*Ahem* Those people that you say have no pots to piss in are not the target market. Have fun with your straw man, though. By the way, the US also has a large amount of people who …

*Ahem* Those people that you say have no pots to piss in are not the target market. Have fun with your straw man, though. *deep breath* Why does a discussion of a cool piece of …

From somebody who visited one large city in a country you seem to know everything about it Bunsen. Both India and China have a huge percentage of people without a pot to piss in, j…

And still you fail to understand. Click to expand... I understand you perfectly. It's just that you're talking complete horse-puckey, and you're too dim, stubborn or arrogant …

Government Economists would have a fit! You would lower GDP in an instant! Shame on you for considering such a thing! Click to expand... There are two problems with economists:…

You know, I'm thinking of how much less waste there would be if we simply upgraded wisely. Swapping mainboards and hard drives instead of replacing the entire enclosure. It would…

You know, I'm thinking of how much less waste there would be if we simply upgraded wisely. Swapping mainboards and hard drives instead of replacing the entire enclosure. Click …

Well, the video in question suggests that about 20% of the equipment that the receive doesn't work, and that they try to fix it. If they cannot fix it, then it ends up as landfill…

Still someday down the road everything will fail, what is africa going to do with all the monitors then? Click to expand... Are these the monitors that are immune from failing?…

I think working computers should be exported and used (something not 100% obsolete either). Still someday down the road everything will fail, what is africa going to do with all t…

Sidestepping the issue that Quadraman and Bunsen are so angry about (for the record, I'm with Bunsen, but I'll say no more but that) If Contiki gets ported to that, I am getting o…

Since exporting our old computers to developing nations was mentioned, here's a video that someone put together to explain a bit about how it works:

Not going to happen, unfortunately. ALL PCMCIA USB cards require CardBus, and unfortunately unlike the 2400 and 3400, there is no way that the 1400 can be modified to take CardBus …

Hello, I was wondering if it was possible to accrue USB functionality on a 1400 through the use of PC cards, and if so, what is the make and model of the card?

You're an idiot Click to expand... And you have a typical westerners attitude that you can solve everyone else's problems simply by raising their technology level. Is it any wo…

You're an idiot Click to expand... And you have a typical westerners attitude that you can solve everyone else's problems simply by raising their technology level. Is it any wo…

You're an idiot Click to expand... And you have a typical westerners attitude that you can solve everyone else's problems simply by raising their technology level. Is it any wo…

You're an idiot Click to expand... QFT

I had this happen with a Pismo. The ATI Rage chip came loose causing the screen to get garbled. Applying pressure to the bottom would make it better. When I got the logic board …

Hmm, thats interesting because I have yet to get this issue and I have never heard this issue in the 500MHz models. BTW can someone please help me find dual screening in OS X on m…

Not the 500MHz, it's the iBook's between 600MHz (16MB of VRAM) and early G4 iBooks. Click to expand... The 500MHz iBooks certainly suffer from this problem, too (and it's not u…

Not the 500MHz, it's the iBook's between 600MHz (16MB of VRAM) and early G4 iBooks.

I know a dude with a solder rework station that fixes those. He strips, fluxes and resolders the BGA parts using nice machinery and offers warranty. Although $150 is a bit much to…

The problem with most developing nations is that the previous government ran up huge debts (most african nations) leaving the people to sell resources to try and keep up with the p…

The problem with most developing nations is that the previous government ran up huge debts (most african nations) leaving the people to sell resources to try and keep up with the p…