Anonymous
F.O. has been online for more than 25 years, or so he keeps telling us. Now the time has come to sell that part of history that has kept so many amused for so long!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190364689181
Ancient, low-end laptop
FEATURES:
Dead battery!
Legs losse and unretractable!
Won't boot!
only $225USD!
not even worth $50. No store would take it except for free. a laptop that must be plugged in to work. What parts are worth retrieving? Uses floopy disks only.
What is the point?
The point is this, it's hard to throw computers in the garbage that once cost thousands of dollars but that's the way it goes. People aren't buying computers, they're buying functions.
I used one when it came out in 1992.
Some laptops today are around $250 brand new, larger models refurbished.
Check Factory Direct.
I can do more with an iPhone!
Anonymous
It's craptastic!!!! I'll give him $1 cdn for all the porn and unpublished manuscripts on the hard drive.
On second thought, keep the unpublished manuscripts. I'll just take the porn.
Anonymous
Hilarious!
Ironically, Maffin was selling off some laptops recently that were a much better deal.
I heard that FO becomes the owner of your eBay seller feedback, if you comment. You know, for later re-use in some hair splitting, too-long, didn't read, self-important, chock full'o'psychological weirdness bullshit rant.
What I really want to see at auction is a giant cardboard box full of unsold copies of his usability book.
Teamakers Müséeum, anyone?
Anonymous
He's got $50!
Anonymous
$50 was the starting bid, as set by Joe Clark himself, for his own computer.
The final tally was $0 and no bids whatsoever, a bit short of $225.
Allan was right, when you spend thousands on something, even years ago, you expect to get a bit of money back for it, like you would with a used car. Despite his years using computers, this is apparently one lesson he had yet to learn.
Someone go by his house on garbage day, you'll probably be able to get it right cheap then, sitting next to le bloulevardé, waiting for les garçons des garbagé to take it toute de suite.
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