Hi Harry, I have an old netbook (the one I took to Wikimania Buenos Aires) which has stopped picking up WiFi and a fairly new Samsung Chromebook with a dodgy mousepad. Does your computer repairer have some guidelines as to how old kit can be before it ceases to be worth fixing? and if it is to be repaired and passed on will they overwrite the hard drive with blanks to ensure nothing on it can be recovered?
Regards Jonathan Cardy > On 28 Jul 2014, at 20:08, Chris McKenna <[email protected]> wrote: > > From what I have read about these new rules, it seems that they apply only to > hand luggage so a broken laptop in your luggage case would seem OK (why you'd > want a broken laptop with you on a flight I'm not sure anway!). > > It will be worth checking with a more authorative source than me if you plan > on doing this though. > > Chris > >> On Mon, 28 Jul 2014, Ellie Young wrote: >> >> >> >>> On Jul 28, 2014, at 11:49 AM, Patricio Lorente <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I don't know the English word for "aguafiestas", >> >> wet blanket.... >> >>> but anyway: in the security checks at the airports, if you can't turn on >>> your laptop, they may confiscate it and you are going to have a bad time. >>> Be careful with that. >> >> Indeed. To be more specific, here are the new rules at the UK airports: >> >> New Security Rules for the UK: A new security crackdown announced recently >> by the UK >> Government means that all passengers flying INTO or OUT of the UK must >> ensure all >> electronic devices being carried in hand luggage are sufficiently charged to >> be turned on. US >> officials ordered some overseas airports with direct flights to the US, >> including Heathrow and >> Manchester, to step up screening of electronic devices, such as mobile >> phones, laptops, shavers >> and cameras. Any devices that can't be turned on might be confiscated. >> >> >>> >>> Patricio >>> >>> >>> 2014-07-28 15:18 GMT-03:00 HJ Mitchell <[email protected]>: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> One of our volunteers asked me to put out a call for broken laptops. If you >>> have a broken laptop and you want somebody to help you fix it or you just >>> want to see it recycled, please bring it along to Wikimania! >>> >>> I imagine lots of us will have broken laptops knocking around, and this >>> could be a great opportunity to bring them back to life or to recycle them >>> properly. >>> >>> So we have an idea of demand, please email me off-list if you're interested. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Harry Mitchell >>> http://enwp.org/User:HJ >>> Phone: +44 (0) 7507 536971 >>> Skype: harry_j_mitchell >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimania-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Patricio Lorente >>> Blog: http://www.patriciolorente.com.ar >>> Identi.ca // Twitter: @patriciolorente >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimania-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > ---- > Chris McKenna > > [email protected] > www.sucs.org/~cmckenna > > > The essential things in life are seen not with the eyes, > but with the heart > > Antoine de Saint Exupery > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
