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Re: Where in Perth can I get one of those CD cracker/destroyer things?

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From: Ray Haddad
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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From: Ray Haddad <rhaddad@iexpress.net.au>
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Subject: Re: Where in Perth can I get one of those CD cracker/destroyer things?
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