On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Allen Prunty wrote:
> > On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 05:01 PM, MJI wrote: > > > If the computers are functioning Goodwill will take them, or The > > Disabled > > American Veterans store will take them. > > My Aunt is a social worker in Harlan KY. Computers are scarce down > there... money is scarce to buy anything. I would be willing to help > them get where they are MUCH needed. It is unlikely that there would > be anyone willing to go through and get them configured good with > software at goodwill. I will make sure that they are useable for the > students who desperately need them and that they get down there. I have a question on this one. Do the people who accept computers as donations accept computers without hard-drives? With all the [to reuse a phrase] FUD [Fear Uncertainty Doubt] that the media builds up about people reading our lives from our old hard drives which we didn't realise we ought to take an ax to, how do people accepting computers go about reassuring the person donating that they are safe? Seems like something that will increasingly be an issue. Hen | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 28. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
