Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Bruce Johnson > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > On Apr 6, 2009, at 11:17 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: > > > > > On Apr 6, 2009, at 10:34 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > >> The one time Hollyweird got it right was in the Mel Gibson movie > >> where > >> he had thermite charges wired to the top of his drives. > > > > > > NASA was able to salvage and recover the data off the HDs that burned > > up in the Columbia shuttle accident. > > The OUTSIDE of those drives was burned. The interior did have > recoverable information. > > This is what thermite does: > > <http://tinyurl.com/5dqxx5> > > When you've poured molten iron (melting point 1535 C) all over your > aluminum (MP 660 C) hard drive, you ain't recovering jack, especially > if you do it right and contain the reaction until it melts through the > platters. > > ______________________________________________ > > > "Thermite; when you care enough to melt the very best."
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