[ale] quick, simple backup

[James P. Kinney III]

It fumes up really bad. The plastic has stuff in it that you really
don't want to be breathing. And while the data ir no longer accessable,
there is _still_ a plastic disk to "dispose" of.

Reusable media is the best bet. A new travan tape drive is only a few
hundred bucks. Zip drives are OK. CD-RW with a bit of scripting will
work well too.

A permanent archive on CD-R will become a trash heap.

On Fri, 2003-05-23 at 13:25, hbbs at attbi.com wrote:
> 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
> > > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > > Ale mailing list
> > > > > Ale at ale.org
> > > > > http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > Ale mailing list
> > > > Ale at ale.org
> > > > http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> 
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Ale mailing list
> > > Ale at ale.org
> > > http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> > 
> > :wq!
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Robert L. Harris                     | GPG Key ID: E344DA3B
> >                                          @ x-hkp://pgp.mit.edu 
> > DISCLAIMER:
> >       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> > 
> > Diagnosis: witzelsucht  	
> > 
> > IPv6 = robert at ipv6.rdlg.net	http://ipv6.rdlg.net
> > IPv4 = robert at mail.rdlg.net	http://www.rdlg.net
> > 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
-- 
James P. Kinney III          \Changing the mobile computing world/
CEO & Director of Engineering \          one Linux user         /
Local Net Solutions,LLC        \           at a time.          /
770-493-8244                    \.___________________________./
http://www.localnetsolutions.com

GPG ID: 829C6CA7 James P. Kinney III (M.S. Physics) <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com>
Fingerprint = 3C9E 6366 54FC A3FE BA4D 0659 6190 ADC3 829C 6CA7 

 This is a digitally signed message part