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How to Build a Hard Drive Wind Chime For Spring

Posted by Zonk on from the beware-ninja-hackers dept.

tyrani writes "Spring is just around the corner and the front of the house isn't going to decorate itself. Build a Hard Drive Wind Chime and show your neighbors what a cool geek you really are." He's honest, too. From the article: "Many people linking this page on their blogs claim that this is a secure way of destroying your hard drive and its sensitive data. It is not completely true! The platters are never used in this HOWTO and could potentially be stolen by ninjas while you're making a wind chime and the data recovered by ninja-hackers."

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  1. Rarr by Tobias.Davis · · Score: 3, Funny

    I built a shank out of my hard drive, with the head sensor assembly. It's hard to smuggle into jail.

  2. No by Quasar1999 · · Score: 5, Funny

    This story is mis-titled... it should be how to keep your g/f occuppied... by letting her make windchimes... all the while, you go out and buy new hardware for yourself... ;)

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    1. Re:No by rob_squared · · Score: 3, Funny
      There's a joke in here somewhere; "girlfriend", "hard-drive", "wind blowing."


      Nope, got me, I can't think of anything.

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  3. So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    would doing this void the warranty of my HD?

  4. Already by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh yeah? Mine started making those noises already while *still* in the PC!......oh shit

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

      was it an IBM deskstar by any change?

  5. wind chimes are the devil by PortWineBoy · · Score: 5, Funny
    I hate them.

    I've found that cutting the string that supports the ball or disk in the center is the best method for dealing with them. The neighbor generally doesn't notice anything different for quite some time and when they do, they are usually stymied as to how to fix it.

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    1. Re:wind chimes are the devil by Farmer+Tim · · Score: 5, Funny

      Cops.

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  6. That's great but... by eomnimedia · · Score: 5, Funny

    The ULTIMATE hack would be to build a hard drive from a wind chime.

    1. Re:That's great but... by Tablizer · · Score: 2, Funny

      The ULTIMATE hack would be to build a hard drive from a wind chime.

      You have to go to Soviet Russia for that.

      Actually I made one once, but it only stored 2 bits.

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    2. Re:That's great but... by DigitalHammer · · Score: 2, Funny

      Howbout a hardchime from a wind-drive? ;)

  7. Ninjas!! by PolyDwarf · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now, finally... We've truely learned what the ninja's Real Ultimate Power is!

  8. Too funny by billsoxs · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just think what you could do with some mini HDs A couple of 40 G iPods? - think of the music then!

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  9. In other useful advises... by SlashThat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Make Scrabble out of your old keyboard!

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  10. Oblig... by n0dalus · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope the site isn't hosted using one of those hard drives.

  11. Mac Artists by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    if you owned a mac, this might be a viable art endeavor.... artists they are.

  12. Pentium earrings by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought to myself, what a dumb story. Maybe I'll post a story on Pentium earrings. On a whim I did a search. The moral is: no matter how dumb you think your idea is, someone has actually done it before you.

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    1. Re:Pentium earrings by Joey+Patterson · · Score: 1, Funny

      Aha! See my idea is to install Linux on a dead badger, I seriously doubt anyone has attempted that.

      Think again.

    2. Re:Pentium earrings by graffix_jones · · Score: 2, Funny

      The best part is the Pentium Earrings are listed under "Miscellaneous Antiques".

  13. Re:Finally by theparanoidcynic · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fuck the wind chime lobby! They probably voted for Bush, shop at Wal-Mart, and run Windows!

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  14. Copyright Infingement evasion tactic by microbrewer · · Score: 2, Funny

    A little project to do when the MPAA and RIAA contracted DOJ and FBI goons are about raid your house for widescale copyright infingement they will probaly walk right past your creative little windchimes full of copyrighted material.

  15. Re:Wind chimes are the tool of the devil by B3ryllium · · Score: 4, Funny

    Uh, are you a ninja?

  16. Ninja-hackers? by Farmer+Tim · · Score: 2, Funny

    "...and the data recovered by ninja-hackers."

    Exactly how does one hack a ninja? Is it like hacking an Aibo, only more silent and deadly? Sounds fun, anyway...

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  17. Promoting Magnet Ignorance by Anemophilous+Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    From the article:
    Note that the magnet is extremely strong. Keep it away from other electronics and metal. Don't hurt yourself. Seriously, do not understand these magnets!
    Really, trust me, you do not want to understand these things. If you understand a magnet, your head might explode. Please, put it down. Leave the magnet understanding to those who can handle it.

    - AC
  18. Quicker method by isny · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here is my quick method for doing the same thing:
    1. Drill hole in hard drive
    2. Attach string
    Of course, these don't make the nice ringing sound of a wind chime, they tend to clunk together.
    Here's another method:
    1. Duct tape hard drive to tree.
    If you do enough of these, is it a RAID wind chime?