<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 6:35 PM, sat wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> Phil posted a while back about (and frequently) about getting cheap computers and computer upgrade accessories to enable inexpensive creation of linux machines. I recently found the stolen property auction site: (maybe there's some ethical reason i shouldn't be patronizing them....???) <a href="http://www.propertyroom.com/Catalog.aspx?Category=Laptops&CategoryId=376" target="_blank">http://www.propertyroom.com/Catalog.aspx?Category=Laptops&CategoryId=376</a> with lots of cheap computer options. i was looking at laptops. many of them had missing accessories and did NOT include hard drives ("nor ship with operating systems due to licensing rules"). but the prices are pretty cheap. i googled around the site seems all legit, and products come as described. relatively expensive fed ex shipping is a bummer, but i'm looking to get a digital camera or two for myself/family. anyway, thought people might want to know about this resource. lots of other things for sale there, too... and apparently there's several other property auction sites (through treasury dept, and other...) -sat jiwan ~ ~ ~ ~ please use my permanent email address:~ ~ ~ ~ Some of my recent projects: SEE: <a href="http://www.Truthful-Living.com" target="_blank">http://www.Truthful-Living.com</a> (website updated 9/09) Now (Low-volume) Blogging at: <a href="http://truthful-living.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://truthful-living.blogspot.com/</a> (as of 6/09) Green Building Consulting Services - Green Homes Tour - (and free monthly column, green home building resource and energy guide) Annotated green house renovation photos - <a href="http://www.SaveOurSky.com" target="_blank">www.SaveOurSky.com</a> - corn stove cooperatives - Takoma Park Green Building Group <hr>The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. <a href="http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID27925::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:032010_3" target="_blank">Get started.</a></div> -- Ubuntu-us-dc mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-dc@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-us-dc@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-dc" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-dc</a> </blockquote></div> Attention all-- Just F.Y.I.: A friend of mine (Public disclosure: I also have a business relationship with him.) is sitting on a bunch of old computers. Details are <a href="http://www.blujay.com/item/Compaq-Deskpro-EN-730mHz-Pentium-III-512-MB-Windows-98-XP-Ubuntu-Linux-9020100-2506878&keywords=">here</a> (please note that that network interface cards are not included in the price; the N.I.C.s cost extra). --N.B. -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html</a> & <a href="http://www.openoffice.org">http://www.openoffice.org</a> (Nathan Bahn)