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Modding A Paper Shredder

Posted by Hemos on from the zoom-zoom-zoom dept.

detaks writes "The university of alberta's undergraduate computing science student group modded the office shredder, with duct tape, 110volt case fans, and a athlon fan, to increase the speed of the paper shredder from 12 to 37 pages shredded before overheating. You can also read it in the google cache"

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  1. Enron et al. by andyrut · · Score: 5, Funny

    They can now cook their books in half the time!

    1. Re:Enron et al. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Wouldn't a reduction in heat augment the cooking time?

    2. Re:Enron et al. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Would that be the RIAA/MPAA equivalent of 3, or 4 shredders?

  2. Fans by Capt.+DrunkenBum · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe they should have used some of those fans, and the duct tape, and overclocked their server.

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    1. Re:Fans by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      POKE 65495,0 If you know what this does, you are as old and pathetic as I am

      Why would you want to overclock a Tandy? Buy a C64 so you can be l337 like me.

  3. Just goes to show you... by TechnoLust · · Score: 5, Funny
    It's really boring in Canada. ;-)

    Speaking of which, that's the last place you think of having cooling problems. Why not put the thing outside a save a few bucks?

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  4. Even better... by jonman_d · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...I'm scared to think of what these people would do to this poor shreader if they were introduced to liquid nitrogen cooling.

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  5. Re:Call me a troll, but ... by macdaddy357 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why not mod a shredder to look just like a fax machine. Take it to the office, and watch hilarity insue!

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  6. Jesus by poopdik · · Score: 3, Funny

    All it takes is mention of the words "case fan" for Slashdot to get a hardon and proclaim the story "news worthy".

  7. Re:Meh by Dr+Caleb · · Score: 3, Funny
    At least in Calgary we know how to spell

    But perhaps you should by a hockey team. :P

    (mistakes intentional, being from Edmonchuk n all.)

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  8. I'm reading.. by RumpRoast · · Score: 3, Funny
    Since we had yet to swap the motor with one more powerful, the shredding was trying our patients.

    I'd be afraid to go to this hospital.
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  9. I'm sure this was inspired.. by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...by an episode of Home Improvement.

    Soon we'll see a Slashback linking to the Darwin Awards.

  10. Leave it to CS students by I+Am+The+Owl · · Score: 3, Funny
    To be chugging bottled water instead of beer.

    Or is this a Canadian thing?

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  11. Not enough by select+*+from · · Score: 2, Funny
    It still isn't enough.

    It couldn't make it through the number of credit card offers I get in the mail everyday.

  12. Remember the movie Screamers? by jabber01 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nuff said

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  13. Underclocking by olddoc · · Score: 2, Funny

    You don't need 115v to shred! This is only crap the shredding industry feeds to you to get you to upgrade! Try running the motor with 80volts and see how long it will run. So it runs slower. You don't need a 3Ghz cpu either!

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