My kids (the 12-yr-old boy & 8-yr old girl) like to try and take turns with the sledgehammer. Of course, I usually end up doing the deed, but like Jack's idea, it is very satisfying and actually provides a great workout too! I also sight in my deer rifle with them, and use them for target practice when I'm shooting my .45. Fun!
Jim On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 08:28 -0500, Jack Coats wrote: > I agree with Sky. There used to be 'low level format' available on > cheap IDE controllers that worked pretty well. > > The best I remember seeing that kept the drive useable was an old > dos/windows program that did a 'distructive disk test' > that I used several times on different disks that were otherwise > un-recoverable anyway. I wish I could remember its name. > > You could build a small sh script to use dd to write some pattern till > it filled up a drive using different patterns on various passes, > but that is kind of a pain. If you are discarding a UNIX derivative, > just do a fresh install with a different type of file system. > > A good way to physically demolish one is to take it to your local > neighborhood blacksmith (I had one across the street when > I lived in Houston) and go with him to his forge. Melt the drive to a > nice pool of silicon and aluminum sludge. It is very satisfying. > It is really hard to recover data after that. > > Pouring the sludge into a nice paper weight, door stop, etc is also > fun. > > ... Actually a good coal fired BBQ of old disk drives behind the HC > one weekend could be a nice community support project! :) ... Then > cast them into trophies for 'worst security' to be handed out to folks > at the next Phreaknic > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
