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    Image of Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon
    08/14/09

    In reply to A Portable Hard Drive Shredder for Every Office!
    Is it just me or does this seem incredibly wasteful? Isn't there a way to erase sensitive data without harming the drive?

    That way, even old low end drives could given to poor schools or third world kids, or something.

    Or failing that, can't the drives be dismantled and properly recycled, instead of shredded into bits of mixed but inseparable materials?
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    Edited by Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon at 08/14/09 2:44 PM Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon was starred Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon was unstarred
    Image of regis regis
    08/14/09

    In reply to A Portable Hard Drive Shredder for Every Office!
    excellent. with SarbOx and some of the new Payment Card Industry (PCI) regulations, disposal is becoming a big deal for a lot of companies. i work for a company that is subject to both sarbox and pci, and right now we've got a badassed degausser, but the shredder would be way more fun. plus it would work on non-magnetic media.
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    08/16/09

    @regis: Mrs. Overclock (etc.) and I have a rather large box in the basement of the Palatial Overclock Estate containing every single hard drive from every computer we've ever owned. This would solve our storage dilemma.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    08/17/09

    @Chip Overclock: Have you ever considered a mini blast furnace using a leaf blower and bricks? It's like a regular fire, only overclocked.
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    08/17/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_DOESHookUp: Yeah, that, or one of my 12 gauge shotguns with OO buckshot (I normally shoot target loads but I'm afraid they wouldn't penetrate the metal outer case).
     Reply
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    Image of geesejuggler geesejuggler
    08/14/09

    In reply to A Portable Hard Drive Shredder for Every Office!
    Finally, we have to the tools to fight Skynet!
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    08/14/09

    In reply to A Portable Hard Drive Shredder for Every Office!
    I'm gonna need this for the very sensitive data on my, uh, "friend"'s hard drive. Yes. Friend. He looks like me.
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    crashedpc - Haifisch was starred crashedpc - Haifisch was unstarred
    Image of Lamar Henderson Lamar Henderson
    08/14/09

    In reply to A Portable Hard Drive Shredder for Every Office!
    Hey, is that Perez Hilton in photo #5? So this is how he gets all his celebrity gossip.
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment Lamar Henderson was starred Lamar Henderson was unstarred
    Image of Sunshineyness Sunshineyness
    08/14/09

    In reply to A Portable Hard Drive Shredder for Every Office!
    Yeah, but isn't it funner to take 'em out back and smash them with a hammer or other such blunt instrument?

    ...or is that just me?
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    08/14/09

    @Sunshineyness: A friend of mine had a homemade 20lb mallet made of rock maple for just this purpose. We called it "The Mouse of Thor".
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    Image of marlowespade marlowespade
    08/14/09

    @Grey_Area: All I can think of is the scene from Office Space where they take a bat to the fax machine while gangster rap music plays.
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    ManchuCandidate promoted this comment marlowespade was starred marlowespade was unstarred
    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    08/14/09

    @marlowespade:
    PC LOAD LETTER???! WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!!?!?!?
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    08/14/09

    In reply to A Portable Hard Drive Shredder for Every Office!
    would also work on the office computers
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    Image of RenRen RenRen
    08/14/09

    In reply to A Portable Hard Drive Shredder for Every Office!
    Confusion.
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    RenRen was starred RenRen was unstarred
    Image of RenRen RenRen
    08/14/09

    In reply to A Portable Hard Drive Shredder for Every Office!
    Is this the second post with the same title? Or am I missing something?
     Reply
    RenRen was starred RenRen was unstarred
    Image of techgoddess: Only .002 cents per byte techgoddess: Only .002 cents per byte
    08/14/09

    In reply to A Portable Hard Drive Shredder for Every Office!
    You know, it'd be nice to actually see the pictures. :(
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    08/14/09

    @techgoddess: Crap. Let me fix.
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    08/14/09

    @techgoddess: Pics are fixed now!!!!
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    Image of UberScytheLord UberScytheLord
    08/14/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: You sure about that? I still can't see /sad face
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    Image of Scotland Scotland
    08/14/09


    @UberScytheLord: (click on the image)
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    Grey_Area promoted this comment Scotland was starred Scotland was unstarred
    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    08/14/09

    @Scotland: What a considerate lad!
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    Grey_Area was starred Grey_Area was unstarred
    Image of Scotland Scotland
    08/14/09

    @Grey_Area:
    Scotland: Helpful, funny/hilarious, intelligent, knowledgeable, awesome, modest ...
    And yet, no star :(

    However, (in this instance) I am willing to settle for a "thank you" from "UberScytheLord"
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment Scotland was starred Scotland was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    08/14/09

    @Scotland: Careful now, it's like asking for a tip...
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    Image of UberScytheLord UberScytheLord
    08/14/09

    @Scotland: You are my lord and savior.
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    Scotland promoted this comment UberScytheLord was starred UberScytheLord was unstarred
    Image of Scotland Scotland
    08/14/09

    @UberScytheLord: Your welcome.
    @ crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division You appear to be mistaken.
     Reply
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    Image of Mathmos Mathmos
    08/14/09

    In reply to A Portable Hard Drive Shredder for Every Office!
    Something similar would probably work on Johnny Mnemonic
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    Image of NefariousNewt NefariousNewt
    04/13/09

    In reply to SFWA Website Comes To Life, Starts Attacking Web Browsers
    Trojan, shmojan... they were just trying to see how many gullible, noob science fiction addicts they could fleece.
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    Image of corpore-metal corpore-metal
    04/13/09

    In reply to SFWA Website Comes To Life, Starts Attacking Web Browsers
    Tsk. So I hope they


    0) Examined their server side code for any cross-site scripting worms.


    1) Deloused all the site files.


    2) Moved the clean ones to a new server.


    3) Sterilized the old server before putting it back into duty.

     Reply
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/13/09

    @corpore-metal: That poor server! All naked and covered in chemicals and castrated!
     Reply
    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
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