As an aside, and pursuant to yesterdays comment thread:
If you have an old computer, and you don’t have any use for it, and you know that sometimes Og has old computers that he fixes up and gives to people who need them, it is a very awesome thing for you to give that old computer to Og.
Further, if you are kind enough to provide not only the computer but a nice computer bag and all the cables and cords and even an external hard drive, that is an awesome thing, and some young person (or for that matter old person) will be pleased with having a free device to use.
On the other hand, if you do give Og this computer, you might just want to remove all the picture and video files that are on it. While I’m into seeing naked women doing pole dances as much as anyone, I would be lying if I said that your 270 lb wife grasping the lally columns in your basement with her thighs was even remotely erotic. And the video montage of you and her- very creative. I will never use ketchup again, ever.
I have seen some very, very disturbing things in my life, and this is one of them.
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Once again….Picture might be worth a thousand words but you can do in in about 12.
I have a couple of partial boxes taking up space that could be looking for a good home.
I doubt you will find any pole dancing videos.
Most of the time it’s not worth shipping, but sometimes someone close has a notebook that I can resurrect for someone who can’t afford their own computer.
This is why you should preemptively wipe the drive, rather than looking.
I have assuredly learned my lesson.
Sorry, Og, but before any computer leaves my control forever I take a 1/2″ drill bit to the hard drive. No telling what passwords or other info is on there.
not everyone is as smart as you, knuckle. More’s the pity.
Say brain bleach was needed??? :-)
I drill my old hard drives, with a .264 high-speed bit.
Well, I consider a 6.5×55 Swede round moving at 2,900 fps to be of relatively high speed, anyway.
Ten rounds usually gets most of the drive surfaces all messed up.
Fun, too!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
When I did it, you had an excuse. But this is self-inflicted.
You take parts, like 80% complete towers? I have some computers I cannibalized for whatever working system I have. If not, point me to someone who does.
There are lots of recycling places. I like win XP or win 7 notebooks, especially if they are at least sort of working. I wipe the hard drives and do a clean install. Though lately I been thinking about installing Linux and being done with it.
I ride a ferry across Puget Sound several times a year. Quite often I take some hard drives from old computers and airmail ’em into the salt chck where it’s about 600 fathoms deep, that’s 3600 feet deep to the fathom challenged. Between the depth and salt water I consider those hard drives to be destroyed. The bonus is that it drives the greenie tree huggers totally batshit nuts, always a good thing.
Gerry: I love it. Now I have a vision of someone catching a fish with a hard drive in its guts.
“Wow Dad!! I just caught an 80Gig Salmon!!” “Toss it back son, you know the limit is 250Gig!!”