[ale] old newbie

[Mike Harrison]

> with the eventual goal of physically killing them at some point.  (Is
> it time for a ALE thermite party?  What's that cost anyway?)

Poors Mans Thermite; Aluminum and Iron filings with a little Magnesium Fuse..

http://chattarati.com/neighborhoods/southside/2010/12/8/demise-vega-chrysalis/

Note the small thermite "sparklers" at the top of the effigy, but the 
video doesn't have the dixie cups of thermite that were along the
central column.

A dixie cup of thermite on top of a hard drive should render it
completely slagged and unreadable.  We'll have to experiment :)