1) Drill one hole into the case top 2) fill with rust-filled water (from some bright nails left in a can of water or such) 3) and and hook it up to an unregulated 12-volt DC supply (like a car battery) on the 12v line 4) hook up a 6v lantern battery to the 5v line 5) hook up the ground back to the car battery 6) hit it with a sledge a couple of times while it's running
It's fun. Try it some time. I'm not sure nobody will be able to recover anything, but it'll be more trouble than it's worth.
So you went for the Stanley FatMax Xtreme FuBar II instead of the FuBar III? That's a BFH and an RBFH.
Unless you're into professional demolitions or remodeling, I'd say the smaller is more cost effective for your purposes. I've had my eye on the bigger one for a while, but I can't justify the cost without changing careers (or getting a nice big new account at work).
Unfortunately, you're probably putting it in a machine that gets fewer operations per watt. Except in systems that are rarely turned on (like museum pieces or spare computers used as guest workstations) it's probably more environmentally friendly to recycle it and use something more efficient.
I can use any PATA or LVD drives you care to get rid of that don't have sensitive information on them. I keep a collection of older computer tech, most of it assembled as working machines.
Some people used to hold floppy disks to refrigerators and such like they were kid's drawings or takeout menus. When the magnetic field goes through the disk strongly enough to hold the floppy's weight, there's a good chance you're damaging the data.
It's not going to do much, if anything, to put even a strong a magnet on the outside of a hard disk case. Putting one on the outside of a computer's exterior case won't even have a chance. Don't stick it right next to the tape load slot for a backup drive, though.
Not if you're the admin at the bank and the insider grabbed the HDD out of the trash. If the insider actually grabbed the records through an authorized user account, that's different.
Actually, the year-round fireworks store near my house has sparklers, which burn plenty hot enough. They've always worked for me as a final fuse.
The danger with sparklers is people try to use them as the only fuse, which you really shouldn't do. The sparks themselves can light the thermite before the main combustion reaches it. Put some other kind of fuse to the sparkler and the sparkler only as the final fuse.
Black powder is supposed to be a suitable fuse material, too, but I've never tried that. I certainly would make sure it was actual black powder and not modern smokeless powder if Iw as going to try it, though.
Tapes suck. No, really. Even the new, improved, 100 GB tapes suck. Back up everything fully monthly or weekly and do incremental backups every damn day. Keep all the data that you are backing up on redundant storage (RAID or clustered file systems) in the first place. If your boss thinks the equipment is more expensive than the lost data, find a new boss.
CIT/CIS/MIS can do development. It's just day-to-day business development rather than theory and simulation stuff. CS in many schools is actually a theoretical mathematics degree with some time learning the syntax to run the math on a computer.
The terminology tells how bad it used to be: "interns" used to not leave the building. "Residents" lived there but were allowed to leave during time off. "Attending" physicians actually lived elsewhere and came to the hospital. Those are not the conditions these days, but ask a resident you know how far it really is from the truth.
As wrong as thinking a d-pad or analog stick and gas and brake buttons are equivalent to the controls on a real car is, that's not the kid's fault necessarily at six. His parents should explain to him the difference, even if it was MarioKart and not GTA.
The real problem is the kid having access to the car keys.
I got addicted to speed from Pac-Man. He pops one pill, and suddenly he's moving faster and can beat the crap out of the bullies chasing him. Fruit gives you points, but pills are good for you.
Believe it or not, testimony plays a part in court as well. If you tell a judge it's not the contract you signed and they are trying to pull a fast one by defrauding the court, that's a pretty serious matter.
When their copy and mine show my initials in my handwriting on every legitimate page, any fraudulently added page with be conspicuous by the absence of the initials. Judges aren't normally on the take from big companies. You're thinking of legislators.
Did you also stay in that casino's hotel? Reservations usually include your home address. If the casino's store and hotel are part of the same company, it wouldn't even be sharing the info with a third party.
Circuit City is a chain. There's a good possibility that if you were in the system in one store, they could tie you to a purchase at another store. I think they might have phone lines -- maybe even data lines to the international network of networks called the "Internet" or to one of those company network thingies.
Take it from someone who actually runs a business: that's not how credit cards work.
The vendor sends the card info (card number, expiration, CCV/CVV, and possibly the name on the card or some part of the address (rarely the ZIP in person, but for online purchases often the whole thing)) and the amount.
The vendor's clearinghouse checks with Visa or whoever who checks with the issuing bank to see if the info is valid and if the funds are available. If so, there's a validation including a validation number. If not, there's either a fraud alert or a failed transaction. Other than a fraud alert, there usually is only "good" or "not good". The vendor you're trying to buy from often doesn't even know why your card is declined. It might be over the limit, there might be an address match problem (although that's one of the more common things they might actually tell the vendor), the card might be expired, there might be a CVV mismatch, there might be a court-ordered freeze on the card, the customer might be overdue on a CC payment, or there might be a hold on funds through the card during a disputed charge-back. The cashier likely will only see "approved" and a number or "declined", and once in a while "call card company".
Ah, but did the Best Buy clerk ask to see ID to verify the purchaser and then illegally take down the info off his driver's license? I've had stores try to take down as much as info as license ID and birth date.
Family Video does that for video rentals. They ask for your license to open the account, but they don't tell you what they take down from it unless you ask. It's not just your name and address. They take down birth date and driver's license number (at least in Illinois -- they might be actively banned from such in some states).
My video rental account is with a local place that takes your name, phone number, address, and takes a picture of you with a digital camera. That's plenty to track you down for late fees.
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The hard drive, after it's inside the informant, from the outside of said informant, of course!
1) Drill one hole into the case top
2) fill with rust-filled water (from some bright nails left in a can of water or such)
3) and and hook it up to an unregulated 12-volt DC supply (like a car battery) on the 12v line
4) hook up a 6v lantern battery to the 5v line
5) hook up the ground back to the car battery
6) hit it with a sledge a couple of times while it's running
It's fun. Try it some time. I'm not sure nobody will be able to recover anything, but it'll be more trouble than it's worth.
So you went for the Stanley FatMax Xtreme FuBar II instead of the FuBar III? That's a BFH and an RBFH.
Unless you're into professional demolitions or remodeling, I'd say the smaller is more cost effective for your purposes. I've had my eye on the bigger one for a while, but I can't justify the cost without changing careers (or getting a nice big new account at work).
Hell, I have 120 MB and smaller hard drives hooked up and working. They aren't in regular operation, though. It's a collection.
Unfortunately, you're probably putting it in a machine that gets fewer operations per watt. Except in systems that are rarely turned on (like museum pieces or spare computers used as guest workstations) it's probably more environmentally friendly to recycle it and use something more efficient.
I can use any PATA or LVD drives you care to get rid of that don't have sensitive information on them. I keep a collection of older computer tech, most of it assembled as working machines.
This is an old myth that once wasn't a myth.
Some people used to hold floppy disks to refrigerators and such like they were kid's drawings or takeout menus. When the magnetic field goes through the disk strongly enough to hold the floppy's weight, there's a good chance you're damaging the data.
It's not going to do much, if anything, to put even a strong a magnet on the outside of a hard disk case. Putting one on the outside of a computer's exterior case won't even have a chance. Don't stick it right next to the tape load slot for a backup drive, though.
Not if you're the admin at the bank and the insider grabbed the HDD out of the trash. If the insider actually grabbed the records through an authorized user account, that's different.
Did "Let me take it home and overwrite it with alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.* a few dozen times" seem to work?
Put an old cloth towel under it and another on top of it, and make sure they overlap a good deal. You should be fine.
Oi, wo's 'at? Wo's gettin' drunk got t'do with it?
Actually, the year-round fireworks store near my house has sparklers, which burn plenty hot enough. They've always worked for me as a final fuse.
The danger with sparklers is people try to use them as the only fuse, which you really shouldn't do. The sparks themselves can light the thermite before the main combustion reaches it. Put some other kind of fuse to the sparkler and the sparkler only as the final fuse.
Black powder is supposed to be a suitable fuse material, too, but I've never tried that. I certainly would make sure it was actual black powder and not modern smokeless powder if Iw as going to try it, though.
Take the platters out and try it, perhaps. You're still about as likely to damage the microwave as the platters would be my guess.
Tapes suck. No, really. Even the new, improved, 100 GB tapes suck. Back up everything fully monthly or weekly and do incremental backups every damn day. Keep all the data that you are backing up on redundant storage (RAID or clustered file systems) in the first place. If your boss thinks the equipment is more expensive than the lost data, find a new boss.
CIT/CIS/MIS can do development. It's just day-to-day business development rather than theory and simulation stuff. CS in many schools is actually a theoretical mathematics degree with some time learning the syntax to run the math on a computer.
The terminology tells how bad it used to be: "interns" used to not leave the building. "Residents" lived there but were allowed to leave during time off. "Attending" physicians actually lived elsewhere and came to the hospital. Those are not the conditions these days, but ask a resident you know how far it really is from the truth.
As wrong as thinking a d-pad or analog stick and gas and brake buttons are equivalent to the controls on a real car is, that's not the kid's fault necessarily at six. His parents should explain to him the difference, even if it was MarioKart and not GTA.
The real problem is the kid having access to the car keys.
We acted out gun fights all the time. Our guns shot water, though. This kid had a REAL car.
I got addicted to speed from Pac-Man. He pops one pill, and suddenly he's moving faster and can beat the crap out of the bullies chasing him. Fruit gives you points, but pills are good for you.
Believe it or not, testimony plays a part in court as well. If you tell a judge it's not the contract you signed and they are trying to pull a fast one by defrauding the court, that's a pretty serious matter.
When their copy and mine show my initials in my handwriting on every legitimate page, any fraudulently added page with be conspicuous by the absence of the initials. Judges aren't normally on the take from big companies. You're thinking of legislators.
Did you also stay in that casino's hotel? Reservations usually include your home address. If the casino's store and hotel are part of the same company, it wouldn't even be sharing the info with a third party.
Circuit City is a chain. There's a good possibility that if you were in the system in one store, they could tie you to a purchase at another store. I think they might have phone lines -- maybe even data lines to the international network of networks called the "Internet" or to one of those company network thingies.
Take it from someone who actually runs a business: that's not how credit cards work.
The vendor sends the card info (card number, expiration, CCV/CVV, and possibly the name on the card or some part of the address (rarely the ZIP in person, but for online purchases often the whole thing)) and the amount.
The vendor's clearinghouse checks with Visa or whoever who checks with the issuing bank to see if the info is valid and if the funds are available. If so, there's a validation including a validation number. If not, there's either a fraud alert or a failed transaction. Other than a fraud alert, there usually is only "good" or "not good". The vendor you're trying to buy from often doesn't even know why your card is declined. It might be over the limit, there might be an address match problem (although that's one of the more common things they might actually tell the vendor), the card might be expired, there might be a CVV mismatch, there might be a court-ordered freeze on the card, the customer might be overdue on a CC payment, or there might be a hold on funds through the card during a disputed charge-back. The cashier likely will only see "approved" and a number or "declined", and once in a while "call card company".
Ah, but did the Best Buy clerk ask to see ID to verify the purchaser and then illegally take down the info off his driver's license? I've had stores try to take down as much as info as license ID and birth date.
Family Video does that for video rentals. They ask for your license to open the account, but they don't tell you what they take down from it unless you ask. It's not just your name and address. They take down birth date and driver's license number (at least in Illinois -- they might be actively banned from such in some states).
My video rental account is with a local place that takes your name, phone number, address, and takes a picture of you with a digital camera. That's plenty to track you down for late fees.