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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: 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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  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. correct link by rehannan · · Score: 4, Informative

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

  6. V8 chainsaw... by FyRE666 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    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...

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  7. 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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  8. 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.