What did you find today?

[Queen Victoria]

My pants have a  hole in a very embarrassing place.    

[odeon]

Found that I had to reinstall the media server's system  to get AFP working.

['andersom']

My pants have a  hole in a very embarrassing place.    

One has to be grateful. Abundance of layers of undergarments shield from more than the cold.

[Queen Victoria]

My pants have a  hole in a very embarrassing place.    

One has to be grateful. Abundance of layers of undergarments shield from more than the cold.

 

[Parts]

A NES controller at a tag sale for one dollar

[Icequeen]

Haven't been able to get out and about...maybe next week.

Some curb finds from last month.


Large wooden rabbit. 


Fan w/remote. Works.


Braided red rug.


Yet another steam mop. Works.



Old Smith Corona in nice shape.

[Icequeen]

Dell desktop.

Normally I scrap them because they're ancient. This one is fairly nice and fixable = gas money .

But people....FFS , destroy/remove your hard drive or at the very least delete your personal info before you curb it.    Got it cleaned out already, now to whip it back into shape. 

[odeon]

When I scrap a computer I make sure the HD is destroyed or not included.

["couldbecousin"]

When I scrap a computer I make sure the HD is destroyed or not included.

  I'm having my old busted computer hauled away, how do I destroy the HD? 

[TheoK]

When I scrap a computer I make sure the HD is destroyed or not included.

  I'm having my old busted computer hauled away, how do I destroy the HD? 

You can make thermite and melt it 

[odeon]

When I scrap a computer I make sure the HD is destroyed or not included.

  I'm having my old busted computer hauled away, how do I destroy the HD? 

Remove it from the casing and put a hammer to it. Or just open it with a screwdriver and see what's inside and take it all apart. A useful learning experience.

[renaeden]

Olive? I love olives. 

Mmmmm, yes, one can of black olives and one can of green. 

I have heard it said about olives that you have a number of choices; you can get black olives or you can get green olives or you can get stuffed.

I would take the opportunity to take the hard drive apart to see what it is made of, etc.

["couldbecousin"]

Olive? I love olives. 

Mmmmm, yes, one can of black olives and one can of green. 

I have heard it said about olives that you have a number of choices; you can get black olives or you can get green olives or you can get stuffed.

I would take the opportunity to take the hard drive apart to see what it is made of, etc.

        Love the olive pun!  Good old Brit slang!


  But whereabouts is the HD?  I am really dumb about these things. 

[renaeden]

Hard drives are generally a small metal box. It is connected to the motherboard (which is the biggest electronic board) by a ribbon cable and also to the power supply by a power plug with 4 wires. Here is what one looks like:

[Icequeen]

Like odeon said... hammer works.

Turn it over and hit it hard a few times on the center hub until it sort of bends in, which is usually the quickest way to make it unreadable.

...or take it all apart. There's usually 2 really strong neodymium magnets inside.   Taking just the bottom board off is not enough though, as the board can always be replaced with one from a similar drive making it functional again.

I take them apart...the bottom boards have scrap value and go in a bin with the other boards & ram from the computer, magnets have some resale value in lots, hd case is normally aluminum and goes with the aluminum.