Originally Posted by djos
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Yes! I do infact think that "asshat" is just the right word for such a person };-SQuote:
Originally Posted by djos
In a IT department I used to work in, one guy would yank the cords off anything he deemed as "broken" to stop people using them. This annoyed me, as he did it to stuff that could be fixed quite easily (keyboards,mice etc)Quote:
Originally Posted by ElgenYes! I do infact think that "asshat" is just the right word for such a person };-SQuote:
Originally Posted by djos
Saw an old DOS PC with an array of ISA cards inside (one of wich was a Roland LAPC or ESM-SSC at a guess) along with a load of what looked to be old Archemedes machines at the local recycling tip. Asked the staff if I could take some off their hands as I "re-use" these and in short they said no. Apparently with all the CCTV about and all that rubbish.
This world we live in today where you can't even pick stuff up destined for a landfill. :dry:
strange.
i thought the law was.
Its rubish you can have it If you ask for it and the owner says yes. the owner remains the person who threw it out untill it is collected by the disposal company and then it becomes there property, But you can still ask for it and if they say yes its ok..
so cctv shouldnt have come in to it.. I guess it could be some sort of contractor deal where they arent deemed the owners but the local city council would be the owners and they just collect it for them. but that seems a bit anal to me.. But having said that the way things are going now you will have to call an electrician to come change a light bulb if one fuzes soon.
I don't know how things are in the UK, but over here there's been a noticeable shift in a lot of places towards ensuring that things are recycled through Proper Channels (i.e. broken down for scrap) rather than going to individuals (a lot of larger places, I understand, won't even allow you to buy from them anymore.) The CCTV thing is probably just a rationalization for something like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShambleS1980
(What's really galling about it is that reuse is far better for the environment than recycling, since you expend no energy in breaking it down and separating it, produce no byproducts, and actually reduce the number of equivalent units needing to be produced, rather than simply providing the materials for a remanufacture. If one were of a conspiracy-minded bent, one might almost think that manufacturers of consumer goods with connections in government didn't want that to happen or something...)
Just got a Megafire pad for my miggy. I have to open it up, but if there's enough space inside, I'll probably remove the cord and convert it into wireless (got some spare 2.4GHz chips laying around ;))
Enjoy!
interesting... how do you make the wireless conversion?Quote:
Originally Posted by chaos
I was thinking of using a small microcontroller, like an AVR Tiny, to read the status of buttons, and then simply serialize and send through the transmitter chip. Attached to the Amiga there would be a recevier and also a microcontroller, which would de-serialize the data and output it to the joystick port.Quote:
Originally Posted by keropi
Enjoy!
EDIT
Just got the auto mount cd drive for the A1200, the best it seems are the ones for the imac G5 so thats what I bought.
Recieved the slim cd to 40 pin adapter today,and so I put it altogether roughly and bingo works straight off the bat great stuff!
I think the best mount for it is just behind the floopy drive seems to fit perfect,would have liked to put it left side but 4 x IDE adapter is in the way, unless I buy a flat IDE board, hmm decisions,decisions, :blink:
Then to cut the hallowed machine!:help:
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