Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Le 10 juin 11 ? 07:09, Frank Filippone a ?crit : > > 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. Why India or China? Don't local people need that fuel and work (money)? > 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.. > This way of > Recycling Is not all it is cracked up to be...... > So in the end shooting a HD and dumping the mash in the countryside is less harmful to man and society than recycling it if I get it right. I'm off to buy a gun now. End of the start of polemics ;-) Tongue in cheek Ph, a bird and Leica R lover > 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 >