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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies Trying to Extract Gold From Computer Parts]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</guid><description><![CDATA[Another Darwin Award nominee.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 3rd 2008 4:56PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies Trying to Extract Gold From Computer Parts]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</guid><description><![CDATA[SAY NO TO METH]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[MLB]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 3rd 2008 5:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies Trying to Extract Gold From Computer Parts]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sounds like a typical redneck.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 3rd 2008 5:47PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies Trying to Extract Gold From Computer Parts]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</guid><description><![CDATA[I think we should all give this guy a great big wround of aploase for so assusingly thing the herd]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 3rd 2008 7:10PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies Trying to Extract Gold From Computer Parts]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</guid><description><![CDATA[DRINK MUCH????????????]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[reaccard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 19th 2008 12:01PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies Trying to Extract Gold From Computer Parts]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</guid><description><![CDATA[What the hell did that mean Andrew...damn, what happened to the education system in america.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Thousand]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 3rd 2008 8:36PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies Trying to Extract Gold From Computer Parts]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yeah line Andy up with FireFox and he'll be able to spell everywhere on the Net, lol.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sonney]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 19th 2008 12:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies Trying to Extract Gold From Computer Parts]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</guid><description><![CDATA[Eddie -- "redneck" my eye.  A real redneck would've had more sense.  Sounds like a superannuated urban teenager to me.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Yael Dragwyla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 3rd 2008 8:47PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies Trying to Extract Gold From Computer Parts]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</guid><description><![CDATA[I agree.  As a redneck I would have tried to melt the gold out seems like a lot more fun.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sgt_boges]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 30th 2010 7:53PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies Trying to Extract Gold From Computer Parts]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</guid><description><![CDATA[I think our friend Tony had too much time on his hands and it ended up being the death of him!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 4th 2008 3:43AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies Trying to Extract Gold From Computer Parts]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</guid><description><![CDATA[uh doesn't it take a lot of computer parts to make the tiniest amount of gold.  man what these commodity prices will make people do.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[taciturnforsale]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 4th 2008 6:02AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies Trying to Extract Gold From Computer Parts]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</guid><description><![CDATA[Apparently, the theory of natural selection is correct!  Hopefully these people didn't procreate!  :) ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 8th 2008 5:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies Trying to Extract Gold From Computer Parts]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</guid><description><![CDATA[Mercury killed many alchemists. Boiling mercury, and liquid even at room temperature generates a toxic concentration of vapor unless there is very good fume hoods (with filters to remove the Hg) to remove them. Many dental offices in the last century were contaminated by spilled mercury. I have some in tooth fillings. <br><br>Gold is used in few places in a computer in sufficient amounts to be worth small scale recovery. Many plug in parts have gold plated contacts, the thickness of a few millionths of an inch. Copper also dissolves in mercury as does silver. <br><br>As the first message states: Another Darwin award waits this one. The gene pool is slowly improving. <br><br>duke<br><br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[duke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 6th 2008 10:51PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies Trying to Extract Gold From Computer Parts]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</guid><description><![CDATA[People in the third world do this regularly just to survive. That's where we send our electronic waste.<br><br><a href="http://www.ban.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ban.org/</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 5th 2008 3:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies Trying to Extract Gold From Computer Parts]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</guid><description><![CDATA[In many poorer countries, such as India, recovering precious metals by recycling old tech, is commonplace.  This serves as a reminder to us about the dangers they put themselves through in order to make a living<br><br><br>www.fileprompt.com]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[free software]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 5th 2008 4:06PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies Trying to Extract Gold From Computer Parts]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</guid><description><![CDATA[Where or how does anyone get enough mercury to do this anyways?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[baracuda]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 5th 2008 8:41PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies Trying to Extract Gold From Computer Parts]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</guid><description><![CDATA[Andrew, are you high? Your words make no sense!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Melissa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 5th 2008 8:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies Trying to Extract Gold From Computer Parts]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</guid><description><![CDATA[for the few micrograms of gold he'd have got it really isn't worth the time!<br><br><a href="http://freeextras.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://freeextras.blogspot.com/</a><br><a href="http://lifeorsomethingnotquitelikeit.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://lifeorsomethingnotquitelikeit.blogspot.com/</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Gaunt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 6th 2008 4:54AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies Trying to Extract Gold From Computer Parts]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</guid><description><![CDATA[There is a joke in there somewhere, I know their is.<br>Meanwhile check out redneck jokes<br><a href="http://www.wallysjokemail.com/search/label/redneck%20jokes" rel="nofollow">http://www.wallysjokemail.com/search/label/redneck%20jokes</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wally]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 6th 2008 5:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Man Dies Trying to Extract Gold From Computer Parts]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/03/man-dies-trying-to-extract-gold-from-computer-parts/</guid><description><![CDATA[Richard Thousand--that is hilarious!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bear]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 6th 2008 8:30PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
