'Dude, you're getting a Dell guy' arrested last night on Marijuana charge

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/delldude1.html ^

[RicocheT]

More proof smoking weed makes you stupid.

[Thinkin' Gal]

Dude! Your gettin a Dell Cell!

Priceless!

[BaBaStooey]

Someone...hint hint....needs to change this pic so it has the kid holding up a bong and a bag of grass instead.

[ewing]

[P.O.E.]

Dude, you're gettin' prison labor!

(from ARSTechnica.com, 1/10/03)

Dell's "Dell Exchange" program is coming under fire from environmentalists and civil rights advocates who say that Dell's use of prison labor to recycle computers is inhumane, and a "sham." Under the program, computer owners can execute a number of options to get value out of their aging systems, including auctioning them off, trading them in for upgrades, or donating their boxen to charities. Or, if your box is aged enough, you can ship your system to Dell for recycling (at your own cost, mind you) and 4-6 weeks later they'll send you a coupon for 10% off anything in their software & peripherals store. Considering the cost of shipping, you'd need to be buying a pretty hefty item to offset the shipping cost, but if you're willing to do the math, it might be a good deal.

The problem, critics say, is that Dell is using prison labor to recycle these machines, and such workers are not necessarily afforded the safety precautions that normal civilian labor would be. Dell insists that proper precautions are made, and they advertise that their recycling program is EPA-compliant, but that doesn't stop the naysayers at this week's CES in Vegas.

"I lost my job. I robbed a store. Went to jail. I got my job back," chanted five mock prisoners wearing "Dell Recycling Team" signs and linked by chains.

The real issues are the US's rather unimpressive computer recycling standards, and more general concerns over the morality of using prison labor for, well, anything. Additionally, Dell's use of prison labor is, according to the Robin Schneider, executive director of the Texas Campaign for the Environment, a detriment to establishing a real, nationally viable computer recycling industry. The situation must be a headache for Dell, who earlier this year was the target of the "Toxic Dude" campaign that attacked Dell for not offering any recycling options. What's that about not pleasing all the people all the time?

[laconic]

I actually thought he was very talented (unlike the current treacly, cloying bunch Dell uses in their commercials) but he may go the way of RULA LENSKA. Anyone remember her?

[ChadGore]

ORe: Why are you basing your argument, that you want more addictions,
That is not my argument.

ahh . . So when you say, "let's ban alcohol" you didn't really mean you want this to happen? This isn't an assertion you're standing behind? Why not ?

[MrLeRoy]

He should have got drunk, picked a fight, and puked on somebody's shoes, like a good American!

[ewing]

[Protagoras]

More proof smoking weed makes you stupid.

More correctly, you are stupid if you smoke weed.

[clamper1797]

We just arrest and imprison everyone who talks like that!

Now that WILL get all the stoners. After all didn't the Houston PD try that recently .... let God sort them out ????

[MrLeRoy]

So when you say, "let's ban alcohol" you didn't really mean you want this to happen? This isn't an assertion you're standing behind?

Correct, when I said, "THEN we should ban alcohol" I was pointing out a logical consequence of YOUR argument.

Why not ?

Two reasons:

• We tried that before and it failed.
• What a person puts in their own body is nobody else's business.

[Protagoras]

Good post, non committal, but clear. :^}

[Constitution Day]

She was on Benedryl for her allergies. She wasn't on drugs.

Um, I never said she was.

Personally, if I take Benadryl, I better be ready to take a long nap... IMMEDIATELY. :)

[MrLeRoy]

By the way, do you support a ban on alcohol?

[Blood of Tyrants]

Why do kids who dress like dopeheads, act like dopeheads, and talk like dopeheads become upset when they are accused of being dopeheads?

[clamper1797]

Curtis is currently being held in Central Booking ...

Which Wodie was it that said that people don't go to jail for simple possession. Sounds like jail to me

[Paulus Invictus]

Which Dell guy is he? The new one or the old one? I get confused. Whichever one he is, they are both losers as is Dell.

[Marysecretary]

If you insist. You take the first shot...

[ewing]

I think I just crashed the Apple chicks fansite.