> Thats too slow if you're right before a police bust. I know some guys
> who ran one of 'those' BBSes in the good old days before the web and
> he had all of his disks (the big ones: 60 MB) in his bathtub layered
> with thermite.
>
> If the police busts him, then he just wanted to ignite the tub and
> data begone...
They used thermite (iron rust + aluminum dust) to demonstrate the concept
of an exothermic reaction in my freshman chemistry class. They ignited it
in a little flower pot and I remember the pot glowing red while molton iron
ran out the hole in the bottom. I can not imagine how much heat a
bathtub full of thermite would generate. I am sure things would get
interesting after it melted through the bottom of the tub :-)
Jim
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