Comments on: Why is it so hard to give something away? https://dfarq.homeip.net/why-is-it-so-hard-to-give-something-away/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-is-it-so-hard-to-give-something-away David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:57:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/why-is-it-so-hard-to-give-something-away/#comment-5676 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:57:25 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1593#comment-5676 In reply to Anonymous.

R. Collins, your ignorance is exceeded only by your flatulence.

I must remind you that the capital of the indomitable French lands is Paris. The capital of Scottish lands is London. France has regions such as Bordeaux, Burgundy, and Champagne that produce exquisite foodstuffs sharing these names. In the UK, there is a region called Scotland that produces boiled offal (haggis) and manskirts. It is no coincidence which the Germans coveted, their love of Lederhosen withstanding.

I am alarmed that you must function on only 2 GB of memory, but have limited capital. Your single-clocked SDRAM would be of no use in my current array of machinery, by the way. Next you’ll accuse me of stealing your old 802.11g wireless equipment.

We do share a common taste for vintage radios. However, differences still remain in our definitions of "manservant". Particularly, my manservants do not ride on the back of a large truck full of refuse that stops by my house on a weekly basis.

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By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/why-is-it-so-hard-to-give-something-away/#comment-5675 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 02:20:31 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1593#comment-5675 In reply to Anonymous.

I see that Raunche found his pretentious word of the day calendar.

While my esteemed aristocrat is correct that philanthropy is best handled by the aristocracy, he is mistaken about me, as usual. One way to accumulate wealth is to accept it when offered to you. Of course, the French are more adept at giving things away, particularly when it comes to giving land to Germany.

I was having difficulty loading David’s site, until I realized I only had 2 gigs of RAM in the PC I was using. At first I thought David had pinched some, but then I remembered that most of his machines use DIPs and other forms of antiquated memory. It must have been one of my manservants. Or possibly Raunche.

But as far as gifting vintage electronics to me, I do have a fondness for antique radios, but other than that, I am not interested. I have phased out everything with a CRT at my estates. When I want something gone, I just tell my manservants to get rid of it.

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By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/why-is-it-so-hard-to-give-something-away/#comment-5674 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:39:52 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1593#comment-5674 Once again, we see that philanthropy is best handled by the aristocracy, who never need pule about these issues. It speaks volumes when even the rabble will not take one’s used possessions. Perhaps, David, you should try gifting this to your brother. If you’ve seen R. Collins’ "tractor" or his other olla podrida of bricolage, you know he’ll take just about anything.

Unfortunately, I fear you’d have the same luck donating anything from your (minor) cache of computers. Who would take a single-core machine from before 2006?

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