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Going to Facebook HQ next month

By jvolstad   Follow   Mon, 21 May 2012, 3:55pm   880 views   7 comments
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Facebook is giving our wounded warriors at the Palo Alto VAMC a free meal at their headquarters as well as a tour of the place. I plan to ask FB for twenty laptops that we can let our inpatients use while in the hospital. (our building is wired for Wi-Fi)

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1. permanent_marker Follow Befriend (1) 71 threads 230 comments Mountain View, CA Premium

   1   4:28pm Mon 21 May 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   after the recent IPO performance, they may not have the money for 20 laptops :-)

2. thomas.wong1986 Follow Befriend 16 threads 4,426 comments

   2   5:39pm Mon 21 May 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   you may also try some of the bigger recycle places which very often still get very good and workable systems from major corporations. http://www.greencitizen.com/santa_clara_computer_electronic_recycling_center.php

3. Kevin Follow Befriend 40 threads 2,652 comments

   3   9:47pm Mon 21 May 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   permanent_marker says after the recent IPO performance, they may not have the money for 20 laptops :-) They got $16B out of that deal. It's the dipshits who bought the overpriced stock that lost.

4. CaptainShuddup Follow Befriend (1) 249 threads 4,727 comments

   4   6:25am Tue 22 May 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   Yeah, I bet things are tight all of a sudden.

5. jvolstad Follow Befriend (4) 992 threads 1,125 comments San Antonio, TX jvolstad's website

   5   8:31pm Tue 22 May 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   thomas.wong1986 says you may also try some of the bigger recycle places which very often still get very good and workable systems from major corporations. We have had some corp donations. Problem is the laptops are pretty old and not in that great of shape. A number of our veterans need special adaptive devices on the computer which may or may not work.

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   6   8:36pm Tue 22 May 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   Protected   If you see Zuckfuck, piss on his leg.

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   7   4:24pm Fri 25 May 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   Remember what happens in Vegas stays on Facebook.