[ale] [OT] Great Geek Giveaway!

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Mon Jun 13 11:44:10 EDT 2011


Nah! I figured this crowd could track down my name as a domain and do
geolocation to find my house from the IP address.

4003 Allenwood Way Tucker GA 30084

On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Jim Lynch
<ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com>wrote:

> On 06/13/2011 11:22 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > In the interest of regaining my basement and my sanity, I am
> > bequeathing a large quantity of geekly items to ALE'rs who show up and
> > haul away this stuff:
> >
> > desktops
> > laptops
> > rackmounts
> > monitors
> > cables
> > phones (a really cool Linux phone!)
> > scsi gear
> > connectors
> > rackmount slides
> > flotsam and jetsam
> > assorted parts
> > motherboards
> > keyboards
> > mice
> > ram
> > cpu's
> > add-on cards of various types
> > hard drives
> > printers
> > printer network cards
> > UPS systems
> > cases
> > stuff I don't recall the purpose of
> >
> > the list goes on and on and on and...
> >
> > Basically I want to convert my man cave into a pub so the tech has to go.
> >
> > 99% of this stuff will be $0.00
> >
> > A smattering will be a few $$ (the SAS fan out cables will be $20, a
> > few other items will be $5, some will be $1 as this lot is brand new,
> > unopened stuff).
> >
> > At last count I had 50+ PC's in my house. This is just nuts!
> >
> > Most of the systems run fine. Some may be for parts only. As the price
> > is right, have a blast!
> >
> > I hope to have this extravaganza Saturday June 18 starting after
> > coffee (9ish) until it's gone or I tap my keg and give up.
> >
> > NOTE: As I'm not sure I've compacted the stuff into a single area yet,
> > I may need to assist is sorting and picking (i.e. I may have some bits
> > in the free pile that I need to hang onto as I just did a huge grab
> > and haul to start the process and was getting kind of sloppy near the
> > end :-) and the area will get crowded soon so I'm going to limit the
> > number of people in the basement at any time to whatever makes sense
> > (so be patient!). I have a handtruck and will have the dogs in their
> > crates so the back gate can be opened.
> >
> > If someone wants to offer ca$h for the entire pile, I'm listening :-)
> Hopefully you will be posting an address before the big day?
>
> Jim
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James P. Kinney III

As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to
consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they
please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.
- *2011 Noam Chomsky*
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