Mystery tramp

Does anyone know where I can find a baby seal - after reading the tosh written by Deimos and looking again at the information provided by Greenpeace I feel the only sensible thing to do is to go out and club one to death! It seems that Apple's main crime was not that their products contain toxins but they did not provide Greenpeace with the information they, in their words, demanded.  (I will leave aside the discussion on who has given Greenpeace the right to demand anything).  Their information is riddled with inaccuracies and arrogance.  An example is where Greenpeace compare, unfavourably, Apple with Nokia.  I thought that one of the basics of a comparative judgement was the necessity of comparing like with like.  The fact that both use on/off switches, have a screen and make beeping noises at inappropriate times does not make them identical or even similar.  Furthermore, even if Apple computers have twice the quantity of toxins when compared to Nokia mobile phones the fact that there are probably ten times more Nokias in existence implies that the planet would be saved more quickly if we disposed of our mobiles rather than our computers. Finally, why waste energy on Apple? They are only the fourth worst offender in Greenpeace terms.  Why not start a campaign against Acer, the third worst? Why, on a recent thread, where someone asked advice after buying an Acer computer, were they not admonished by the Green Taliban for damaging the environment the way bigjimbishop was when he bought an Apple?  Is a mass e-mailing campaign directed against Steve Jobs really going to change anything? Now, where is my culling club!!  

Has she tried doing one of these? Good luck!

Isn't this all a bit silly when there is little evidence of tetrabromobisphenol being a problem.  Just because it has got a long name does not make it harmful.  To quote the conclusions of the Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment in their COT statement on tetrabromobisphenol A - Review of toxicological data in July 2004: Conclusions 32.  The available data on TBBPA do not raise specific toxicological concerns. There is a lack of long term or carcinogenicity studies, but this is not considered essential to the evaluation in view of the absence of relevant effects in the available studies. 33.  No clear adverse effects were observed at doses up to 1000 mg/kg bw/day, the highest dose tested in a 90-day study and in a two-generation reproductive toxicity study. This dose level may be used as the basis for deriving a Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI). 34.  An uncertainty factor of 100 is applied to allow for inter- and intra-species variation. An additional factor of 10 is required because of the absence of chronic toxicity studies.  The Committee therefore recommended a TDI of 1mg/kg bw/day. COT statement 2004/02 July 2004 There are many other multi-national companies that deserve criticism before Apple which, after all, is only a comparatively small company with a very small market share (even if they do make a far superior product to any of the others!).

[quote user="Deimos"]Apple are currently rated the 4th worst computer manufacturer from an environmental perspective (hence the new nickname "Poison apple"). Ian[/quote] Who are the first, second and third worst manufacturers?   How do the best manufacturers stop their computers from catching fire.

Ahh - the sweet smell of a new Apple computer fresh from the box!!  You could try ComputerWarehouse.co.uk - they usually have integral modules in stock.  I have also found Jigsaw24 good for Apple products.

"bigjimbishop"said - You just plug it in and put address 192.160.0.1 into address bar on Explorer or Firefox to input isp username and password in 'connection settings'. I completely agree with the Netgear recommendation but the address is usually 192.168.0.1 - might save frustration or defenestration!