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Data Tape Backup DESTRUCTION!!!

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  • SeptusSeptus Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Will it blend? That is the question

    Heh, I was just about to post that.

    Seriously, I haven't seen a back up tape in a long time, but I'm sure it would be destroyed, and you could probably do 4-5 at a time, relatively quickly.

    Plus, it'd be fun to personally own.

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  • core tacticcore tactic Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Uhhhhh, you saw nothing out of the ordinary! Woooooo...

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  • Krunch XPKrunch XP Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Krunch, the article was saying that a T-Bone dissolving in two days was a myth.


    Yes. That's why I was quoting it. I can read, cause it isn't obvious... It's obvious that it won't dissolve a t-bone in two days, otherwise marinating anything would be a ludicrous idea.

    A tooth however, would probably deteriorate pretty quickly. Sadly, I have no spare teeth to test.


    Anywho, how about slowly melting them? Without burning the tapes with fire, you can probably just make the lot into a fine stew that could eventually become a solid block of... vinyl composite?

    Toxic anything, with tapes, will always be an issue, but in a well ventilated area, like the outdoors, there's probably next to no harm to be had.

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  • Atlus ParkerAtlus Parker Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Septus wrote:
    Will it blend? That is the question

    Heh, I was just about to post that.

    Seriously, I haven't seen a back up tape in a long time, but I'm sure it would be destroyed, and you could probably do 4-5 at a time, relatively quickly.

    Plus, it'd be fun to personally own.
    He could just throw them in the streets. Noone would know what they are or have the menas to access the data stored on them.

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  • SageinaRageSageinaRage Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    In high school my science teacher put a vienna sausage into a bottle of coke, and by the end of class it was gone.

    Not that that's relevant to the discussion at hand.

    Just take all the tapes to a dump, or someplace with one of those giant car magnets, put them underneath it, turn on. I don't actually have experimental proof that it will wipe them, but I'd be pretty damn surprised if it didn't.

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  • Krunch XPKrunch XP Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Aren't speakers giant magnets?
    Just put the tapes on a giant sub and rock out for a few hours.

    You can test them afterwards to see if it worked. I'm pretty sure it's the lease invasive/complex solution.

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  • darkmayodarkmayo Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Houk wrote:
    For all intensive purposes, I say blender is the frontrunner.
    i hate being the grammar nazi, but...

    It's 'for all intents and purposes'. Not intensive.

    Wow I always wrote it as intensive, I think whoever I heard orginally saying that probably said it so fast it sounded like intensive, even tho when you think about it that makes no fucking sense.

    Intents it is!

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  • Houk the NamebringerHouk the Namebringer Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    yeah, it sounds almost the same when spoken, so its not a big surprised. just a The More You Know moment =).

    Anyway, try sticking them in the microwave. I'm sure it's incredibly dangerous, but all kinds of cool shit can happen in a microwave.

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  • DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Do they have a paper shredder? If they're this paranoid, they should. Open the cassette, remove the magnetic tape, and feed it into said shredder.

    Or nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

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  • rayofashrayofash Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Why don't you ask your boss what he want's you to do with them?

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  • Overgrown Pancreas ManOvergrown Pancreas Man Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Go the ET route: throw 'em in a pit in the desert, run them over with a steamroller, and pour a slab of concrete over it.

    Or buy/rent an industrial shredder, that sounds good too.

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  • DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Or of course, you could do it the smart way and repeatedly overwrite the data on the tapes with random bits. I believe DoD spec for this is three passes, although the really paranoid try twenty or so.

    And then you get to keep the tapes, too.

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  • DusdaDusda is ashamed of this post SLC, UTRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Houk wrote:
    Anyway, try sticking them in the microwave. I'm sure it's incredibly dangerous, but all kinds of cool shit can happen in a microwave.

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  • CullenCullen Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Magnets are definitely the way to go. I did work experience at a place that had a conveyer belt with a magnet under it specifically for the purpose of wiping big ass tapes.

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  • ZackSchillingZackSchilling Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Wood chipper. Oh, or submit them to BlendTec.

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  • SushisourceSushisource Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Go the ET route: throw 'em in a pit in the desert, run them over with a steamroller, and pour a slab of concrete over it.

    Or buy/rent an industrial shredder, that sounds good too.
    ET!

    I think the cheapest method would simply be to blend em.
    http://www.willitblend.com/videos.aspx?type=unsafe&video=cassettes

    Alternative methods include soaking them in salt water.

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  • Krunch XPKrunch XP Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Dusda wrote:
    Houk wrote:
    Anyway, try sticking them in the microwave. I'm sure it's incredibly dangerous, but all kinds of cool shit can happen in a microwave.

    Snake!

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  • sushiboysushiboy Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Some good ideas here! The "overwrite with random bits" wont get approved either. I tried that. I know of that prog you can get that overwrites a drive 3 times with just shit. They would never go for the huge grinder/disintegrator things (too pricey). Ill recommend the blender idea though. hehe. Honestly, unless they see it physically destroyed, I dont think they would go for it. Its weird.

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  • sushiboysushiboy Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    My personal fav ideas are a) take them out back and burn them (to hell with the fumes) or b) get a small table saw and cut them into 3 or so pieces.

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  • ToadTheMushroomToadTheMushroom Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Jesus Christ.

    Unless there are hundreds of thousands of these things, just dump em all in a tub full of some form of acid.

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  • ShurakaiShurakai Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    acid= dangerous fumes. Chemical reactions are a messy business.

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  • Mike99TAMike99TA Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Heres what I would do, as other than burning them or cutting them into small pieces theres no real way to assure your company that the data can't be retrieved.

    If they have a spare paper slicer around (like those big ones that you can slice card board with, you know, with the giant ass knife and big red handle?), you can simply cut the ENTIRE tape into 4-6 pieces which is basically like slicing the tape itself into tiny little squares. A big paper cutting knife like that should slice through a tape like butter. I've used them to slice up piles of cds before.

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  • sushiboysushiboy Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Heres what I would do, as other than burning them or cutting them into small pieces theres no real way to assure your company that the data can't be retrieved.

    If they have a spare paper slicer around (like those big ones that you can slice card board with, you know, with the giant ass knife and big red handle?), you can simply cut the ENTIRE tape into 4-6 pieces which is basically like slicing the tape itself into tiny little squares. A big paper cutting knife like that should slice through a tape like butter. I've used them to slice up piles of cds before.


    thats... thats a god damn good idea!

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  • mspencermspencer PAX [ENFORCER] Council Bluffs, IARegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Is it possible this is some kind of silly zen initiation rite of passage thing, welcoming you into the department in a very strange way?

    I like the blender idea. Don't Breathe This!

    Magnets may work, but you will have to defeat many oersteds. (I'm not sure but I think DAT tape is 1500 or 1700 Oe.) Maybe you could rig something up that winds the tape past one of these. Note that you want the surface of the tape to be touching or nearly touching the surface of the magnet -- and that magnet can shatter nearly every bone in your hand if you're not careful with it while carrying it. A magnet like that can stick a thick phone book to a refrigerator door.

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  • core tacticcore tactic Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Trash compactor?

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  • SamphisSamphis Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I know HIPAA requires 7 wipes for a software solution.

    What in the world are you destroying backup tapes for, anyway? I mean, is there something incriminating on them or something?

    Try sawing the tapes in half with a hacksaw or table saw. Quick, easy.

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  • MeatPopSICKleMeatPopSICKle Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Reading all 3 pages helps.

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  • Akilae729Akilae729 Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    TABLE SAW!

    good call man

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  • core tacticcore tactic Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    CHAIN SAW.

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  • Krunch XPKrunch XP Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    CHAIN SAW.

    There you have it.

    Seriously, why not use some decent overkill?

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  • ZackSchillingZackSchilling Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    mspencer wrote:
    Maybe you could rig something up that winds the tape past one of these. Note that you want the surface of the tape to be touching or nearly touching the surface of the magnet -- and that magnet can shatter nearly every bone in your hand if you're not careful with it while carrying it. A magnet like that can stick a thick phone book to a refrigerator door.
    They're not THAT dangerous. My friend is really into magnets and keeps a huge stack of them around his room. They're fun to put one on each side of your hand and feel the surprising force. You just need to be careful not to slide them off all the way or else they'll pinch together and break skin. They won't actually shatter bones. They'd probably shatter themselves before they'd shatter your bones. If you let two of them slap together by accident, one or both will shatter. They're surprisingly brittle.

    As for holding up a phone book, maybe if there was a notch and the phonebook wasn't too thick.

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  • TM2 RampageTM2 Rampage Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Check out what's on the tapes and possibly submit them to the police if it's illegal material or something

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  • NswyersNswyers Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Are your employers 80 year old grandmas who are afraid of technology?

    "I don't trust those new fangled data eraser programs.... we need these things destroyed.. THEY'RE THE DEVIL!"

    Put them in a car crushing thing.. you know those big machines you see in cartoons that cubify your car? Then send them the little cubes as ear-rings for their big fat wives.

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  • Gorilla SaladGorilla Salad Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Shovel+Ground. Dig a hole. Put tapes in hole. Pour gasoline. Light match and throw it in. *note: Be about 30 feet away. Get zippo Watch the pretty fire.

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  • MeizMeiz Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Step 1: Buy steaks

    Step 2: Wrap tape in steak

    Step 3: Find crocodile

    Step 4: Stick face in crocodile.

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  • GoombaGoomba __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2007
    Senor Fish wrote:
    Shovel+Ground. Dig a hole. Put tapes in hole. Pour gasoline. Light match and throw it in. *note: Be about 30 feet away. Get zippo Watch the pretty fire.
    I wonder why there's so few suggestions for fire. It's almost like he's not supposed to burn them or something. Pretty strange.

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  • Gorilla SaladGorilla Salad Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Goomba wrote:
    Senor Fish wrote:
    Shovel+Ground. Dig a hole. Put tapes in hole. Pour gasoline. Light match and throw it in. *note: Be about 30 feet away. Get zippo Watch the pretty fire.
    I wonder why there's so few suggestions for fire. It's almost like he's not supposed to burn them or something. Pretty strange.
    Fire's always good. Just make sure you have a big hole, a bucket of water, and a fire extuinguisher(note, also get leaves. They make a nice smell when burning)

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  • hambonehambone Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Senor Fish wrote:
    Goomba wrote:
    Senor Fish wrote:
    Shovel+Ground. Dig a hole. Put tapes in hole. Pour gasoline. Light match and throw it in. *note: Be about 30 feet away. Get zippo Watch the pretty fire.
    I wonder why there's so few suggestions for fire. It's almost like he's not supposed to burn them or something. Pretty strange.
    Fire's always good. Just make sure you have a big hole, a bucket of water, and a fire extuinguisher(note, also get leaves. They make a nice smell when burning)
    sushiboy wrote:
    They dont want me to torch them because of potential toxic fumes.

    :|

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  • Gorilla SaladGorilla Salad Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    hambone wrote:
    Senor Fish wrote:
    Goomba wrote:
    Senor Fish wrote:
    Shovel+Ground. Dig a hole. Put tapes in hole. Pour gasoline. Light match and throw it in. *note: Be about 30 feet away. Get zippo Watch the pretty fire.
    I wonder why there's so few suggestions for fire. It's almost like he's not supposed to burn them or something. Pretty strange.
    Fire's always good. Just make sure you have a big hole, a bucket of water, and a fire extuinguisher(note, also get leaves. They make a nice smell when burning)
    sushiboy wrote:
    They dont want me to torch them because of potential toxic fumes.

    :|
    Ha. Listening is for suckers.

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  • agoajagoaj Top Tier One FearRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Spend the whole budget on a really strong magnet. Bring a tape and a player(data tape is the same kind as music cassetes right?) and test them till you find one that works quickly and cheaply.

    Get enough power one pass should wreck a whole tape..

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