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Fastest & Most Effective way of destroying a Computer
« on: September 18, 2009, 11:09:54 AM »
Fastest & Most Effective way of destroying a Computer. I want to see what people can come up with. Mainly out of boredom...

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Re: Fastest & Most Effective way of destroying a Computer
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2009, 11:24:54 AM »
remove cover
clean everything well with the ol Hoover vaccum.  ;D

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Re: Fastest & Most Effective way of destroying a Computer
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2009, 12:35:56 PM »
Gallon of gasoline and a match.

You just better make sure you are out side.
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Re: Fastest & Most Effective way of destroying a Computer
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2009, 01:05:07 PM »
My turn!

1. Leave case/cover on
2. Switch on PC
3. Sever a mains adapter cable (fused at 13Amp or higher, like a nail for example)
4. Plug in severed cable
5. Apply bare wires to PC case

(True story)

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Re: Fastest & Most Effective way of destroying a Computer
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2009, 04:04:30 PM »
take it to a building site and get a bull-dozer to drive over it

I liken the French/British relationship to a very old married couple who often think of killing each other but would never dream of divorce.

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Re: Fastest & Most Effective way of destroying a Computer
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2009, 04:38:58 PM »
a nuke

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Re: Fastest & Most Effective way of destroying a Computer
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2009, 04:50:37 PM »
a nuke

but a member general public would not have one in the back yard

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Re: Fastest & Most Effective way of destroying a Computer
« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2009, 04:53:21 PM »
Then burn it

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Re: Fastest & Most Effective way of destroying a Computer
« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2009, 07:44:57 PM »
a sledge hammer can definitely put that machine out of commission.  A pickaxe would be even better. 

But, honestly, why destroy the whole computer?  If you don't want it, give it away.  If you're concerned about data on the hard drive, just destroy the hard drive.  A local computer users group here has recycling drives.  They destroy unwanted, i.e. too small capacity to salvage, hard drives with a smallish pickaxe.  If the drives are good to keep and put in a refurbished machine, they do a thorough data wipe before putting them in any working computer.

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Re: Fastest & Most Effective way of destroying a Computer
« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2009, 10:47:31 PM »
a sledge hammer can definitely put that machine out of commission.  A pickaxe would be even better. 

But, honestly, why destroy the whole computer?  If you don't want it, give it away.  If you're concerned about data on the hard drive, just destroy the hard drive.  A local computer users group here has recycling drives.  They destroy unwanted, i.e. too small capacity to salvage, hard drives with a smallish pickaxe.  If the drives are good to keep and put in a refurbished machine, they do a thorough data wipe before putting them in any working computer.

Yes but that way, you can't tell work that your company computer just seems to have stopped working and then congratulate you for making a convenient back up of all your work just beforehand.

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Re: Fastest & Most Effective way of destroying a Computer
« Reply #10 on: September 19, 2009, 12:05:56 AM »
Yes but that way, you can't tell work that your company computer just seems to have stopped working and then congratulate you for making a convenient back up of all your work just beforehand.
Oh, and the truth comes out. You started this thread just fishing for a slick way to get out of having to work.  ;D

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Re: Fastest & Most Effective way of destroying a Computer
« Reply #11 on: September 19, 2009, 12:07:40 PM »
I don't own a company computer. Nor would I destroy my current system that I paid good money for.

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Re: Fastest & Most Effective way of destroying a Computer
« Reply #12 on: September 19, 2009, 12:41:45 PM »
I don't own a company computer. Nor would I destroy my current system that I paid good money for.
I was joking. Did you not notice all the smileys? I figured it would be appropriate in a thread that is a joke in the first place.

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Re: Fastest & Most Effective way of destroying a Computer
« Reply #13 on: September 19, 2009, 07:13:27 PM »
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    Re: Fastest & Most Effective way of destroying a Computer
    « Reply #14 on: September 19, 2009, 08:43:35 PM »
    Remove your anti virus antispyware and all your internet protection programs go to internet options turn it on exept all cookies and turn off your popup blocker and firewall   and go on a download frenzy on small sights and download things to good to be true like windows media player 12 click on all the ads that say you won a 1000000 dollars are you were the 1000000th visitor are all these ads that say you won a free playstation 360 are laptop  and your computer should destroy it self in no time
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