A new use for Linux

Tim ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au
Sat Jul 21 13:07:03 UTC 2007


On Sat, 2007-07-21 at 05:37 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
> When I retired I had a hard drive with TOP SECRET things I had written
> and commented on. Asked what to do and was told to take it by hand and
> throw it in a furnace that was very hot. Did that and it was gone
> forever. 

I'm sure that'd be effective, for various reasons (heat and magnetics
aren't friends, never mind the incineration of the contents).  But I
wouldn't advise trying that for personal drive destruction.  No doubt
the drive's are built from stuff hazardous to one's health.

Lot's of fun though, I'm sure.  I have a friend who's got a video of him
burning a Windows CD, literally - the installation disc being held over
a gas flame.  I've toyed with the idea of doing it myself.  ;-)

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