Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree. Destroy it, and do the same to your spent ink cartridges from your printers as well. If you are in South Asia, this is the recommended method for disposing off empty bottles of Johnny Walker Black Label too (-: Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at earthlink.net> wrote: > Data on a HDD is there and recoverable by the knowledgeable ( and not > necessarily honest) man. ?No, delete does nothing to the data, it just > erases the file pointers. ?Got last years' ( or 10 years ago) tax data on > it? ?Someone can recover that data ( including the social security number, > your employee number, maybe even your bank account numbers) to use in > nefarious ways. > > To wipe the disk really clean takes special SW. ?A hammer is easier and > faster, and works remarkably well. ?Uses less electricity as well. ?It is > also remarkably permanent. > > Just because Doug takes a hammer to his drive, does not mean that the parts > can not be recycled at that point....After all, all the parts are still > there. > > In our community in California, electronic waste is collected at special > locations, and recycled appropriately. ?About twice yearly. ?I have 2 > computers that will go out in about a month. ?They send them to India and > China where poor people are paid pennies to remove IC chips for the gold > wire. ?They sit over vats of caustic acids, breathing in noxious fumes, for > hours daily. ?The metals are recycled. ?The health of the lives involved > are > ruined.. > > Recycling Is not all it is cracked up to be...... > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at earthlink.net > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net at leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > philippe.amard > Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 9:42 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Strictly OT: System Crash > > > Le 10 juin 11 ? 02:45, Ken Carney a ?crit : >> ?So now we also use the sledge hammer - it just feels right, plus no >> ammo cost. >> >> Ken >> >> > > The question remains, why? > And why not recycle? > > Ph > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >