Hence the original comment "This guy works in IT, but he doesn't seem to have heard that it's extremely unwise to dump or recycle hard drives unless they have first had any data they contain rendered completely unreadable" was silly.
Missing: hard drive containing Bitcoins worth 4m pounds in Newport landfill site
Nov 28, 2013
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Because I also failed miserably to carry out a simple bit of arithmetic. Look, you, stop confusing me with facts and logic, OK? :-)
In my defence, I first read this news in the Daily Mail online, and it's a proven fact that each Daily Mail article reduces the reader's IQ by at least 10 points for the following 2 hours.
Read it a lot do you ...
O runssss
The rule was mandated by HMG
The LA is just following it
This is typical of waste disposal centers. Making them the designated deposit site for small electricals under WEEE was stupid (for those reasons). Only the UK did this. Other countries have a much more sensible solution (from the consumer pov)
tim
It could be, but only as long as Bitcoins maintain their current value.
Unfortunately, they are notoriously volatile and you could spend weeks digging for a hard drive that might only be worth a few thousand Pounds by the time you find it. That is assuming it's still readable at all.
Chris
Cynic put finger to keyboard:
It's a deal ;-)
You're as likely as the Daily Mail to have the facts right, tbh :-)
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