Dell Uses Prison Labor
The <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/25343.html"; target="_blank">Register article</a>.
They're being used as part of a consumer recycling program.
They're being used as part of a consumer recycling program.
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- Ralph Wiggum
wouldn't it make more sense just to donate the computers or something <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
Just don't drop a piece. If you do, remember to bend at the knees.
<strong>If I was in prison, I'd rather be recycling a computer than getting ****** in the ***.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Damn, we really need a Post of the Week award!
[quote]This illustrates one of the many small differences between British and American journalism.<hr></blockquote>
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Well, at least they ADMIT "British journalism" is an oxymoron.
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<strong>If I was in prison, I'd rather be recycling a computer than getting ****** in the ***.
Just don't drop a piece. If you do, remember to bend at the knees.</strong><hr></blockquote>
<img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> I agree.
<strong>what exactly do they recycle? what parts are recycable?
wouldn't it make more sense just to donate the computers or something
The Cnet article linked from within The Register article does a pretty good job at explaining the what and why's of recycling.
Donation just isn't feasible in the numbers they are talking about, 20 million PCs per year. It can actually be a pain for non-profits to accept computers as donations because the donors don't always ensure that the hardware is properly set up and functioning, as well as the issue of software liscenses.