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Article #17Re: Where in Perth can I get one of those CD cracker/destroyer things?
From: Ray Haddad
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 08:50
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 08:50
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On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:42:46 +0800, I said, "Pick a card, any card" and spodosaurus <spodosaurus@_yahoo_.com> instead replied: >Ray Haddad wrote: >> On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:59:52 +0800, I said, "Pick a card, any card" >> and spodosaurus <spodosaurus@_yahoo_.com> instead replied: >> >>>Patrick Hamlyn wrote: >>> >>>>spodosaurus <spodosaurus@_yahoo_.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>>I've seen these around in years passed. They look like a miniature >>>>>toasted sandwich maker. You put a data cd that you want to destroy >>>>>inside, close the lid, and squeeze the handles together and the device >>>>>cracks the cd. Where can I get one of these in Perth? I've checked one >>>>>officeworks and one kmart and neither had them, though I'm almost >>>>>certain when I first saw it it was at one of these places. >>>> >>>>Put the CD into your microwave and set on high. Set the timmer for 5 seconds. >>>>Press start, and admire the skyshow. >>>> >>>>You can safely discard the CD now in the knowledge that even the CIA can't >>>>recover data from it. >>>> >>>>PS don't blame me if your house burns down. >>> >>>We recently had a 'non microwaveable plastic' issue...I think I'll keep >>>looking for the device :-) With the damage to my hands working the >>>wiltshire heavy duty scissors is causing problems with so many old cds >>>and dvds to destroy, and a shredder that handles cds costs a minimum of >>>$369! >> >> Dick Smith has two different shredders that will do the job. Both >> can accept those 3.5inch diskettes with the metal bits left intact. >> Shreds them up into the raw atoms from whence they came, it does. >> >> I think they're about $100 at the moment. > >They do the floppies but do they do cd's as well? I just found this one >on the web (though it's not the device I originally posted about): They're made for all media including paper, Ari. They'll do the CDs quite nicely. Not worried about ASIO, are we? LOL -- Ray
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