<html><head></head><body>+1 wind chimes!!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On January 24, 2021 12:09:41 PM EST, Solomon Peachy via Ale <ale@ale.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 11:58:52AM -0500, Derek Atkins via Ale wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;">Due to their age (over 45000 hours power-on, over 5 years since purchase)<br>they are most likely out of warranty. But I don't want to just toss them<br>in the trash if there is a more environmentally friendly way to dispose of<br>them.<br></blockquote><br>Well, it's more the "mentally" friendly than "environmentally" but I'm a <br>strong proponent of disposing of hard drives by means of a few <br>30-ish-caliber holes.<br><br>Or just disassemble them and turn the platters into (very) shiny <br>windchimes...<br><br> - Solomon</pre></blockquote></div><br>-- <br>Computers amplify human error<br>Super computers are really cool</body></html>