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From: rzh@lll-lcc.UUCP (Roger Hanscom)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Silicon Valley Dumpster Crawl: The ideal Hacker Holiday?
Message-ID: <3120@lll-lcc.UUCP>
Date: 30 Aug 90 16:20:26 GMT
Organization: Lawrence Livermore Labs, LCC, Livermore Ca
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>The question is though, is such a crawl possible, or do such companies
>have locks and guards and policies to prevent such things?  Has
>anybody grown up in the area having done this as a kid?  Are there
>really big 'junk sales' in the area or do people just wander through
>the city dump with a hose?

Mark-- 
I believe that the really "high-tech" firms know what they are dealing
with in "junk", and sell as much as possible to increase their bottom
line.  So, one can probably do best crawling in dumpsters where the
value of this "stuff" is not as well understood.  You will only get a
feeling for the big bucks in electronics surplus by visiting places
like Halted, Silicon Valley Surplus, Haltek, etc. in the "Valley".
These places are truly amazing, and when one sees what sorts of inventory
they carry --- and the value of it --, it is easy to see why much of it
does not show up in dumpsters!!

           roger                    rzh@lll-lcc.llnl.gov
                                    rzh@icf.llnl.gov