POLL: Ideas for prepping an old laptop for a new home

Correspondent:: mark
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 09:51:31 -0500

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I've got an old laptop (circa 2000) that I'm thinking of ditching. It
works okay for most things, but I have a new laptop that kicks it's ass
in every way.

So far I have wiped the drive about 15 times and then re-installed
Windows.

Assuming the next owner will snoop around on the system to see what I
had on there, what should I put on the drive for them to find? (Or
perhaps NOT find, if you get my meaning?)

Correspondent:: Baldin Pramer
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 08:04:09 -0700

Correspondent:: "just john"
Date: 1 Feb 2005 08:24:48 -0800

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mark wrote:

> Assuming the next owner will snoop around on the system to see what I

> had on there, what should I put on the drive for them to find? (Or
> perhaps NOT find, if you get my meaning?)

I'm reminded of a time when I was in the Air Force. As an enlisted
person in the HQ of the Office of Special Investigations,* I was once
detailed to re-fuel and wash the fleet of unmarked cars. This I did
with diligence and alacrity, but I also reset all the car radio presets
to local religious stations and left the radio set to play REAL LOUD
when the next OSI agent started the car.

I figure that's the sort of mayhem they can't really officially
complain about.

I hope this may have provided some inspiration in your moment of doubt.

* Their main jobs, back in '83 when this was happening: Hassle dopers
and gays.
--
* Radio Free Entropy: http://just-john.com/cn/rfe.shtml *

Correspondent:: "@Erissa@"
Date: 1 Feb 2005 16:32:55 GMT

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On 01 Feb 2005, mark quit lovin' on the Buttmonkey of Paradise and said:

> Assuming the next owner will snoop around on the system to see what I
> had on there, what should I put on the drive for them to find? (Or
> perhaps NOT find, if you get my meaning?)

leave a picture of a nekkid jew with a big grin on his face.
LOL

I wiped my doc thingee down. None of my personal info is on my systems; I
never register under a real addy

--
"There are plenty of ways to see blood that don't involve Buzzards nuts."
Delta Nine

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/erissaspotpage/

Correspondent:: Clyde Frog
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 21:22:41 GMT

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"@Erissa@" wrote in
news:Xns95F0757D75F64erissagmailcommmmmm@130.133.1.4:

> I wiped my doc thingee down. None of my personal info is on
> my systems; I never register under a real addy
>

Why do i get the feeling you live in north carolina?

Correspondent:: "@Erissa@"
Date: 1 Feb 2005 22:45:54 GMT

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On 01 Feb 2005, Clyde Frog quit lovin' on the Buttmonkey of Paradise and
said:

> Why do i get the feeling you live in north carolina?

you say that like it is a bad thing.
It could be worse. I could live in Florida or New Jersey

--
"There are plenty of ways to see blood that don't involve Buzzards nuts."
Delta Nine

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/erissaspotpage/

Correspondent:: Clyde Frog
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 03:59:16 GMT

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"@Erissa@" wrote in
news:Xns95F0B4B9E8F28erissagmailcommmmmm@130.133.1.4:

> you say that like it is a bad thing.
>

it was a question, not a statement. i have to go
now, because it is too crowded in here for the likes
of me, but i'm glad i made your acquaintance.

Correspondent:: "@Erissa@"
Date: 3 Feb 2005 05:44:49 GMT

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On 02 Feb 2005, Clyde Frog quit lovin' on the Buttmonkey of Paradise and
said:

>
> it was a question, not a statement. i have to go
> now, because it is too crowded in here for the likes
> of me, but i'm glad i made your acquaintance.

you'll be back.
you'll miss me too much otherwise

--
"There are plenty of ways to see blood that don't involve Buzzards nuts."
Delta Nine

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/erissaspotpage/

Correspondent:: Notan
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 16:30:53 -0700

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"@Erissa@" wrote:
>
> On 01 Feb 2005, mark quit lovin' on the Buttmonkey of Paradise and said:
>
> > Assuming the next owner will snoop around on the system to see what I
> > had on there, what should I put on the drive for them to find? (Or
> > perhaps NOT find, if you get my meaning?)
>
> leave a picture of a nekkid jew with a big grin on his face.
> LOL

Your mother was right... You're an asshole.

Notan

Correspondent:: "@Erissa@"
Date: 2 Feb 2005 12:16:41 GMT

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On 01 Feb 2005, Notan quit lovin' on the Buttmonkey of Paradise and said:

>> leave a picture of a nekkid jew with a big grin on his face.
>> LOL
>
> Your mother was right... You're an asshole.

so YOU were the one who bought my used laptop... LOL

--
"There are plenty of ways to see blood that don't involve Buzzards nuts."
Delta Nine

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/erissaspotpage/

Correspondent:: Reverend Kenny <5ubg3n1u5@comcast.no.spam>
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 14:28:26 -0500

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mark wrote:
> I've got an old laptop (circa 2000) that I'm thinking of ditching. It
> works okay for most things, but I have a new laptop that kicks it's ass
> in every way.
>
> So far I have wiped the drive about 15 times and then re-installed
> Windows.
>
> Assuming the next owner will snoop around on the system to see what I
> had on there, what should I put on the drive for them to find? (Or
> perhaps NOT find, if you get my meaning?)

That pic that somebody posted of the chubby girl in the (I think it was
a bunny) costume! Most definitely! And then a text file explaining where
to send their $30. And in the folder where the wallpapers go... Lotsa
"Bob" art! Maybe a couple of Hour of Slack MP3's buried real deep.

Sounds like fun! That chubby girl is mandatory I think. I'd love to see
the look on someones face when they find it.

--
Illuminations,
Reverend Kenny

"A computer without Microsoft is like chocolate cake without mustard"
-Anothermouse

Correspondent:: ThePsyko
Date: 1 Feb 2005 19:31:09 GMT

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On 01 Feb 2005 in alt.hackers.malicious, Reverend Kenny
<5ubg3n1u5@comcast.no.spam> made their contribution to mankind by
stating in news:ZtydnX9EXMvGRWLcRVn-pw@comcast.com:

>
>
> mark wrote:
>> I've got an old laptop (circa 2000) that I'm thinking of ditching.
>> It works okay for most things, but I have a new laptop that kicks
>> it's ass in every way.
>>
>> So far I have wiped the drive about 15 times and then re-installed
>> Windows.
>>
>> Assuming the next owner will snoop around on the system to see what I
>> had on there, what should I put on the drive for them to find? (Or
>> perhaps NOT find, if you get my meaning?)
>
> That pic that somebody posted of the chubby girl in the (I think it
> was a bunny) costume! Most definitely! And then a text file explaining
> where to send their $30. And in the folder where the wallpapers go...
> Lotsa "Bob" art! Maybe a couple of Hour of Slack MP3's buried real
> deep.
>
> Sounds like fun! That chubby girl is mandatory I think. I'd love to
> see the look on someones face when they find it.
>

can't be worse than tubgirl can it?

(www.tubgirl.com)

--
ThePsyko
Public Enemy #7
http://prozac.iscool.net

Correspondent:: Reverend Kenny <5ubg3n1u5@comcast.no.spam>
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 14:35:03 -0500

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>
>
> can't be worse than tubgirl can it?
>
> (www.tubgirl.com)
>
Oh Holy Mother Of "Bob"!
Yeah! Leave that pic on there somewhere! Like in the Winblows .dll
directory!

--
Illuminations,
Reverend Kenny

"A computer without Microsoft is like chocolate cake without mustard"
-Anothermouse

Correspondent:: ThePsyko
Date: 1 Feb 2005 19:47:49 GMT

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On 01 Feb 2005 in alt.hackers.malicious, Reverend Kenny <5ubg3n1u5
@comcast.no.spam> made their contribution to mankind by stating in
news:ZtydnX5EXMt1RGLcRVn-pw@comcast.com:

>
>
>
>>
>>
>> can't be worse than tubgirl can it?
>>
>> (www.tubgirl.com)
>>
> Oh Holy Mother Of "Bob"!
> Yeah! Leave that pic on there somewhere! Like in the Winblows .dll
> directory!
>

If it's NFTS, set it as the wallpaper and remove all rights to the file
so it can't be moved/deleted/etc - then tweak the registry to remove the
ability to change the wallpaper.

--
ThePsyko
Public Enemy #7
http://prozac.iscool.net

Correspondent:: Clyde Frog
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 21:19:14 GMT

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mark wrote in
news:marowiu$9298687.dkxx@127.0.0.1:

> I've got an old laptop (circa 2000) that I'm thinking of
> ditching. It works okay for most things, but I have a new
> laptop that kicks it's ass in every way.
>
> So far I have wiped the drive about 15 times and then
> re-installed Windows.
>
> Assuming the next owner will snoop around on the system to
> see what I had on there, what should I put on the drive for
> them to find? (Or perhaps NOT find, if you get my
> meaning?)
>

Mon dieu! Somebody actually posted something on-topic *and*
legal!!! I'd like to help you, but first I need to pop some
nitroglycerine...

Why not just leave it blank? There's enough for people to
be dismayed about already. Anyone who buys a five year old
laptop is not very likely to go online with it anyway. Why
not leave your favorite game on it? You want to waste
somebody's time, that'd be the way to do it. The usual
malware is just fix and forget. Give the gift that keeps
on giving. The more innocuous it is, the longer it will
last. Forget about something that'll phone home, the
closest that thing is ever going to get to a phone is when
it lands in the landfill.