Beefy's Corner - The Off-Topic Chat Thread

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TheSecondStain said:
On the BBC News website, I've just been reading about Restart parties. These are places where people go to take broken appliances, TVs, radios or just sentimental items that they don't want to throw away. In many cases, for example in computers, it is so that the items can be repaired, to be shipped to the 3rd World for use.

To me, this raises several questions on modern society. 1] We have lost the ability to repair otherwise perfectly good items, but for one or two components. 2] Socially, we are encouraged to ditch broken items to go out and buy new, and this impacts just as much upon the people who can't afford it as the ones who can. Since people have lost the ability to repair items they don't even consider that avenue, even when it is perfectly possible, but instead put their futures in further hock by purchasing new.

I think I've mentioned before, on this forum, of the time I popped down to the city recycling centre and brought away a perfectly usable computer. That one is now sitting in a friend's home, slightly upgraded, and although he was previously totally computer illiterate [I would suggest dangerously so, considering the way society is heading] he is now getting the hang of things. However, since then I have had the opportunity to visit the centre a few more times during my work. I have since brought away 4 more computers, all of which were thrown away, not because they were entirely faulty, but because their owners had obviously just wanted something new. You may say that everyone throws away computers, and sure they do, although I make sure mine go to the Society of St James, where they make proper use of them, when I can't upgrade anyone else's kit that I know. Of those four computers, two needed ten minutes of TLC and they were running fine, and the other two fired up straight away. Of the four computers, one had a fast single processor, two had dual-core processors, and one had a quad-core inside. Yeah, unbelievable, but true. And of course, all the modern components were there to allow them to run. And by the way, the two that fired up instantly had all their data on them, which I have since erased to protect the former owners from their own naivety. To those people who have no idea, these are still fast computers, the last three very much so. OK, so all but the last one are no good at the very best games, but most people don't play games on their computers, so why are they throwing them away..?

Never mind. If the dumb, ignorant or just plain stupid continue to do as they do, I will occasionally profit from it. I will shake my head and continue to believe humans are doomed. One recycling centre employee told me a few months back that someone brought in a brand new unwanted gift. IIRC, it was a hedge trimmer. She asked where she should put it. He said... in your garden shed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22796798
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We live in a world of laziness and convenience.
 
Nothing lasts these days though. We bought a new house 15 years ago and all the built in appliances lasted a good 12 years. Since then we've had to replace the frezzer twice and the washing machine twice. Things are no longer built to last.
 
lamballana said:
Nothing lasts these days though. We bought a new house 15 years ago and all the built in appliances lasted a good 12 years. Since then we've had to replace the frezzer twice and the washing machine twice. Things are no longer built to last.
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Yep it's like they build them that way for some reason...... :p
 
Just watching "Ford Super Sunday... Story of the Season" on SS3. Man City vs Saints. Saints fans in good voice.
 
Joe Steinberg said:
I'd like to take this opportunity to warn people off Apple products.
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everyone is following suit. obsolescence by design.

soon nothing but mobile devices updated for only two years by which time the non-replaceable battery will be ****ed anyway.

twitter enabled battery powered dish washers ahoy.
 
lamballana said:
Nothing lasts these days though. We bought a new house 15 years ago and all the built in appliances lasted a good 12 years. Since then we've had to replace the frezzer twice and the washing machine twice. Things are no longer built to last.
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I bought a house 18 months ago (it's old) and it feels like nothing is lasting ... latest is the exciting news that I need to get it re-wired.
 
No idea if this has already been posted but Ward-Prowse played in the England u20s 3-0 defeat of Uruguay u20s recently.
He's number 7. [video=youtube;NzZHOiWLhfM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzZHOiWLhfM[/video]
 
Aussies v Sri Lanka SHOULD be interesting second part , Aussies HAVE to get 253 from 29.1 .... unlikely but you never know ............
 
Puck said:
Tell me about it. I'm moving in with my girlfriend in Guildford in a month or two. The rent will be slightly cheaper but the season ticket is still £3500+ a year. Wowzers!
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Woo Guildford. Rent is still a pain in the arse, I'm on about £510 per month next year.
 
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