Oh yes, destruction is good, baby! :-D

Sorry - there's something wrong with me. I enjoy destroying things. Even 
intangible things like computer data. Sad, I know...

Anyway, what do we think of this baby?

http://www.computerdisposals.co.uk/hdd-destruction.htm

I don't know about you, but I wouldn't have thought this is particularly 
effective. Sure, the drive is clearly rendered inoperable. But the 
platters still appear to be intact, although obviously not the same 
shape any more. To me, this suggests that the magnetic domains ought to 
be still readable with sufficiently sophisticated equipment.

Also... I thought the platters were glass? Last time I checked, glass 
doesn't bend.

And finally, how many thousand tonnes of force does it take to bend 
inch-thick steel? And how do you generate those kinds of forces with 
such a tiny machine?

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