As Patricio said -- you're likely to get into trouble by bringing inoperable laptops into the UK.
Guardian UK (July 8, 2014): "Britain follows US in banning powerless electronic devices from flights -- All air passengers must demonstrate that mobiles and other devices are powered up and functioning as Department for Transport tightens airport security"
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/08/britain-tells-air-passengers-mo...
While the sentiment is admirable, I'd say we should not encourage this.
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On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Patricio Lorente < patricio.lorente@gmail.com> wrote:
I don't know the English word for "aguafiestas", 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.
Patricio
2014-07-28 15:18 GMT-03:00 HJ Mitchell hjmitchell@ymail.com:
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
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