CD Shredder

[Teo Zenios]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Lawson" <jpl15 at panix.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 11:37 PM
Subject: Re: CD Shredder


>
>
> On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, Zane H. Healy wrote:
>
> > Now here is something I like the looks of.  At only $130, I'm really
tempted
> > to pick one up, it's perfect for destroying old data CD's.  I thought
others
> > here might be interested in as well.
>
>
>   Ya know - $130 bux out the door for a do-hickey that sort of embosses
the
> surfaces of a CD - so you can what...  store it in the "FUBAR CD" drawer?
> Run it thru that machine and then shitcan it?
>
>    I was going to make the same point that Ben made: scarf up on a
> garage-sale microvave for about .001 of the cost of the ShredderGoody(tm)
> and then have a great deal of fun pretending that they're the dying
> Enterprise, disintegrating in colorful flames as it makes it's last
> re-entry...
>
>    Now that's a truly nerdy way to 'format' a CDR...
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Rathuv Conn
>

What's wrong with just breaking the cd in 2 and tossing it in the trash? Or
if your a "girly man" (just a joke)  just scratch the data layer. Unless you
are doing top secret government work for a foreign nation nobody is going to
even try piecing the thing back together with high tech gear. $130 is just a
bit pricey for a cd shredder in my opinion. Oh, and for those who like to
nuke things that should not get nuked, does your food taste a bit strange
after you blast metal ions and pieces of carcinogenic polymer around in your
food warming machine?