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Old Hard Drives = Free Electricity

Posted by timothy on from the gotta-have-a-hobby dept.

tylernt writes "You know all those old hard drives you have laying around? (Raise your hand if you still have RLL or MFM drives... yeah, I thought so.) Well, now there's something useful you can do with them (besides my personal favorite, shooting them): make electricity! While you're at it, you could do something more productive with that old lawnmower, too."

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  1. um highschool? by n3r0.m4dski11z · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    how is this different than highschool science experiments to do with electricty?

    oh i get it hdds have magnets... slashdot is about computer technology... i didnt know that... i see how thats news.

    next

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  2. Re:Slashdotted already?!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You, Sir, are a karma whore, and a n00bie.
    Welcome to my foes list.

  3. Re:Making electricity? by randyest · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    consider yourself corrected. you're wrong. and dumb. maxwell is vomiting in his grave. you're at fault.

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