>
> I hope the contract includes a very sizeable 'liquidated damages' clause
> which comes into force when the artifact is significantly damaged (i.e.
> scraped paint, scratches, etc don't count) or destroyed; that number should
> be 5-10 times its assessed value.
>
> That would be to stop people
On Thu, 30 Jul 2015, Noel Chiappa wrote:
That would be to stop people like the film crew we heard of who borrowed
something, deliberately destroyed it as part of a scene, and them calmly paid
the lender the assessed value. If they're looking at having to pay a _ton_ of
money if they pull that stu
> From: Evan Koblentz
> we always require a signed contract with strict rules about how our
> artifacts can/can't be used by renters.
I hope the contract includes a very sizeable 'liquidated damages' clause
which comes into force when the artifact is significantly damaged (i.e.
scrape
On Thu, 30 Jul 2015, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
I think it was someone on this list who told the story of some
antique furniture that was rented out with a ridicoulously high
deposit and got it back with bullet holes. Apparently the
deposit wasn't ridiculous enough with respect to the overall
budget
> From: e...@snarc.net
> > To: gene...@classiccmp.org; classiccmp.org:On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> > cctalk@classiccmp.org
> > Subject: Re: Wanted: IBM AS/400 in NY for a film
> >
> >
> > >> I received this email - they want am IBM AS/400 for a film - it
> &
400
> From: e...@snarc.net
> To: gene...@classiccmp.org; classiccmp.org:On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> cctalk@classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Wanted: IBM AS/400 in NY for a film
>
>
> >> I received this email - they want am IBM AS/400 for a film - it
> >> doesn
I received this email - they want am IBM AS/400 for a film - it
doesn't have to work. They will pay for transportation and rent. Near
Brooklyn NY I think.
And what will they pay for damage or destruction?
MARCH is working on this deal, since metro NYC is our backyard.
For anyone interested
I got caught on this line of inquiry and found a neat article in FT that
also discusses a little bit the IT operations of BLMIS. They name check
Stratus as well as IBM ... it's too bad his character wasn't as good as his
taste in EDP equipment!
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/89542248-9821-11de-8d3
Aha ... I first saw the request and thought it was strange that a film
would be so specific but I guess the AS/400 they ran has attained some
notoriety of its own:
http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh021609-printer01.html
http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh111609-story05.html
I guess I've gotta give them
> On 30 Jul 2015, at 7:12 am, Mike Ross wrote:
> Interesting. So Bernie Madoff used an AS/400?
ahh bingo! I found this comment on the Amazon book review:
"The description of the ancient 1988 IBM AS 400 and the terminals from a 1970's
spy film that were still cranking away on the 17th floor whe
Seems an odd request, definitely needs more detail, unless you know your
computers they were pretty bland to most observers.
To me there are three enclosure styles: the original monolithic white box, the
later black box with colour accents and the current generic POWER rack style -
none jump ou
*Googles*
"THE WIZARD OF LIES"
Interesting. So Bernie Madoff used an AS/400? I've heard of them
turning up in some other dodgy places - like drug lord mansions in
Central America; apparently they were regarded as secure enough to do
their accounts!
Mike
On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 10:11 AM, Oldcomp
On Tue, 28 Jul 2015, Oldcomputers wrote:
I received this email - they want am IBM AS/400 for a film - it doesn't
have to work. They will pay for transportation and rent.
Near Brooklyn NY I think.
And what will they pay for damage or destruction?
Always get more details - as others have said p
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