Modding A Paper Shredder

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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Merry Christmas in over 350 languages!

[Anonymous Coward]

Acholi - Mot ki Yomcwing Botwo Me Mwaka Manyen Adhola - Wafayo Chamo Mbaga & Bothi Oro Manyeni Aeka- Keremisi jai be Afrikaans - Geseende Kerfees en 'n gelukkige nuwe jaar Ahtna - C'ehwggelnen Dzaen Albanian - Gëzuar Krishlindjet Vitin e Ri! Aleut - Kamgan Ukudigaa merry christmas, christmas, countdown to christmas, chanukah, kwanzaa, season's greetings Alsatian - E gueti Wïnâchte & E glecklichs Nej Johr! Alur - Wafoyo Kado Oro & Wafoyo Tundo Oro manyeni Alutiiq - Spraasnikam & Amlertut Kiaget! Amharic - Melkam Yelidet Beaal Amuesha - Yomprocha' ya' nataya Play our Holiday Concentration Game, click here Angami - U kenei Christmas mu teicie kes a-u sie teicie kesa-u sie niepete keluo shuzaie we Apache (Western) - Gozhqq Keshmish merry christmas, christmas, countdown to christmas, chanukah, kwanzaa, season's greetings Arabic - I'D Miilad Said ous Sana Saida Aragonese - Nabidà! & Goyosa Añada benién. merry christmas, christmas, countdown to christmas, chanukah, kwanzaa, season's greetings Aramaic - Edo bri'cho o rish d'shato brich'to! Aranés - Bon Nadau! Arawak - Aba satho niw jari da'wisida bon Armenian - Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Soorp Janunt Aromanian - Crãciunu hãriosu shi unu anu nãu, bunu! Asturian - Bones Navidaes & Gayoleru anu nuevu! Assamese - Rongaali Bihur xubhessaa lobo Ata - Maroyan na Pasko woy kaopia-an ng Bag-ong Tuig kaniyo't langon mga sulod Aukan - Wi e winsi i wan bun nyun yali Aymara - Sooma Nawira-ra Azeri - Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun merry christmas, christmas, countdown to christmas, chanukah, kwanzaa, season's greetings Bafut - Mboni Chrismen & Mboni Alooyefee Bahasa/Malaysia - Selamat Hari Natal dan Tahun Baru Bamoun - Poket Kristmet & Poket lum mfe Banen - Enganda ye hiono mes & Hion Hios Hes Bandang - Mbung Mbung Krismie & Mbung Mbung Ngouh Suiie merry christmas, christmas, countdown to christmas, chanukah, kwanzaa, season's greetings Basque - Zorionak eta Urte Berri On! Bassa - Ngand Nwi Lam & Mwi Lam Batak Karo - Mejuah-juah Ketuahen Natal Bemba - Kristu abe nenu muli ino nshiku nkulu ya Mwezi Belorussian - Winshuyu sa Svyatkami i z Novym godam! To view the flags and hear the anthems of these countries, click here. Bengali - Shuvo Baro Din - Shuvo Nabo Barsho Bhojpuri - Naya Sal Mubarak Ho Bicolano - Maugmang Capascuhan asin Masaganang Ba-gong Taon! merry christmas, christmas, countdown to christmas, chanukah, kwanzaa, season's greetings Bislama - Mi wisim yufala eerywan one gutfala Krismas & mo wan hapi New Year long Blaan - Pye duh di kaut Kristo klu munt ug Felemi Fali! Blackfoot - I'Taamomohkatoyiiksistsikomi Bohemian/Czech - Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a Stastny novy rok Brahui - Arkas caik xuda are Play our Holiday Concentration Game, click here Breton - Nedeleg laouen na bloav ezh mat Bulgarian - Chestita Koleda i Shtastliva Nova Godina Bulu - Duma e bo'o Bura - e be Zambe e Usa ma ka Kirisimassu merry christmas, christmas, countdown to christmas, chanukah, kwanzaa, season's greetings Catalan - Bon Nadal i feliç any nou! Cantonese - Seng Dan Fai Lok, Sang Nian Fai Lok Carib - Sirito kypoton ra'a merry christmas, christmas, countdown to christmas, chanukah, kwanzaa, season's greetings Carrier - Zoo dungwel & Soocho nohdzi doghel Carolinian - Ameseighil ubwutiiwel Layi Luugh me raagh fee The World's Main Languages Cebuano - Malipayong Pasko ug Bulahang Bag-ong Tuig! Chamorro - Filis Pasgua & Filis Anu Nuebo Chaha Bogem h n mh m & Boxem as nana-h m Chamba - Wi na ge nyare Su dome Kirismass Cherokee - Danistayohihv & Aliheli'sdi Itse Udetiyvsadisv Cheyenne - Hoesenestotse & Aa'e Emona'e Chichewa - Moni Wa Chikondwelero Cha Kristmasi Chiga - Mwebare khuhika - Ha Noel merry christmas, christmas, countdown to christmas, chanukah, kwanzaa, season's greetings Choctaw - Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito Cornish - Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth Play our Holiday Concentration Game, click here Corsican - Bon Natale e Bon capu d' annu Cree - Mitho Makosi Kesikansi Creek - Afvcke Nettvcakorakko Merry Christmas Creole/Seychelles - Bonn e Erez Ane Croatian - Sretan Bozic Merry Christmas Dagbani - Ni ti Burunya Chou & Mi ti yuun Damara/Nama - Khiza Danish - Glædelig Jul og godt nytår Click on any language Name for detailed information Dibabawon - Marayaw na Pasko aw Bag-ong Tui g kaniyo tibo na mga soon Dinka - Miet puou yan dhiedh Banyda tene Yin Dine/Navajo - Ya'at'eeh Keshmish Divehi - Ufaaveri aa ahareh Happy New Year Dschang - Chrismi a lekah Nguo Suieh Duri - Christmas-e- Shoma Mobarak Happy New Year Dutch - Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! Egyptian - Colo sana wintom tiebeen English - Merry Christmas & Happy New Year The History of The Christmas Card Eritrean - Rehus-Beal-Ledeat Esperanto - Gajan Kristnaskon & Bonan Novjaron Estonian - Rõõmsaid Jõulupühi ja Head uut aastat Éwé - Blunya na wo Ewondo - Mbemde abog abyali nti! Mbembe Mbu! Faroese - Gledhilig jól og eydnurikt nýggjár! Fali - Use d'h Krismass Farsi - Sal-e no mubarak Fijian - Me Nomuni na marau ni siga ni sucu dei na yabaki vou Finnish - Hyvää Joulua or Hauskaa Joulua - 0nnellista uutta vuotta Flemish - Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar French - Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année! Frisian - Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier! Friulian - Bon Nadâl e Bon An Gnûf Fulfulde - Jabbama be salla Kirismati Gaddang - Mangamgam Bawa a dawun sikua diaw amin Galician - Bon Nadal e Bo Ani Novo Gari - !Soalokia God i gotu vasau, mi lao ke ba na rago vanigira ara dou i matana! Gciriku - Mfiyawidi yaKrisimisa & Marago ghaMwaka waUpe Georgian - Gilotsavt Krist'es Shobas & Gilosavt akhal ts'els German - Froehliche Weihnachten und ein glückliches Neues Jahr! Gikuyu - Gia na Thigukuu njega Na MwakaM weru wi Gikeno Gitskan - Hisgusgitxwsim Ha'niisgats Christ gankl Ama Sii K'uuhl! Golin - Yesu kule nongwa kaun umaribe ongwa ena mone di mile wai wen milo Greek - Kala Christougenna Ki'eftihismenos O Kenourios Chronos Greenlandic - Juullimi Ukiortaassamilu Pilluarit Guahibo - Pexania Navidadmatacabi piginia pexaniapejanawai paxainaename Guambiano - Navidadwan Tabig tugagunrrigay & Sru pilawan kasrag utunrrigay Guarani - Avyaitete ahi ko Tupa ray arape qyrai Yy Kapyryin rira To view the flags and hear the anthems of these countries,click here. Guarayu - Imboeteipri tasecoi Tupa i vave! & Ivve ava Tupa rembiaisu toyuvirecoi turpi oyeaisusa pipe! Gujarati - Natal ni shub kaamnao & Saal Mubarak Gwere - Osusuku Omusa & Masuke Omwaka Gwich'in - Drin tsal zhit shoh ohlii & Drin Choo zhit zhoh ohlii Han - Drin tsul zhit sho ahlay & Drin Cho zhit sho ahlay Hausa - Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara! Hawaiian - Mele Kalikimaka & Hauoli Makahiki Hou Haya - Waihuka na Noeli & Waihhuka n 'Omwaka Hebrew - Mo'adim Lesimkha. Shanah Tova Heiban - Ati kalo gathje uwa gigih Herero- Okresmesa ombwa Ombura ombe ombwa Play our Holiday Concentration Game, click here Hiligaynon - Malipayon nga paskua & Malipayon Nga Bag-ong tuig Hindi - Shubh Naya Baras Holo - Seng-tan khoai-lok! Hmong - Nyob Zoo Xyoo Tahiab Hungarian - Kellemes karácsonyi ünnepeket és Boldog újévet! Hungduan - Maphon au nitungawan. Apo Dios Kituwen baron di toon Iban - Selamat Ari Krismas enggau Taun Baru Ibanag - nga Pascua Icelandic - Gleðileg Jól og Farsaelt Komandi ár! Igbo - Ekelere m gi maka Keresimesi na ubochi izizi afo ozo Ikiribati - Te Mauri, Te Raoi ao Te Tabomoa nakoimi nte Kirimati ao te Ririki ae Bou Ilocano - Naimbag a Pascua ken Naragsac nga Baro nga Tawen! Imbongu - Gotenga malo Jisasi Karaist Indonesian - Selamat Hari Natal & Selamat Tahun Baru Inupiaq - Annaurri Aniruq & Paglaun Ukiutchiaq Inupiatun - Quvianaq Agaayuniqpak Iraqi - Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah Irish - Nollaig Shona Dhuit Iroquois - Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson homungradon nagwutut & Ojenyunyat osrasay Italian - Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo Japanese - Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto Javanese - Sugeng Natal lan warsa enggal Jèrriais - Bouan Noué et Bouanne Année Kabyle - Assegwas ameggaz Kadazan - Kotobian Tadau Do Krimas om Toun Vagu Kahua - Na vagevageha surireua na Kirisimasi ma na harisi naoru Kala Lagaw Ya - Ngi ngayka Koei trimal Kaz Kambaata - eman haaro wegga illisholce Kamba - Ithiwa na Kisimsi Kiseo & Na Mwaka Mweu Museo Click on any language Name for detailed information Kannada - Hosa Varushada Subhasayagalu Karelian - Rastawanke Sinun, Uvven Vuvenke Sinun Kaqchiquel - Dios tik'ujie' avik'in Kashmiri - Christmas Id Mubarak Kawalib - Amirnar Krismas Gi Khasi - Krismas basuk & Snem thymmai basuk Kinyarwanda - Umunsi Mwiza Kirundi - Noeli Nziza & Umwaka Mwiza Kom - Isangle Krismen & Isangle beng i fue Konkoni - Khushal borit Natalam Korafe - Keremisi ewewa Korean Sung Tan Chuk Ha Kosraean - Tok Tapeng & Engan ya sasu Koyukon - Denaahto' Hoolaank Dedzaanh Sodeelts'eeyh Krio - Appi Krismes en Appi Niu Yaa Kuanua - A Bona Lukara na Kinakava Please send us your additions or corrections. Kurdish - Seva piroz sahibe u sersala te piroz be Kwangali - Kerekemisa zongwa & Erago moMumvho gomupe Kyrghyz - JangI jIlIngIz guttuu bolsun! Ladin - Bon Nadel y Bon Ann Nuef Lakota - Wanikiya tonpi wowiyuskin & Omaka teca oiyokipi Lamnsó - Kisheri ke Kisimen & Vijung ve kiya kefiyki Lango - Afoyo Chamo Mwake & Apoyo Mwaka Manyeni Play our Holiday Concentration Game, click here Latin - Pax hominibus bonae voluntatis Latvian - Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu!+ Lausitzian - Wjesole hody a strowe nowe leto Lebanese - Milad Saeed wa Sanaa Mubarakah Lithuanian - Linksmu Kaledu ir laimingu Nauju metu Livonian - Jovi talshpivdi un Vondzist uto aigasto Lower Tanana - Bet'oxdilt'ayi bedena' ch'exulanhde dranh ninoxudedhet To view the flags and hear the anthems of these countries, click here. Lozi - Kilisimasi ya nyakalalo & Silimo se sinca sa tabo Luganda - Amazalibwa Agesanyu & N'Omwaka Omujaa Ogwemirembe Luhya - Isuguku Indahi & Nu Muhiga Musha Luo - Sikuku Mar Higa Kod Mor & Mar Kiga Manyien Luritja - Wai! Nyuntu Larya? Luxembourgeois - Schéi Krëschtdeeg an e Schéint Néi Joer Macedonian - Srekan Bozik I Nova Godina Madura - Pada salamet sabhala bengko areja Makassar - Salama' Natal & Selamat Tahun baru The History of The Christmas Card Malagasy - Arahaba tratry ny Krismasy Mambwe - Kristu aye namwe umu nsikunkulu ino iya Mwezi Malayan - Selamat Hari Natal Malayalam - Puthuvalsara Aashamsakal Maltese - Nixtieqlek Milied Tajjeb u Sena Tajba Mandarin - Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan Mandobo - Mepiya Pagasaulog sa pagka-otawni Jesus aw maontong kaling Omay! Mangyan - Mayad paq Pasko kag Mansaka - Madyaw na Pasko aw malipayong Bag-ong Tuig kamayo, mga lumon The World's Main Languages Manx - Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa Maori - Kia orana e kia manuia rava i teia Kiritimeti e te Mataiti Ou Marathi - Shub Naya Varsh Margi - Use aga Kirismassi Marshallese - Monono ilo raaneoan Nejin & Jeramman ilo iio in ekaal Mataco-Mataguayo - Lesilatyaj ihi Dios ta i ppule ye, Letamsek ihi wichi ta Dios ikojejthi ta i honat e Maya/Yucateco - Utzul mank'inal Click on any language Name for detailed information Medlpa - Enim Mutuiyo! Meithei - Krismas Hlomum & Kumthar Lawmum Mingrelian - k'irses mugoxuamant & axal ts'anas mugoxuamant Mongolian - Zul saryn bolon shine ony mend devshuulye Monégasque - Festusu Natale e Bona ana noeva Moro - Nidli pred naborete nano Moru - Medu amiri ovuru Yesu opi amaro Muyu - Lip Ki amun aa Natal Kowe Naasioi - Tampara Kirisimaasi Naskapi - miywaaitaakun mikusaanor & kiyaa maamiyupiyaakw minuwaach pipuun Ndjem - Mbeya mbeya Ebiel & Mbeya mbeya mbu Play our Holiday Concentration Game, click here Ndogo - Esimano olyaKalunga gwokombandambanda! & Nombili kombanda yevi maantu e ya hokwa! Ndonga - Okrismesa iwa & Omude Mupe wa Punikwa Nepali - krist Yesu Ko Shuva Janma Utsav Ko Upalaxhma Hardik Shuva & Naya Barsa Ko harkik Shuvakamana Newari - Nhu Da Ya Vintuna Nii - Nim Ono Niuean - Monuina a Aho Kilisimasi mo e Tau Foou Norweigan/Nynorsk - Eg ynskjer hermed Dykk alle ein God Jul og Godt Nyttår Norweigan/Bokmål - God Jul og Godt Nyttår Notu/Ewage - Keremisi dave be Nyanja - Kristu akhale ndi inu munyengo ino ya Christmas Nyankore Mukhulukhe Omwaka Occitan - Polit nadal e bona annada Ojibwe (Chippewa) - Niibaa' anami'egiizhigad & Aabita Biboon Oneida - Wanto'wan amp; Hoyan Oriya - Sukhamaya christmass ebang khusibhara naba barsa Orokaiva - Keremisi javotoho Oromo - baga wagaa hara isinin gaye Palauan - Ungil Kurismas Pompangan - Malugud Pascu at saca Masayang Bayung Banua! Pangasinan - Maabig ya pasko & Maliket ya balon taon Papiamento - Bon Pasco i Feliz Aña Nobo Pashto - De Christmas akhtar de bakhtawar au newai kal de mubarak sha. Pennsylvania German - En frehlicher Grischtdaag unen hallich Nei Yaahr! Pohnpeian - Peren en Krismas & Peren en Parakapw Polish - Wesolych Swiat i Szczesliwego Nowego Roku. Portuguese - Boas Festas e um feliz Ano Novo Punjabi - Nave sal di mubaraka Pashto - Christmas Aao Ne-way Kaal Mo Mobarak Sha Q'anjob'al - chi woche swatx'ilal hak'ul yet yalji Komami' Quechua - Sumaj kausay kachun Navidad ch'sisipi & Mosoi Watapi sumaj kausay kachun Quiche' - Dioa kkje' awuk' Rapa-Nui - Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi & Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua Rarotongan - Kia akakakaia te Atua i runga i te rangi Teitei, e ei au to to teianei ao, e kia aroaia mai te tangata nei. Rengma - Anu keghi Christmas nu amapi kethighi wa salam pi nthu chupenle To view the flags and hear the anthems of these countries, click here. Rheto-Romance - Bella Festas daz Nadal ed in Ventiravel Onn Nov Romani - Bachtalo krecunu Thaj Bachtalo Nevo Bers Romanian - Craciun fericit si un An Nou fericit! Rongmei - Mei kathui nata neila mei Khrisrmas akhatni gai mei tingkum kathan tu-na arew we Roviana - Mami tataru Kirisimasi koa gamu doduru meke qetu qetu vuaheni vaqura ia Russian - Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva i s Novim Godom Salar - YangI yilingiz gotlI bulsIn! Sambal - Maligayang Pasko at Masayang Ba-yon Taon! Sámi - Buorit Juovllat ja Buorre Oddajahki Saamia - Muwule Omwaka Enjaya Samoan - Ia manuia le Kilisimasi ma le tausaga fou Sango -Gloire na Nzapa na ndouzou aho kouè, Na siriri na ndo sessé na popo ti ajo so amou nguia na Lo. Santali - Raska nawa Serma Saramaccan - Nuan wan suti jai o! Sardinian - Bonu nadale e prosperu annu nou The World's Main Languages Scots Gaelic - Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ur! Secoya -Sihuanu'u Ejaerepa aide'ose'ere & Sihuana'u huaje ametecahue Semandang - Selemat gawai Natal Seneca - a:o'-e:sad yos-ha:-se:' Serbian - Sretan Bozic. Vesela Nova Godine Sicilian - Bon Natali e Prosperu Annu Novu ! Sinhala - Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa Slavey - Teyatie Gonezu Soga - Mwisuka Sekukulu Songe - Kutandika kua Yesu kuibuwa! & Kipua kipia kibuwa! The History of The Christmas Card Sorani - Newroz le to Piroz be Sorbian - Wjesole hody a strowe Nowe leto. Somali - ciid wanaagsan iyo sanad cusub oo fiican. Sotho/North - Mahlatsi a Matswalo a Morena le Ngwaga o Moswa Sotho/South - Litakalerso Tse Monate Tsa Kere Semese Le Mahlohonolo a Selemo Se Secha Slovakian - Vesele Vianoce a stastny novy rok Slovene - Vesele bozicne praznike in srecno novo leto Sorbian - Wjesole hody a strowe Nowe leto Spanish - Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo Click on any language Name for detailed information Sranan - Wan switi kresneti nanga wan bun nyun yari! Subanen - Piak Pasko Pu Piag Bago Tawn Sudanese - Wilujeng Natal Sareng Warsa Enggal Happy New Year Suena - Kerisimasi kokopai Surigaonon - Malipayon na pasko sanan bag-on tuig! Happy New Year Swahili - Krismas Njema Na Heri Za Mwaka Mpya Swedish - God Jul och Gott Nytt År Tagalog - Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon Tahitian - Ia ora i te Noere e ia ora na i te matahiti 'api Tagakaulu - Madyaw Pagsalog sa Pagka-otaw ni Jesus & Aw mauntong na bago Umay! Tala Andig - Maayad ha pasko daw bag-ong tuig merry christmas, christmas, countdown to christmas, chanukah, kwanzaa, season's greetings Tamazight - Asseggwas Ameggaz merry christmas, christmas, countdown to christmas, chanukah, kwanzaa, season's greetings Tarifit - Asuggas Asa'di Tamil - Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal Tanaina - Natukda Nuuphaa Please send us your additions or corrections. Tayal - Pqaquasta ta. Pquasta hentang na Jesu Telugu - Nootana Samvatchara Subhakanshalu Thai - Suksan Wan Christmas lae Sawadee Pee Mai Tlingit - Xristos Khuwdziti kax sh kaxtoolxetl Tok Pisin - Meri Krismas & Hepi Nu Yia Tokelau - Ke whakamanuia te Kirihimahi & Tauhaga Fou fiafia Tonga - Kristo abe anduwe muciindo ca Christmas Tongan - Kilisimasi Fiefia & Ta'u fo'ou monu ia Toraja - Salama' Natal & Selama' taun baru Trukese - Neekirissimas annim oo iyer seefe feyiyeech! Tshiluba - Diledibua dilenga dia Mfumu - Tshidimu tshipia - tshipia th silenga Tswana - Keresemose o monate le masego a ngwaga o montsha Tubetube - Yayaliyaya Yesu sikabi kaiwena Tumbuka - Kristu wabe namwe munyengo ya Christmas Turkish - Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun Tutchone/Northern - Ut'ohudinch'i Hulin Dzenu & Eyum nan ek'an nenatth'at danji te yesohuthin ch'e hadaatle sh'o Ukrainian - Veseloho Vam Rizdva i Shchastlyvoho Novoho Roku! Umbundu - Natale, Natale, Oyo O Natale & Eteke Lio Bowano, Illimo Ciwa To view the flags and hear the anthems of these countries, click here. Urdu - Naya Saal Mubarak Ho Uvean - Italo fa ide tau fou nei eseke Uyghur - YanghI yiling ahlqIs bolgey! Valencian - Bon Nadal i millor any nou Vespi - Rastvoidenke i Udenke Vodenke Vietnamese - Chuc Mung Giang Sinh - Chuc Mung Tan Nien Happy New Year Votian - Yvaa rashtagoa! & Yvaa uutta vootta! Season's Greetings Waray-Waray - Maupay nga Pasko ngan Mainuswagon nga Bag-o nga Tuig! Warlpiri - Miri Kirijimiji & Nyuntunpa Ngurrju nyayirni yapa The World's Main Languages Welsh - Nadolig LLawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda Yup'ik/Central - Alussistuaqegcikici Yupik/Siberian - Quyanalghii Kuusma & Quyangalleq Nutaghamun Aymiqulleq Xhosa - Siniqwenelela Ikrisimesi EmnandI Nonyaka Omtsha Ozele Iintsikelelo Namathamsanqa Happy Chanukah Yiddish - Gute Vaynakhtn un a Gut Nay Yor Happy Hanukkah Yoruba - E ku odun, e hu iye' dun! Zarma - Barka da Issa hay-yan hann & Barka da djiri barey-yan Zaza - Newroz'a tu Piroz be Zia - Kerisimasi wosewa Zime - El ma ka bar vra aso vei Lu & El ma ka kim na mireu Zulu - Sinifesela Ukhisimusi Omuhle Nonyaka Omusha Onempumelelo

Enron et al.

[andyrut]

They can now cook their books in half the time!

Re:Enron et al.

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Re:Enron et al.

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Re:Enron et al.

[spike hay]

They should use the excess heat of the shredder to set MORE paper on fire!!!

Re:Enron et al.

[slickwillie]

I just ordered the shredding attachment for my HP printer. Just print and shred at the same time.

Re:Enron et al.

[CPM User]

You're imagining a Beowulf cluster of these, I presume ?

all i wanted for xmas

[munch0wnsy0u]

was a first post

Sounds interesting

[os2fan]

Can you imagine this in the hands of the corporate people who want to "cover" their paper tracks - I shudder to think this is what is becomming of the world

Re:Sounds interesting

[angle_slam]

Not interesting at all. Anyone who really needs to shred documents will purchase a high-volume shredder, such as those found on Papershredders.com, instead of modding a personal shredder.

Re:Sounds interesting

[chimpo13]

Duh, I don't get it.

I followed your link thinking it'd be something funny, but no go. I was fooled by your "not interesting at all" assuming you were kidding.

I don't understand what's so funny about the Knights Who Say Nee. There's no point in modding a personal nee when a professional model is readibly available for anyone who needs to say nee.

Re:Sounds interesting

[angle_slam]

Duh, I don't get it. I followed your link thinking it'd be something funny, but no go. I was fooled by your "not interesting at all" assuming you were kidding. I don't understand what's so funny about the Knights Who Say Nee. There's no point in modding a personal nee when a professional model is readibly available for anyone who needs to say nee.

Sorry if you expected humor in my post. There are quite a few, "hehe, what if Enron had this" posts which are completely unfunny. Just thought I'd point out that there are genuine heavy-duty shredders available out there.

The original article was obviously a joke and really didn't belong on /. The Enron jokes were even stupider.

Re:Sounds interesting

[chimpo13]

You're right. I can't stand to see funny articles on /. Especially around Christmas time.

You knew from the title that you couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting an Enron joke, but the modded shredder was funny. But I also think the 3 Stooges are funny. You should probably avoid them too.

Merry Christmas though! I'm about to take off and eat pizza with friends. Take care.

Re:Sounds interesting

[Anonymous Coward]

Shut up.

big deal

[Anonymous Coward]

Just burn all the important docs at once instead of using fans to keep the motor on theirs from catching fire.

Re:big deal

[mr. methane]

My friend, burning documents is so... well, out of style.

I have worked not only for an insurance company, but an energy company as well. I *know* my shredders. When the lobby security people call you to tell you that the DA is on his way up with a subpeona, who has time to light a fire? Not to mention the field day that the fire marshal would have.

Computer printouts. Three-ring binders. Who has time to unclip them and feed a few sheets at a time when half a dozen ex-Andersen employees have mobbed the shredder and you can't get your Important Documents to it in time?

Here's where you go: Pacific Compactor

Just look at that baby. Able to turn an indictment worth of well-cooked books into environmentally-friendly waste in mere seconds.

When it's your next 3-5 years on the line, you don't want anything but the best.

only kidding

Already!!??

[Anonymous Coward]

Slashdotted already? Before any comments were posted?

Wow. Either that, or the link, is, well, wrong...

Re:Already!!??

[Anonymous Coward]

No kidding, that was fast. I wonder whether the linker pointed to Google cache expecting such interest to modded paper shredders.

Re:Already!!??

[tomhartung]

It's worth grabbing the google cache version, the author has a sense of humor: "At a total of 7 fans we had more than the Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn."

Re:Already!!??

[Anonymous CowWord]

Either that, or the link, is, well, wrong... W Shatner? is that you?!

Fans

[Capt. DrunkenBum]

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

Re:Fans

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Re:Fans

[vistic]

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

Hey I'm only 21 and I know what it does. My CoCo2 was my first computer. (Now I also have a CoCo3 with 512k.)

Re:Fans

[tknorris]

Wow, what a blast from the past. I haven't seen that in years. And the amazing thing is it made the CoCo run at the blistering speed of 1.8 MHz. Ahhh..Life was so much simpler then.

Re:Fans

[rehannan]

If you you're refering to the "modded the office shredder" link, the url is incorrect. It's pretty hard to /. a server that doesn't exist. Remove the "www." bit.

Re:Fans

[zzendpad]

poke 36878,1

it's etched into my brain for all eternity.

along with 208057040540

ahhh, good times.

Re:Fans

[nhaines]

I'm 22 and that was my first computer, as well. I got it for my 10th birthday, and loved the thing. So now I can still program as a hobby (just QuickBASIC stuff and a little VB--for really quick hacks to do little things, and my last program was written back in May). But while I recognize the instruction and address, I don't, however, remember just what it did. :) Not ASM stuff, I don't think.

Re:Fans

[vistic]

I don't remember when we got it... I mostly used it for games.

As I recall my favorite was Pooyan by Konami on cassette (CLOADM "POOYAN"). But I also had (well, I still have all this stuff) a bunch og cartridges like Demon Attack and Dragonfire... Imagic made the best ones.

Duct Tape!

[core plexus]

Duct Tape, of course! Ever see the Red Green Show? Now all they need are some blue tarps.

Re:Duct Tape!

[Anonymous Coward]

red green show was the best show ever when i still watched tv
fin.

Re:Duct Tape!

[hitzroth]

"If they don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy."

Re:Duct Tape!

[m.e.l.l.e.n.t.i.n.e]

Red was not the coolest person on that show I'm afraid. It's all about Harold and his section of the show about teenagers. Did anyone see the episode when he was trying to start a rock band?

Re:Duct Tape!

[Dr Caleb]

and always keep your stick on the ice.

Re:Duct Tape!

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm glad you chose to point out to the Slashdot audience that you don't watch television anymore. Most readers may recognize your complete superiority. However, I insist that I am far superior to even you, as I don't watch television OR use the Internet.

Re:Duct Tape!

[Guipo]

they did use a shower curtain, does that count?

Re:Duct Tape!

[devmike]

and may we all join in the great pledge:

I'm a man.

but I can change,

if I have to,

I guess.

We could've used this!

[Jon Abbott]

If only Enron and Worldcom had invested in this new type of shredder, they would still be in business!

Re:We could've used this!

[RubberDuckie]

No, they still would have gone bankrupt. The muckie-mucks would just have gotten away with driving their companies out of business.

Call me a troll, but ...

[lethargic]

Call me a troll, but what is so special about this? :) Their server appears to be down, so I can't read the article to find out.

Re:Call me a troll, but ...

[SoCalChris]

Hey troll, why should I think you were even going to read the article, since you obviously didn't even read the whole post? The second sentence in the post refers to the Google cache that Hemos thoughtfully provided since he knew the server would probably go down.

Re:Call me a troll, but ...

[lethargic]

hmmmmmm, and *now* I see the link to the google cache. Atleast the article is meant to be humourous, not something half-serious. :)

Re:Call me a troll, but ...

[macdaddy357]

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

Re:Call me a troll, but ...

[Sh0t]

Now that made me chuckle.
That would be a cool episode for an "Office Pranks" show.

Re:Call me a troll, but ...

[Anonymous Coward]

The server is not down, the link was just incorrect. It should look more like this

Just goes to show you...

[TechnoLust]

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?

Re:Just goes to show you...

[IIRCAFAIKIANAL]

Actually, in my city (Calgary) we don't even have snow yet. We're having a very brown Christmas this year.

When I used to live in Edmonton there were snowdrifts over my head - course, I was four feet tall then. Quite warm and dry these last few years.

Re:Just goes to show you...

[Capt. DrunkenBum]

Because Duct Tape doesn't stick when it is VERY cold... Don't you know anything important? :)

Re:Just goes to show you...

[Dr Caleb]

That's why we invented spit and binder twine.
That'll hold till spring.

Re:Just goes to show you...

[Anonymous Coward]

Then you use the REAL duct tape, not the silly cloth-backed plastic stuff, the REAL metal foil tape.

Still can't apply it in the cold, but it will stick in very cold, very hot, or very humid weather.

Re:Just goes to show you...

[Stonent1]

POKE 65495,0

If the shredder had a 6809E processor in it, this command would double it's speed!

Re:Just goes to show you...

[terrymr]

Thanks for reminding me - I was wondering what the significance of that was. I remember now. ARRRRGGHHHHHHH!!!

Re:Just goes to show you...

[Dexx]

In Edmonton it just started getting cold (below -10) in the last few days. No serious snow yet though.

And just so I'm OT, I'm tempted to swing by a store and try this out over the holidays. Hmm - would this help compact some of that excess wrapping paper?

Re:Just goes to show you...

[Anonymous Coward]

What's wrong with a brown Christmas? Are you racist?

Re:Just goes to show you...

[Idarubicin]

Just goes to show you...It's really boring in Canada.

Tell me about it. At my school (University of Waterloo, in Ontario), we celebrated Halloween by blowing up pumpkins using liquid nitrogen. (Sealed vessels of liquid nitrogen can rupture catastrophically.) Here's a direct link to the video. It's rather low res (the video was captured using a digital camera from a safe(?) distance away) but you get the idea. I like the remark at 1:12: "That went right through our spectator area..."

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?

Where do you think we got the liquid nitrogen? ;)

Re:Just goes to show you...

[Kompressor]

No snow here in Edmonton ATM either. Must be this "Global Warming" thing that Ralphie is refusing to acknowledge. I sure as hell recall snowdrifts taller than I was at this time of year when I was in grade 3.

FOR SALE: Like new!

[nrvous6]

One heavy duty paper shredder, for all you CFO's needs. Cut your bottom line in half, literally!!!

Why We Fight

[Anonymous Coward]

Lest we forget why we have been fighting the al Qaeda terrorists and are now ready to invade Iraq, we should remember some basic facts about the present war.

What is its immediate cause?

About a year and a half ago, Middle Eastern terrorists -- at a time of peace and without provocation -- simply murdered 3,000 Americans. They blew up four airliners together with their crews and passengers, toppled the World Trade Center, and attacked the Pentagon. In addition, they caused billions of dollars in damage to the American economy, threw millions out of work, and forever changed the daily lives of an entire country and of much of the world besides.

Why did they attack us in such a manner?

Our enemies struck at icons of American economic and military power and used terror in lieu of conventional weapons and tactics. Knowing they could not defeat the United States military or appeal for support to the American people, they thought to create a climate of horror and fear to further their own political agendas. Perhaps we were supposed to quietly withdraw our troops from the Middle East, insist on concessions for Yasser Arafat, and grant de facto spheres of influence to al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas, and other terrorist groups. Yet just as the fundamentalists gave us no thanks for saving Muslims in Kosovo, Bosnia, Kuwait, and Somalia, so too they would have looked at such dispensation as decadent compassion and been emboldened rather than appreciative.

But who exactly are our enemies?

The hard-core group of Islamic fascists, known as al-Qaeda, involves perhaps no more than 10,000 or 20,000 loosely coordinated killers. But like the Italian fascists, German Nazis, and Japanese militarists, their largely pampered leaders hope to capitalize on latent anger against the West among Islamic populations at large -- to bully, threaten, or hijack weak regimes in the Middle East to obtain de facto political power. Post-9/11 cheering on the West Bank or amused smiles in the salons of Beirut and Cairo were seen as initial successes. Without at least tacit support from civilians, the terrorists could not exist.

What do they really want?

It is hard to tell, inasmuch as their grandiose schemes are as illogical as Hitler's -- but no less dangerous. But if we take them at their word, their Middle East would look something like the Taliban's Afghanistan or the mullahs' Iran -- a vast tribal, patriarchal, and theocratic society on a continental scale. It would be run by zealots and religious extremists who would institute a medieval sort of Islamic law, even as the leaders themselves, like Ottoman grandees of old, would continue to be parasitic on the West -- importing their own eyeglasses, medicines, videos, and electronic technology. Politically, they would hope to expand on the model of Iranian theocracy and terror, using vast oil revenues to buy missiles and eventually components for nuclear weapons -- first to obliterate Israel, then to either blackmail or attack us. The ultimate goals of demented thugs like a Mullah Omar or bin Laden are, of course, contradictory and absurd -- how can one hate and wish to destroy the West, when it is the only source of everything one uses -- from oil-drilling equipment and SUVs to machine guns and cell phones? So they are a lot like the Visigoths and Vandals who liked the appurtenances of Rome yet on their own accord could not create, but only ransack them. Take a look at present-day Iran and recent Afghanistan to ponder the ruin and barbarity that their rule could bring to hundreds of millions in just a few years.

Do they have any support?

Criminals like these at first never have real support. But if, like a Hitler or Mussolini, they demonstrate success in stirring up resentments and winning concessions from supposedly weak enemies, then they can win over the masses through their ardor and élan. Most people usually welcome a sense of increased national importance and pride on the cheap -- as long as it does not entail real costs. So al Qaeda is like the Nazi party circa 1926, in a high-stakes game for the hearts and minds of the so-called Arab street, which so far likes the rhetoric but is not yet sure of the eventual price tag. Blowing up Jewish kids in schools or shooting a few unarmed Americans is easy and plays well, but being barred from traveling to Europe or America, earning ostracism from the World Bank, and having your entire military obliterated in mere hours -- all that and more requires some careful consideration. Wearing a bin Laden T-shirt or bragging that Saddam Hussein stands up to a strong America afraid to use its power is one thing; seeing GPS bombs glide through the windows of mansions in Lebanon and Syria is another.

But why would any in the Middle East follow such a pitiful band of cutthroats?

Fear, for starters -- the terrorists can murder newspaper editors, government officials, or military officers who oppose them. Despair plays a role too among the Arab dispossessed. Over 300 million in the Middle East live under regimes that are corrupt and tribal, dysfunctional autocracies without elections or the rule of law. With rising populations and failing economies, despots can only defer reform by using their state-run presses to vent tension against those more successful, such as Israel and the West. Hating the Jews is old stuff for the weak and envious, and so apparently is despising the country that gives you Star Wars, 757s, and vaccinations. A mass, crybaby adolescence has infected the Middle East. At first this pathetic, passive-aggressive view of the West intrigued Americans, then it disturbed them; but now it has become not merely tedious, but downright repellent to us. There are root causes for the spread of terror, but they are entirely self-induced.

So who are we really at war with?

We fight first the terrorist nucleus, and so must hunt all of them down in a global chase where there is little quarter asked for or given. Further, radical regimes that in the past have harbored terrorists, stockpiled frightening weapons, and are either openly or covertly aiding al Qaeda must be confronted to change or be vanquished. In the past where would an Abu Nidal or Abu Abbas have gone without a haven in Syria, Libya, or Iraq?

Who is winning?

It is not even close so far. After little more than a year, and at a cost of fewer than 100 American casualties, al Qaeda is about half ruined. The Taliban is gone. Iraq is terrified. And equally awful regimes like those in Syria, Iran, and Libya are apprehensive precisely because they know they are guilty of spreading murder and mayhem against Western innocents. We know where the terrorists thrive -- in outlaw states like an Afghanistan, Somalia, or Sudan, theocracies like Iran, or dictatorships like Iraq. When those regimes are either gone or reformed, the world of our enemies shrinks.

Could we lose?

Militarily, no. Their only hope is to frighten or demoralize us to such a degree that in our wealth and leisure we feel too afraid, smug, or distracted to take them seriously. So far only about 10 percent of Americans -- naively hoping that compromises could guarantee our security -- would throw in the towel, withdraw, hand over a sixth of the world to them, and thus grant them the power to do the greater evil that they wish.

How will we know when the war is over?

When Europeans and Americans are no longer rounding up terrorists in their countries, when mullahs and sheiks are quite afraid to broadcast calls to kill Americans, and when so-called allies volunteer their help without our own bribes and coercion. I might add, also, when an American diplomat, without qualification or embarrassment, says publicly that he has nothing but support for Israelis who hunt down killers and terrorists. In other words, we will win when a sense of deterrence -- lost during the last decades -- is reestablished, one that sends the message to our would-be enemies that the killing of Americans is synonymous with their own near-instantaneous destruction. The Nazis and the Japanese militarists alike came to realize the Americans were not necessarily pacifistic and malleable people, but rather scary and unpredictable; al Qaeda's supporters must come to the same conclusion.

But won't they just attack us again and again?

War is tragically endemic to the human condition. We can only do our best in our own time as befitting our station and pass on our lessons to the next generation -- even though we sometimes forgot such precepts ourselves. Just as the collapse of the Soviet Union created an entirely new climate in eastern Europe, so too the defeat of al Qaeda, the new government in Afghanistan, and a post-Hussein Iraq will send a powerful message to the lunocracies of the Middle East: join the world of democracy, freedom, law, and prosperity -- or perish trying to destroy it.

Re:Why We Fight

[Anonymous Coward]

at a time of peace and without provocation

LOL - this bit alone is proof enough you don't know what you're talking about. You're spoon fed by CNN and think you understand the world. Sad.

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oh, great

[stinky wizzleteats]

I was just wondering how and when the corporate scandal news would finally pass from the minds of large corporate investors, and now this.

I wonder if this qualifies as enabling technology for comitting corporate crime, much like watching DVDs on Linux is for copyright violations. I wonder if it would be pursued as stridently.

Even better...

[jonman_d]

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

Re:Even better...

[Chris_Stankowitz]

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

or Fluorinert

Re:Even better...

[meatpopcicle]

How about using a more powerful engine, like a chainsaw engine. I saw this show where they hooked up a V8 engine to a chainsaw. It cut through logs pretty damn fast! Imagine what it could do as a paper shredder!

Re:Even better...

[elixx]

Really? They have engines that run on tomato juice now?
Finally, a *use* for the stuff!

O/Cing a paper shredder

[Mr.roboto]

Now all that they need to do is add some stripes and a backwards "R" to it. ;)

Re:O/Cing a paper shredder

[The-Perl-CD-Bookshel]

You mean Honda's PaperDecimator Type R concept vehicle?

correct link

[rehannan]

http://ugweb.cs.ualberta.ca/~uacs/events/shredder. html

Actually, I prefer the

[Mac Degger]

french bread slicer we made which, when modified to run backwards, could shoot the two halves to hit the ceiling at such speed that if it was days-old, it could shatter the bread :)

But then again, that's what mechanical engineering students should be up to ;)

But how about modding your mom

[Anonymous Coward]

Link seems to be wrong

[jo-do-cus]

the right URL is:

http://ugweb.cs.ualberta.ca/~uacs/events/shredder. html

Meh

[IIRCAFAIKIANAL]

Since we had yet to swap the motor with one more powerful, the shredding was trying our patients.

At least in Calgary we know how to spell. Or were they putting med school volunteers through El Shreddoro? All you Edmontonians can give us is a modded shredder and Space Moose.

[/playful troll]

(BTW, those Space Moose comics are not office friendly. You've been warned!)

Re:Meh

[Dr Caleb]

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.)

Re:Meh

[Lao-Tzu]

*sigh*. Yeah... or at least we should hire some blocks of metal, put skates on them, and leave them on the ice. I think it'd be an improvement. The team might not win, but I bet it won't screw up as much.

Re:Meh

[Dr Caleb]

That might not be so bad. If they were playing the Rangers, the Rangers would be all like "Wow. Shiny!" and the score wouldn't get too high ethier.

Re:Meh

[vsprintf]

Well, obviously a few patients got out of the looney bin to do this mod.

Re:Meh

[BdosError]

All you Edmontonians can give us is a modded shredder and Space Moose.

That and the main host for OpenBSD. Sure, Theo lives in Calgary, but without Bob Beck and the UofA servers ... they'd be somewhere else.

V8 chainsaw...

[FyRE666]

This story reminds me of the vid clip I saw on this page. Totally pointless, but very cool - I've never seen anything chop through wood quite so quick - and the sound it makes it almost worth the effort...

Puppies?

[Anonymous Coward]

Anyone know what mods work best for converting it to do puppies?

Of course the Server is down

[s-orbital]

The server is down because they ripped its fans out to sup-up the shedder.

Provides great fake snow for chrismas!

[Jonny Ringo]

Did anyone else see that new Heineken commercial where you see a nice
Christmas party looking into the apartment from outside. Snow is
falling. Then the camera moves up to where a bunch of executives are
shredding paper out the window.

NIce.

MORE!

[DonniKatz]

Now they should mod a garbage disposal and see how fast it can eat up a christmas ham. The puree will go to charity of course...

Must be Friday Afternoon

[JUSTONEMORELATTE]

Highly entertaining read, and props for putting the Google Cache link into the summary.
On that note, I'm going home.
--

Re:Must be Friday Afternoon

[Anonymous Coward]

Some advice, when you get home, sleep. It's Monday night.

damn you suck

[Anonymous Coward]

Santa isn't going to deliver your first post because you're such a bitch.

They went the wrong way

[Aggrazel]

Modding it to be cooler so it runs longer?

Nah.

I bet you it destroys more paper if you mod it to run hot ...

really ... really ... hot ...

Sledge Hammer

[thomasdelbert]

I love how the whole thing is held onto the recycle bin with the shaft of a sledge hammer!

right

[Anonymous Coward]

Maybe you should check the "No Score +1 Bonus" box and start posting responsibly.

You don't need a bonus to point out that a site is slashdotted, and the editors have provided a link to google's cache.

Re:right

[Sh0t]

" Maybe you should check the "No Score +1 Bonus" box and start posting responsibly." So says the anon coward

Re:right

[Anonymous Coward]

Read Me.

Re:right

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, he got modded way down to +4. Asshole.

Slashdot needs software version of shredder

[hdparm]

Whit it, troll, offtopic and flamebait posts would be auto-erradicated enabling moderators to dedicate points to quality posts.

Jesus

[poopdik]

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

What I really want for christmas

[beaverfever]

As nice as that shredder is, this is much more sexy and functional.

oh santa please please please

Damn!

[Isbiten]

Now you americans have to make something even faster, bigger and ofcourse cheaper! Oh wait it's korea that makes it cheaper :p

Re:Damn!

[Anonymous Coward]

Actually, these guys were from Canada.

I give up

[tswinzig]

If someone can wade through the uber-cool-intelligent-student humor and tell me what the fuck they actually did, that would be much appreciated.

I had to stop reading after about the third paragraph due to a headache.

Re:I give up

[jfengel]

They added a bunch of cooling fans to the shredder to allow it to run longer and harder before it overheated.

It's just supposed to be funny. If it doesn't make you laugh, skip on to the next article.

This isn't modded.

[WasterDave]

It's overclocked. It would be modded if it gained an aluminium case with a window, some blue lights, something to measure fan RPM and "whohoo, l33t" dremelled into the side.

Dave

Re:This isn't modded.

[Gaccm]

It's overclocked. It would be modded if it gained an aluminium case with a window, some blue lights, something to measure fan RPM and "whohoo, l33t" dremelled into the side.

Actually It isn't overclocked at all, none of the electronics were messed with. They hadn't upgraded to a better motor. All they did was cut holes in the case and add a heatsink and fans. Now if that isn't modding I don't know what it.

Now if they HAD overclocked it, now THAT would be cool. Taking the whole thing apart figure out where the controls are, do a little bit of soldering here, voltage mod there, and active cooling on all the chips, that would have been an insane amount of effort though, so we gotta live with this "mere" modding job.

Re:This isn't modded.

[NeoSkandranon]

Now if they HAD overclocked it, now THAT would be cool. Taking the whole thing apart figure out where the controls are, do a little bit of soldering here, voltage mod there, and active cooling on all the chips, that would have been an insane amount of effort though, so we gotta live with this "mere" modding job.

How many chips do you think a paper shredder has in it? that need cooling? I think a better bet would be..oh..say..the motor that generates all the freakin' heat making those cutters move?

Re:This isn't modded.

[gekman]

All you need to to is change the plug so it'll take 220 volts. THEN you'll need to add some fans!

How wasteful!

[shivianzealot]

A flamethrower made from an old Gateway would have been more economical!

Modded Water Bottle (bottom link)

[antdude]

Look at the bottom of the Web page and look for modded water bottle. Insane. :)

If they're going to mod their paper shredder...

[VistaBoy]

...they need to paint it black, put a window on the side, and put neon light sticks inside!

If they're going to take it to the next step, they should have SHRED parties where all they do is show off their l33t 5hr33d1n6 machines.

Modding a Pooper Shitter

[Anonymous Coward]

Using some duct tape, a gerbil, and a shoe-horn, some students got their pooper to go from 12" turds to 35" monster turds!

Hmm,

[jointm1k]

I hate to think what happens when your tie gets caught in this machine ;D
--

But...

[pjt48108]

Will it run Linux?

Re:But...

[Anonymous Coward]

Of course! How else could you build a Beowulf cluster of them?

The Red Green Show

[OzPeter]

When I used to live in the US I loved that show .. ahh the memories it brings back

Scrapheap

[Hubert_Shrump]

Wouldn't a full-on geek have bypassed the heat sensor entirely and put a gas engine in there?

Nitro-charged brush shredders, and then some vacuums exploding.

That, my friends, is a well-booked weekend.

Re:Scrapheap

[str8]

At the very least they should have modified the temp sensor to allow it to get as hot as possible without damaging the motor. After all, a good engineers is always conservative on paper. A resistor put in the right place could have changed the thermistor range nicely... Sheesh, probably Microsoft engineers indeed.

Will code for sig.

right

[Anonymous Coward]

Posting at 0, I'm not going to be bothering the majority of the slashdot crowd.

It just irritates me to see people use their +1 bonus for every single post.

Guess what? Everything you post doesn't necessarily deserve to be scored at 2.

I'm reading..

[RumpRoast]

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.

no speed increase

[willll]

the speed was not increased from 12 to 37 pages. the number of books shred before overheat was increased from 12 to 37

In Soviet Russia...

[Anonymous Coward]

Paper shredders mod YOU!

(Try not to imagine it)

So...

[Second_Derivative]

...were these students once aspiring to be Enron employees or something? (Seriously though, A: who cares and B: what's the point)

I'm sure this was inspired..

[Anonvmous Coward]

...by an episode of Home Improvement.

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

Re:I'm sure this was inspired..

[pyite]

Tim would have made it more powerful and not cared about extra heat. After all, extra heat would eventually contribute to the goal of destroying as many "Job Postings" as possible. Oh and by the way, I just watched the TVography or something on Home Improvement. Oh what a great show.

You can tell they are CS students...

[tqft]

1) there sense of humour is lame
2) there idea of fun is warped
3) if they were engineering students they would well have directed the shredded output to a mini incinerator and used this to a run a cooling pump - this is also more secure (ask the Iranians).
4) they did a half assed job to make it work and expect to get rewarded (are they on MS scholarships?)

Re:You can tell they are CS students...

[phraktyl]

5) There you go, trying to ruin their entertainment by screwing up their language. Now they're going to come for your soul.

One other neat hint:
You have a <SHIFT> key. Use it.

Re:You can tell they are CS students...

[Jeff DeMaagd]

3) if they were engineering students they would well have directed the shredded output to a mini incinerator and used this to a run a cooling pump

Or find some way to just pump the motor heat directly to the paper. Unlikely.

Engineering students might have tried to up the motor and its drive circuitry too so that it has better torque. then one might need the blades and rollers made from stronger materials.

Or maybe improved on the design by building a better one from scratch, hopefully so that it mulches down to the fiber and composts in an automatic two stage process, it's pretty hard to put the fibers back to gether after that one.

imagine this in the hands of...

[benjamindees]

We should outlaw shredder "mods". These are obviously an attempt to rob shredder manufacturers of the profits from their "razor-and-blade" business model of selling third-rate plastic products and expecting customers to buy a new one every year. Shredder hackers must be stopped.

In Soviet Russia...

[Anonymous Coward]

Pooper Shitter mods YOU!

Leave it to CS students

[I Am The Owl]

To be chugging bottled water instead of beer.

Or is this a Canadian thing?

Re:Leave it to CS students

[Atzanteol]

You ever have Canadian beer?

*ducks*

Re:Leave it to CS students

[MalleusEBHC]

No, if they were real CS students, it would be Mountain Dew... with liquid nitrogen cooling of course.

Re:Leave it to CS students

[BdosError]

You ever have Canadian beer?

I see from your webpage that you're American. Thus, I say to you: "Pot calling kettle, come in kettle."

*stands there willing to take the shot*

Re:Leave it to CS students

[yamla]

Mountain Dew contains no caffeine in Canada.

Re:Leave it to CS students

[maddskillz]

Defineltly not a Canadian thing..We love our beer...maybe a little too much!

Slashdot going to pot

[Anonymous Coward]

What the hell is this doing on slashdot.

A great overclocking project

[abirdman]

They demonstrated a tripling of the throughput of the machine with those soup-it-up fans! That's impressive. I'll bet that's better than the fan-and-heatsink donor got from his Athlon. It's too bad they couldn't get that "1 Roll eXtreme Duck Tape" to physically support the twin 120 volt fans to really cool off the beast. My experience with these (shredder) devices is that there is another metric besides raw throughput that makes all the difference in perceived "beastliness", and that's the speed of the feeder, analogous to the "first page" speed of a printer, except obviously the opposite. And as long as they have to run 120 VAC to it, they can add all sorts of lights and stuff. (For more 120 VAC computer projects, see etherkillers). Maybe with some tweaking they can hack a truly useful device that attaches to the output bin of a fast printer, and shreds as fast as the pages come out. Then they can haul away the incriminating evidence as fast as it's output.

Not as impressive as this modded house

[Anonymous Coward]

Sure, they can do a paper shredder, but it's not as impressive as this overclocked house. (That is one of the funniest articles I think I've ever read.)

-CF

Re:Not as impressive as this modded house

[kyoko21]

LOL! One look at the picture of that house I almost crapped in my pants :-) That is pretty funny.

Needs water cooling

[pben]

All it needs now is to be water cooled, a hand painted case, a window kit on the side, and some neon lights!

The Water Bottle

[Alien54]

They also modded a Water Bottle:

http://ugweb.cs.ualberta.ca/~uacs/events/bottle.ht ml

What are they putting in the food up there?

Re:The Water Bottle

[Fluid Truth]

Or the water, as the case may be...

Re:The Water Bottle

[KillerBob]

It's not what they're putting in it, it's how it's served.... Bitter Cold. You'd be amazed at the things that people decide to try out when it's 40 below.

Re: your sig (OT, I know)

[Rhubarb Crumble]

Shouldn't "Slashback" be called "Backslash"?

I always thought it was a pun on "Splashback", as in urinal.

Uh

[Viogression]

A perfect example of people who have far too much time on their hands.

I saw this

[MP*Birdman]

Watching them stuff magazines into this baby was a blast, and there was a croud well into the hallway trying to look when I was there.

and by reading that page, you can get an idea of what our weekly department e-mails are like.. it's nice to have VP's with a good sense of humour for once.

Re:I saw this

[Anonymous Coward]

OK, so can you explain why they didn't just use a better shredder?

The place I work at sells shredders (among other stuff).. we have shredders that will shred entire binders rings and all.

We have shredders that will take stacks of CDs, and reduce them to glitter..

Now, I'm as much of a geek as the next guy, but this just seems like a collossal waste of time to me.

unnessecary links

[pctainto]

What is the use in having so many links, when all we want to see is the actual article? I take it as a jab at my computing abilities that the poster must link to the University of Alberta, since I can easily just remove all but the meat of the URL. I guess it doesn't really matter either way, but, just seems kinda useless to me.

Not enough

[select * from]

It still isn't enough.

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

oh come on

[Anonymous Coward]

What's up with all the stupid links? Is the poster from that university?

Remember the movie Screamers?

[jabber01]

Nuff said

As if!

[jabber01]

As if grammar nazis weren't enough, now we have the semantics gastapo! Lovely! ;)

Not here either

[phorm]

Not much snow, except the upper heights, here in BC either. Kamloops, Merritt, Vancouver... all bare.

Which leads me to think... computers+snow, not good.

Re:Not here either

[Andrewkov]

It snowed a bit here today in Toronto, but not much accumulation ... I'm expecting a green Christmas for sure. Damn global warming!!

Re:Not here either

[SubtleNuance]

we had about 5-7CM of snow a week back, its melted since. It has been pretty chilly last 2-3 days though. Not a chance of snow - sky is clear.

Does anybody need more evidence

[Anonymous Coward]

that university is a waste of time, talent, energy and money?

If you're an employer, who would you rather have on your EE team:

1) Someone who had to go to university to play with paper shredders(??????)

2) Someone who since age 12 has explored electronics on his own, owned a scope in high school, handed in high school work printed out with graphics and captured video stills in the late 80s, and who still has a home lab and programs microcontrollers, but because of social and uncontrollable forces hasn't gone to university?

Employers choose 1 all too often.

That's why technology is in the shitter.

Have fun people!

I'm sweeping floors in Metro stations and making good money!

Re:Does anybody need more evidence

[Anonymous Coward]

2) Someone who since age 12 has explored electronics on his own, owned a scope in high school, handed in high school work printed out with graphics and captured video stills in the late 80s, and who still has a home lab and programs microcontrollers...

That sounds like me... ...but my scpoe is broken.
Can I have $1000 to buy a new one?

Re:Does anybody need more evidence

[Anonymous Coward]

1) It's a poor engineer who either chooses equipment he can't fix, or can't fix a broken scope. Hint: Chose a nice, older scope, maybe a Tek doghouse or boat anchor, maybe a HP from the 70's, like the 1740/41 series.
2) A 1000$??? Are you one of those gay engineers who needs a 2 inch thick scope with Windows and a LCD screen with a 2000 hour lifetime (come again about my tube scope being unreliable?)
3) Drop electronics as a career, it's dead. Get a simple union job like me and forget about the perpetual stress! Keep electronics as a fun hobby, give yourself some challenges, like a frequency synthesizer or what have you.
4) Happy Holidays!

No, make the fax machine look like a shredder

[Gerry Gleason]

That was my first thought when I read this item. Just making a faster shredder isn't that interesting, but either sending someone a copy of what is being shredded, and/or getting a picture of the person doing the shredding seems a lot more interesting.

Ok, so there are legitimate uses of shredders that would make it bad to just send out copies, but legitimate users wouldn't mind having their picture taken (much). Maybe the mods should enable themselves after hours.

Illinois Gov. George Ryan would never have become Governor if it hadn't taken so long before we learned about the shredding party at the Sec. of State offices before he was elected.

Hmm

[FakePlasticDubya]

... I wonder if this work contracted by Global Crossing or Adelphia?

That...

[Anonymous Coward]

Was one of the most stupid things I have ever seen.

Maybe I am wrong...

[SageLikeFool]

...but doesn't "modded" mean modified? So even overclocking something would be considered modding, since it has been modified from its original state.

I could be wrong. I could also be overthinking this entire thing and your post should be modified as funny over interesting (no offense).

Re:Maybe I am wrong...

[WasterDave]

Hmmmm, to me modded means modified with no actual increase in performance.

I think that even by slashdot's standards, we're both thinking into a hole.

Dave

Terribly written article.

[Anonymous Coward]

This article has to be one of the most amateur efforts at 'humorous' writing that I have ever had the displeasure of reading. If you're a funny person, by all means incorporate that into your writing. However, if you aren't, as this person clearly is not, stay away from this type of writing!

You know it's time to get a life when....

[moonrakerelite]

you find out what other comp sci students are doing through slashdot. Man I go to U of A, yet I learn more about my school through the internet then through social contact. Could it be time for me to step outside? Wait, this is Edmonton too cold. I'll just wait until summer

Re:You know it's time to get a life when....

[Anonymous Coward]

Have you ever been to the UACS office? Good lord, you'd think there's some sort of maximal level of geekdom that can be contained in one room, after which point the Comic Book Guy Limit is exceeded and they all just collapse into some sort of Nerd Singularity. But no, there's usually seven or eight people in the closest-sized space, discussing the history of video games and which sorting algorithm is best and whatnot.

But notice how I'm posting as an AC? Yeah. I *love* their cheap Jones Soda and Pizza Pops. Having those priviliges revoked would be tanamount to being kicked out of university.

That "article" gave me a headache...

[anarchima]

So many clever witticisms, it just gave me a headache reading it. What's up with the lame, wannabe "geek" humour?

Stuff like this makes CS look bad

[t0qer]

Yeah we all know college is a party, but carrying stories like this, where an acredited learning institutions students are wasting their research time with such frivoulus pursuits makes CS look bad in general.

If I were an ulumni I would be less inclined to donate.

Re:Stuff like this makes CS look bad

[damiam]

If I were an "ulumni" I would be more inclined to donate, being reminded of the more interesting parts of my own college experience.

Re:Stuff like this makes CS look bad

[Anonymous Coward]

Post like this make CS look boring. Its a joke. I am sure that Doctors and Engineers know how to laugh too.

However if we use the RIAA's staticians...

[Anonymous Coward]

Its not 1 modded paper shredder, its 32425. Some of them just happen to be fast.

The speed of a digital paper shredder?

[Anonymous Coward]

Simply load a modified I Love You vbscript and then have long hard sex with some pretty sexy feet.

Where's the scanner?

[Anonymous Coward]

That way you can scan the documents as they are being shred.

military grade

[geekoid]

I have seen military grade. They'll shred 100's of pages per minute, into pieces roughly 1/4" by 1/10".
Then they go out and burn it.

Re:military grade

[Anonymous Coward]

They burn it, then chemically treat the ashes. You can still read what's on burned paper. I moved into an apt, and saw tons of shit in the fireplace that had been burned and left. Most of it was still readable, just darkened. It was fragile, but I could still make out easily bank info, credit card numbers, bills and the like.

I don't know what chemicals are used, but it's something to turn the ashes into a soup.

Re:military grade

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't know what chemicals are used, but it's something to turn the ashes into a soup.


Water?

Ehhh?

[SpaceRook]

Don't you hate news stories where almost every damn word is a link ?

Fellowes powershred is where it's at

[Anonymous Coward]

what's this off-brand shredder they modded?? You want a high-performance shredder, start with a quality unit: FELLOWES POWERSHRED.

these bad boys can shred paper, staples, paper clips, CREDIT CARDS, cardboard, you name it, if it fits in the slot, it can probably be shredded by the POWERSHRED

I've got one of the $200+ units and MAN I LOVE SHREDDING STUFF it's better than when you were a kid and set fire to everything (well at least that's something I did, those of you who are socially adjusted probably didn't).

800 pages per day!
8 sheets at a time
heavy duty
boo-yah

sharpen?

[Hadlock]

hm. so heat is generated by resistance of paper to cutting. sharpen blades, decrease reisistance, decrease heat, increase life of paper shredder. THEN add cooling fans.

just a thought.

Re:sharpen?

[Anonymous Coward]

And use shred oil. Have they never heard of shred oil?

Re:sharpen?

[Hatechall]

That TOTALLY defeats the purpose of this experiment, you hearsayer you.

Imagine...

[MavEtJu]

Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these!

You mean ensue

[Anonymous Coward]

a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=ens ue

Re:You mean ensue

[Anonymous Coward]

Damn browser! I meant to post:

ensue.

110V???

[Bassthang]

Real shredders use 3-phase!

Re:110V???

[pyite]

Truth. 208 volts of three phase madness.

you tool

[Anonymous Coward]

I've had a pillow duct taped around my head since I was a child.

Take that, whoever you are!

URL

[andybee]

Apologies if this is redundant, the URL to the story should be:
http://ugweb.cs.ualberta.ca/~uacs/events/shre dder. html

Kind of interesting to see something from my University posted on slashdot. Kind of sad that it required modding a paper shredder...

Not terribly useful...

[endquotedotcom]

When I read the title I was hoping they build a scanner into the shredder that sends the almost-shredded documents via wifi to somewhere else, preventing sabotage.

The FBI should make these and plant them at Accenture. Handy industrial espionage tool, too.

...but can it run Doom?

[Anonymous Coward]

Just checking.

Underclocking

[olddoc]

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!

Low Tech Solution

[istartedi]

Just pour the LN2 on the paper and hit it with a hammer a few times. I bet that would shatter the old record. Pun intended!

Re:Low Tech Solution

[dmaxwell]

It would be much more fun to pour LO2 on the paper and toss a few Blue Devils on it.

Re:Low Tech Solution

[istartedi]

I have no idea what a Blue Devil is, but if paper is anything like charcoal briquettes, you shouldn't ignite it after pouring on LOX. According to people who have experience clowning around with LOX one briquette is "approx equiv to 1 stick of dynamite".

U of A's Co-Op Program

[pixel_bc]

We've had a number of placements from their CompSci Co-Op program -- I can't recomend it enough. If you're looking for good students, this place has them.

They have extremely long placements (16-18 months -- unlike some other programs we've termed "bungee" programs *cough*Waterloo*cough*) which allows the students to become part of the team, and take on much meatier tasks.

We've hired a few of the students we've had after they graduated... take some time and investigate the program if you're either looking to go to school, or looking for some interns.

Did I mention I think quite highly of the program? :)

What's next?

[wideBlueSkies]

Modding a bookcase? How about a CD rack? A toolbox?

Yeah, I've got a space heater in my garage that would benefit from a new coat of paint, a plexiglass window, and some pink neon lights.

Now, if somone were to mod a Mainframe. Like an old 370 or something... THAT would be cool to see.

And next?

[NeoMoose]

How about a modded toaster. It'd be just as useful.

why not?

[Anonymous Coward]

What the hell else are they going to do in alberta?
Bitch about kyoto?
Count the cows?
I'm sure their next project will involve overclocking a milking machine.

enron christmas gift

[arudloff]

Sigh.. just what big corporations need..

I am not this bored

[CakerX]

I am not this bored yet. I have enough fun playing with PCs

667 shredders

[SHEENmaster]

one for obvious reasons.

666 for legal(DMCA) reasons

And not one Andersen joke...

[sjbe]

Not a single Enron or Andersen joke to be seen. Come on people, what's this place coming to?

Re:And not one Andersen joke...

[swordgeek]

Ummm...maybe people in different countries than you don't care as much about your dirty accounting laundry.

Canada. USA. Different countries.

Re:And not one Andersen joke...

[sjbe]

Since you are apparently unaware, Andersen and Enron both did business in Canada.

Global companies, global problems, eh?

Imagine

[Anonymous Coward]

a Beowulf cluster of these!

Re:Already!!?? (bad link)

[Black Copter Control]

The proper link is http://ugweb.cs.ualberta.ca/~uacs/events/shredder. html (Note the lack of a leading 'www'). I presume that ugweb stands for undergraduate web pages.

UACS up to it's old tricks.

[Black Copter Control]

it's good to see that UACS is up to it's old tricks. Back in my day, we were (among other things) known for our parties, where the beer was only '$.50'/glass. This was supposedly an attempt to burn off the extra money that we got by reselling computer accounts (back in the late '70s early 80's) (we were non profit, so we had to do something creative with the profit). It never really worked that well, so we ended up paying $5000 for a couple of intelligent terminals for the club office.

That they're down to buying cheap paper shredders leaves me worrying that the society is now in dire financial straights -- and they're probably selling beer for $2.00/glass now.

And the proper link is http://ugweb.cs.ualberta.ca/~uacs/events/shredder. html (note the lack of a leading 'www').

Re:UACS up to it's old tricks.

[swordgeek]

Heh. That's about what I was thinking. I was actually a chem student at the UofEh, but some friends were in CS, and we ended up back and forth a fair bit. While I was there, the UACS budget was getting tight, and the MTS system was gradually getting put down, so the fund raiser du jour was the semiannual terminal bash--literally. For $2.00, you could take a swing as an AJ510 terminal with a four pound sledgehammer. I've got to say, those AJs were SOLID!

Re:UACS up to it's old tricks.

[Black Copter Control]

AJ510s were the $3500 terminals that UACS bought back in the early '80s.. with their own Z80, at least 32K of ram and runtime loading of the system on boot up, they were KICK ASS units... --- and yes they were pretty solidly built. When you're paying $3500 for a terminal, an extra $20 worth of structural steel doesn't really hurt (and you can use it for heatsinks).

Oh, and having had the 'opportunity' to move some of those suckers around, they're not just strudy -- they're friggin heavy. The first time I had to move one, I thought that it was bolted to the table... It wasn't. It was just gravity holding it down.

Correct Link Below

[mysticalreaper]

With more pitful disregard for anything remotely resembling quality journalism, it seems slashdot editors don't even click on links to see if they work now.

CORRECT SHREDDER LINK

Hemos, working as he usually does, repsonds to CmdrTaco's question about the link working. "Of course it works. Why wouldn't it work? No one would send us a broken link. That's impossible. Also, since i'm telepathic now, I don't even need to read the story to know it's front page material. Damn I'm good."

Hemos cliks *post*, grinning smugly, "Congratulations, Hemos, another feather in your cap. Job well done."

Mulcher or high-power chipper

[Bubblesculpter]

If you really want to shred papers faster, just use a mulcher or high-power bulk chipper. The larger version can turn a full tree trunk into chips in mere seconds.

Forget paper shredders.

Superior document destruction technology

[mkweise]

Being winter and all, why not use something like this to fulfill your phone book destruction needs instead? Rather than stopping when it overheats, it works faster as it gets hotter. And instead of having to take a break after A-C, it can handle two or three area codes at a time.

Ahh!

[Bowdie]

The Richard Nixon Model!

One word

[Anonymous Coward]

Gay !
Canada must really be a crappy country. Viva USA!

speaking of shredders

[Anonymous Coward]

I was in Costco the other day, and I noticed that they now sell shredders that can shred CDs and credit cards. They have a slot on top to slide them in and shred them. This is great, as I can now shred all my crap if the feds bust me ;)

You can tell they are an Engineer

[Anonymous Coward]

Because you have no sense of humour

Enron and Worldcom could use this information

[cottonmouth]

Not only that I would imagine Dick Cheney's energy task force or how about Cardinal Law?

Yeah, but....

[Asprin]

Yeah, but how many frames per second does it do with FSAA?





**NOTE: ...because as you all know, FPS is the one true universal metric of a mod's effectiveness.

Modded water bottle

[know_gnus]

There's a link to their modded water bottle, too!

URL fix

[catdevnull]

http://ugweb.cs.ualberta.ca/~uacs/events/shredder. html

The original post added the "www" ....
...I'm sure most of you already figured that out...

Speed?

[LilGuy]

"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"

Umm... not reading the article you would be lead to believe that this shredder only shredded 12 pages before it overheated, and now it can do 37! Wow! Says nothing about the speed of the shredding though.... but of course we all read the articles now don't we?

Last Post!

[alpg]

Grand Master Turing once dreamed that he was a machine. When he awoke
he exclaimed:
"I don't know whether I am Turing dreaming that I am a machine,
or a machine dreaming that I am Turing!"
-- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of Programming"

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