OT Nightmares of the Modern Age

[Sarah Fox]

Hi John,

I like that CD shredder!  Pretty neat!  A lower budget way to do the same
thing, albeit not as thoroughly, is to make radial scratches on the back
(not the face) of the CD, deep enough to go through the backing and flake
off the reflective layer where the info is stored.  Do it over a trash can,
'cuz there will be a little shower of glitter -- if you do it right, that
is.  I still like the CD shredder.  I might consider investing in one!

I used to use an external CD-RW drive for backing up my machines, but they
quickly grew beyond what I could conveniently back up.  My backup drive is
80 GB, and it's getting slightly stuffed.  Full backups in duplicate
(because I always have my backups in duplicate) would be over a hundred CDs
in a go --50 per week!!!  At that point, it would be more cost effective to
go with the online backup service, which sounds pretty cool too.  I don't
know how I feel about streaming my sensitive data into cyberspace, though.
I presume it's encrypted for security... but I'm still a pretty paranoid
person.

Peace,
Sarah

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Musselwhite" <john@musselwhite.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: OT Nightmares of the Modern Age


> At 04:15 PM 04/06/03 -0400, Terry wrote:
>
> >There are a number of ways to back up computer data. One drawback of
>
> One of the most simple is still the CD-RW. CD burners are cheap and CDs
are
> about 50 cents each or less in bulk. I'm backing up my system as we speak,
> in fact. It takes three CDs. One for the system, one for Windows and other
> programs and one for data. Windows and the system are only backed up after
> a major change. Data is backed up every few days.
>
> The one real drawback is that you end up with a huge pile of CDs
containing
> "sensitive" data that you don't want to just throw away. The answer to
that
> is a "CD Shredder", available at many stores or the net for about $50. See
> http://www.buyaleratec.com/dvshredpar24.html
>
>                  John
>
> John Musselwhite, RPT    -     Calgary, Alberta Canada
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