A laptop bought for a fiver in a charity shop. How do I turn the thing on?

[DRM]

It’s the same on the Drighlington Bypass, A650 that goes from Junction 27 M62 to Tong at Bradford, I bet hardly anyone driving along it knows it’s built on a landfill tip, and don’t realise that the pipes sticking up are methane vent pipes

 

[presta]

Print out hardcopy and put it in a safe. (And don't forget the combination)

So it's a story about forgetting to write down a password, and nothing to do with losing a HDD as the media keep reporting?

 

[Dogtrousers]

So it's a story about forgetting to write down a password, and nothing to do with losing a HDD as the media keep reporting?

I think so, yes. It's a bitcoin key. I don't know how big they are, maybe 32 or 64 characters. That's how I understand it. I could be wrong.

The lessons are: 1 back up your data; 2 Don't dispose of electrical goods in landfill or else karma will get you.

 

[Conrad_K]

Its not the hard drive, it's the info on it. Imagine he has a safe and the combination is in a file on the drive. Now sprinkle that with random buzzwords like crypto, NFT, blockchain and prime factorisation and general woo and you understand it as well as I do.

That's a concise and reasonably accurate summation of how it works, yes.

It *could* be a reasonably effective method of making electronic payments without the centralized control of Paypal, Venmo, etc., but in practice it's more like the Dutch "tulip mania" in the 1600s.

 

[Dogtrousers]

So it's a story about forgetting to write down a password, and nothing to do with losing a HDD as the media keep reporting?

I think so, yes. It's a bitcoin key. I don't know how big they are, maybe 32 or 64 characters. Something like that. basically he left some info on a disk and failed to back it up. Now he wants that info.

I might feel sorry for him if he'd disposed of it properly. But as he put it in landfill I find it hilarious.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I might feel sorry for him if he'd disposed of it properly. But as he put it in landfill I find it hilarious.

I thought it was his, or his then girlfriend who binned it, not himself. 🤔

 

[Accy cyclist]

He's not giving up! He wants to buy the tip now it's due to be closed, but the council say they want the land to install a solar farm on the site to power their new bin wagons. Maybe both parties could negotiate a contract where if he finds this laptop and he gets his hands on this supposed 620 million quid he has to give the council half or a third of it. 🤔 Think how much of that if it happened would go in the back sack of those dodgy councillors and council employed civil servants!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-want...12.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly

 

[HMS_Dave]

He's not giving up! He wants to buy the tip now it's due to be closed, but the council say they want the land to install a solar farm on the site to power their new bin wagons. Maybe both parties could negotiate a contract where if he finds this laptop and he gets his hands on this supposed 620 million quid he has to give the council half or a third of it. 🤔 Think how much of that if it happened would go in the back sack of those dodgy councillors and council employed civil servants!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-want...12.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly

Plot twist.

The council have already found it and have decided to spend it a solar farm on the site to power their new bin wagons whilst simultaneously, preventing the fella ever finding the evidence.

The rest of the millions is spent on mirrors, a white powdery substance and suspiciously wrapped up tubes.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Plot twist.

The council have already found it and have decided to spend it a solar farm on the site to power their new bin wagons whilst simultaneously, preventing the fella ever finding the evidence.

The rest of the millions is spent on mirrors, a white powdery substance and suspiciously wrapped up tubes.

And a brand new civic event Limo' and Algarve 'mega' villa for the leader of Newport council!