OT: Disposing Old Computer Parts

[John Vetterli]

On Wed, 6 Jun 2007, tleslie wrote:
> I am thinking for those who are in an apartment or don't have a heavy
> hammer ...
> what cheap chemical would wreck a disk?
> pool acid? or maybe something that would oxidize it quick?
> I am thinking there should be a product,
> something with a plastic bin, and a chemical,
> and you put the disk in , add chemical, shake,
> and 10 minutes later, a unrecoverable hard drive!!
> Preferably with a "green chemical".

Maybe manufacturers should start making hard drives with built-in "Destruct" 
buttons :)

JV
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