[ale] quick, simple backup

[hbbs at attbi.com]

You guys are welcome to do that if you wish, but I'm not going to do it myself
nor will I recommend it, professionally or personally.  

- Jeff
> 
> 
> Ah, this is when you get my prefered method of CD destruction.  Not
> quite as time consuming or costly as the Government method yet does
> guarantee destruction.
> 
> Take the CD and a paper cup.  Go to the kitchenette area and put the cup
> in the microwave, put the CD on top of it.  Nuke for about 15 seconds
> depending on the power of the microwave.
> 
> It makes great artwork that many will want to hold on to but also
> destroys the metal rapidly and without the ability to recover in such a
> random fasion it's not worth the trouble.
> 
> It's also cool to watch with the lights off.
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Thus spake hbbs at attbi.com (hbbs at attbi.com):
> 
> > I see a problem there:  disposal.  After you've racked up 100 CD-Rs, do you
> > really want to keep them all?  What do you do with them?  For Government
> > purposes, CDs are only really destroyed when they've been ground into sand -
> > that may be a bit extreme for most, but you really aren't going to want to 
> throw
> > them in the trash whole, either (and they're toxic to melt/burn).  
> > 
> > CD-RW, I say.
> > 
> > - Jeff
> > > What about CD-R?  In bulk they only cost about $0.20  That would be
> > > about $50 a year and they've got historical backups that way.
> > > 
> > > Jim
> > > 
> > > Tom & JaVonn wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > All:
> > > > 
> > > > Client's Travan tapes are worn.  They back up ONLY 100 MB critical files 
> > > daily.  They're computer-shy, and just want to point & click.
> > > > 
> > > > Shall I recommend:
> > > > 
> > > > 1) CD-RW ( cheap media, but has to be blanked prior to write )
> > > > 
> > > > 2) Zip 250 ( modest media cost, proprietary )
> > > > 
> > > > 3) other ?
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > 
> > > > Tom
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