Slashdot Mirror
Step-by-Step Computer Destruction
Unixrevolution writes "Dan's Data has an excellent article on how an enterprising user (or repair tech) can easily destroy their computer. Most of us don't destroy nearly enough hardware, so this should be helpful."
Post a link to it from Slashdot.
Or tell hackers that it is the most secure computer ever.
Here are step by steps instructions for that: http://www.datadocktorn.nu/us_frag1.php :)
You should only have to do this once
And here I was using the arc welder.
The Gardener
--
1. take hammer
2. apply to computer
Of course it runs NetBSD. BTC: 1NT7QvbetmANwaMzhpVL6
Spend time destroying a power supply? I just take it to the daycare and let some 3 year olds have at it. They're at it with eating utensils, watering the motherboard, putting peanut butter sandwiches in the disk drives, throwing the sound card -- it akes about 10 minutes for the damn thing to be obliterated.
Sure, you lose a few lives when the cute little tots start putting forks inside the power supply, but that's the price you pay for progress.
Small potatoes make the steak look bigger.
...I just turn the computer over to my wife...
That's nothing. Anyone who's worked tech support before has heard (or, heh heh, DONE) worse. I'd be REALLY impressed if he could give us directions on destroying an IBM Model M keyboard. I've had mine for a decade and still haven't managed to even dent it.
Bush: He's Liberal in all the wrong ways.
Although I haven't RTFA yet, I find the best way to get rid of data on CD-R's isn't to erase it (which can take as long as a full writing session) but stick it in the microwave for about 5 seconds (just before the lighting effect happens).
If you do this though, best ventilate the area afterwards!!
Are you local? There's nothing for you here!
At Carnegie Mellon University there is a stairwell called Architect's Leap, and a common pasttime is to Leap old monitors by dropping them from the top story. It is usually fairly effective and equally satisfying.
--------
It's OK to be social, just don't tell anyone about it.
...Just kidding, dear!
When I was 5 I decided that the floppy drive of our C64 was thirsty and promptly poured a half liter glass of Coca-Cola into it.
Children are a joy.
If you outlaw the law, only criminals will have laws
This article looks familiar. Perhaps it's because Slashdot linked to it 4 1/2 years ago.
Nice work, "editors."
I'm not Seth Finkelstein. I still speak the truth.
I was working on my home computer, had it dissassembled in various parts, was doing some testing. Wife called. Handled phone call. Hung up. Now where was I?
*power up*
*puff of smoke*
Oh, yes. The part where I was supposed to put the heatsink on the cpu.
*cry*
C//
i had the opportunity to take a sledgehammer to a burned-out imac for work this summer. the footage was used in a commercial for the dorm cable channel reminding students that they can get help for their computers before they get aggravated enough to take a sledgehammer to them. but the full video's kind of boring (and a big download), so here's the footage of the smashing:
http://tuxedo.housing.uiuc.edu/~ckuehn/imac.mov
if anyone's curious, it felt pretty good.
It's got these dancing hamsters on it. It's really funny. I'm going to mail it to everyone I know. I bet they never saw it before, since it's new to me. I'm so glad I got this interweb thing last week.
5 years from now, I will discover Zero Wing. When I do, I will send it to you.
The latest Slashdot meme.
I think this would bring down a network quicker than the worst Slashdotting. My favorite is the powered hub, but I think the hard drive killer is nice, too.
"To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit." -Stephen Hawking
You managed to meet, and then marry, a woman who reads Slashdot?!
Which begs the question: was she the only one?
Make sure you say, "Hey everybody...watch this!" before you do so.
20 January 2017: the End of an Error.
Bah. Mosfrn elecfonics a,e all made with spe*&cial circuits to protec(R)t aga(C)inst high levels of ESD. I have a Van dYer Graaaf generator sitting 8 inches away from the expo(C)sed mo(C)56;bo in my pc.
Make one of the many funny possible mistakes involved in installing the CPU fan:
1) Put it on 90 degrees wrong, so that most of the CPU core is left uncooled (have a friend who did that)
2) Use loads and loads of cooling paste (it must be there for something, right?)
3) Apply the enormous amount of force necessary to fasten the hooks, but apply it unevenly so that the underlying CPU cracks. (the most common way to destroy your computer when building it yourself nowadays, according to my favorite computer store)
4) When applying said force, slip with the screw driver/tool of choice and redesign your motherboard (another classic)
5) Attach the power cable to the wrong connector. Preferably some random jumpers. Alternatively become so proud of succesfully getting the damn thing hooked on, that you forget to plug the insignificant little cable in.
6) Become intimidated and decide to try to run the computer without it. Smile smugly when it turns out that the computer indeed can run without it. For a while. (have a friend who did that too)
Opinions stated are mine and do not reflect those of the Illuminati
to the fact that the mac destruction video was in QuickTime
I have blog like everyone else