OT: Disposing Old Computer Parts

[Colin McGregor]

--- James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> John Vetterli wrote:
> > 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 :)
> >
> 
> Just like in Mission Impossible.
> 
> "This drive will self destruct in 5 seconds."  Then
> all the smoke gets 
> let out of the components, causing them to fail. 
> ;-)

Of course everyone knows that computers run on smoke,
if the smoke escapes the machine stops working :-) .

Colin McGregor
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