Comment Re:Use your drill (Score 1) 1016
Yeah, for 1500 it'd be faster to find a shredder, but for the 5-10 a month I have to destroy, a drill works fine. And realistically, nobody's going to get any data from them.
Yeah, for 1500 it'd be faster to find a shredder, but for the 5-10 a month I have to destroy, a drill works fine. And realistically, nobody's going to get any data from them.
1/4" bit, drill 3 or 4 holes through the drive around the platter. Cost: zero. Time: about 1 minute per drive.
holy crap that was fast. Thanks!
I'd love one if they're still be given out - my username at gmail. Thanks!
Just as fair warning to any slashdotters that might follow that link, the bN discussion has gone from completely reasonable and sane, to a million monkeys on a million hits of acid with a million ping pong balls. Which is pretty good for that place
Back to the future 2 and 3 (one game) did this back in 1989, but the object was to avoid contact with yourself and in turn avoid blowing up the universe.
In Portland, Oregon, I have naked dsl through qwest and use dsl-only as my isp. They're great, by the way. Static IP and no bullshit. Qwest didn't give me any hassle about getting the line set up, and the whole process took about 1/2 hour. Lucky me, I guess.
How many NASA managers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? "That's a known problem... don't worry about it."