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Geek Culture / [WTB] Original Xbox

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The Wilderbeast
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Posted: 25th Sep 2011 17:11
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Hey guy,

I'm looking for an original Xbox for use in a small Linux project that I had planned. If anyone has one knocking around that they wouldn't mind dusting off I'd offer somewhere in the ballpark of £5 - 10 for one and would pay for P&P on top of that.

Thanks.


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Oolite
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Posted: 25th Sep 2011 18:04 Edited at: 25th Sep 2011 19:11
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Unfortunately copy+paste because of the % signs...

Ebay Has LOADS around your price range. I know I got rid of mine years ago so if people don't have one around here then ebay is your best bet.

EDIT: Page stretching was annoying me...
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The Wilderbeast
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Posted: 25th Sep 2011 18:21
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Obviously eBay was my first port of call, but I am not a big fan of eBay/PayPal at all and thus I would rather go through the TGC forums where people are half trustworthy.


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xplosys
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Posted: 25th Sep 2011 18:26
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Quote: "the TGC forums where people are half trustworthy"


That would make a good forum banner

Brian.

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Agent Dink
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Posted: 25th Sep 2011 19:02
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I have never had an issue with eBay or paypal. Ever. What do you find untrustworthy about it all? I'd be far more inclined to trust someone on eBay which has safeguards in case something actually does go sour in the transaction.

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Oolite
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Posted: 25th Sep 2011 19:18
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I'd also be more comfortable buying something through a reputable company than from a randomer on a forum. You're probably going to need to send someone some money through paypal anyway and there would be no way to post a claim if they don't send you your product in the end.
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The Wilderbeast
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Posted: 25th Sep 2011 19:44
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I have had a couple of bad experiences with both eBay and PayPal and would rather I didn't have to go down the whole eBay route. So it's more just on principle than anything. At the end of the day it's a small amount of money lost if anything went askew.

Regardless it was only on the offchance someone had one. Guess I'll be going through eBay anyway.


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Oolite
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Posted: 25th Sep 2011 20:14
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I've had some bad experiences with ebay before, but now I just be careful who I buy from. Ebay/paypal themselves sorted out the problem I had in a few weeks. It's not ebay that is the problem, its the sellers that feel they can take advantage.

Anyway, give gumtree and preloved a try.
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The Wilderbeast
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It's not so much the sellers (although I've had a couple of bad run-ins), it's the way that eBay and PayPal have dealt with the problems and also some of the pointless policies they have in place. But I shall not turn this thread into a rant.

Anywho, great shout on gumtree - just found an unused and boxed one for £14 listed. How does gumtree work exactly? By that, I mean is there any specific protocol, or do I just reply to the ad and arrange everything from there?


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Oolite
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Posted: 26th Sep 2011 16:42
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Just reply to the ad on the site or give them a call up, it's all done through the seller so you can arrange a pickup/delivery. I recommend picking it up though for obvious safety reasons (unless you're a minor then picking it up might not be the best thing).
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Posted: 26th Sep 2011 16:47
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If you are a minor then i would think your parents would come along? lol

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The Wilderbeast
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I am greatly offended you think me a minor. Come on, how many minors get kicks out of creating Linux clusters on obsolete hardware? Unfortunately the guy would not post it, so I ended up getting one off eBay in the end. It's not worth spending £50+ on a rail ticket for a £14 item methinks.


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Quote: "Come on, how many minors get kicks out of creating Linux clusters on obsolete hardware?"


10?

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You're right. We can use our parents money to make clusters using new hardware


Why does blue text appear every time you are near?
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Posted: 27th Sep 2011 13:36 Edited at: 27th Sep 2011 13:38
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ehhh....do i really have to explain this?


edit: decide to explain it instead: basicly as many that likes to play with car hardware, only that these are nerdy-ish.

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Oolite
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Posted: 27th Sep 2011 16:17
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I was only covering all bases just in case...
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Posted: 28th Sep 2011 00:58
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Quote: "I am greatly offended you think me a minor."


By that statement, simply a passive observation, I have to assume you are either a minor or only recently reached not-a-minor status...

Quote: "Come on, how many minors get kicks out of creating Linux clusters on obsolete hardware?"


Probably more minors than adults if you think about it...

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The Wilderbeast
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Posted: 28th Sep 2011 02:33 Edited at: 28th Sep 2011 02:36
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Quote: "By that statement, simply a passive observation, I have to assume you are either a minor or only recently reached not-a-minor status..."

Either that, or you are unable to take things with a pinch of salt and recognize I was injecting a bit of light-hearted humour into my post.

Quote: "Probably more minors than adults if you think about it..."

I am doubtful as to whether your average minor (even from a selection of knowledgeable geeks) understands what setting up a cluster entails, which applications a cluster is and isn't suitable for, or even what a distribute processing system is in the first place. Personally I would say that young adults (or very old minors verging on adulthood) and middle-aged academics would be the two most common groups to participate in a distributed processing project. But hey, if you know any ten-year-old kids who spend their evenings hacking up a load of old junk to crunch some numbers prove me wrong!



Lazy people start here: I was joking at taking offence. I couldn't care less. End of topic.

Nothing to see here folks. Move along...


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Oolite
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Posted: 28th Sep 2011 03:22
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Quote: "Either that, or you are unable to take things with a pinch of salt and recognize I was injecting a bit of light-hearted humour into my post."

Oh god, stop being a child!

Quote: "I am doubtful as to whether your average minor (even from a selection of knowledgeable geeks) understands what setting up a cluster entails, which applications a cluster is and isn't suitable for, or even what a distribute processing system is in the first place."

I suppose it all depends on how much learning you do. Kids pick things up faster than adults so if they started at an early enough age then anything is possible. There was a 14 year old kid I read about in the paper a few years back who could take an engine apart, clean it and put it all back together without any external help. He'd been interested in them for years so he just read up on them.
Pretty impressive if you ask me and I wish I had had the drive when I was younger to fully put my all into something, I'd be a bloody master by now.
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The Wilderbeast
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Posted: 28th Sep 2011 09:44
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Touche, I am absolutely hopeless when it comes to mechanics. Yet a friend of mine has been constantly knee-deep in oil since he was a kid - I don't think there's anything he can't do (to a car)!

Kind of wishing I'd read significantly more (reference manuals and the like) than I did :S


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