Re: [OT] Thermite Was: Wanted: Secure-delete utility for Linux

Henrik Olsen (henrik@iaeste.dk)
Thu, 31 Dec 1998 09:58:58 +0000 ( )


On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, Jim Nance wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 30, 1998 at 09:19:48AM +0100, Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote:
> > 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
Nice, then the only thing the police needed to punish him for his deeds
would be to knock on the door, wait for the *WHOOOSH*, then wait until the
fire was really going:)

Since he lit it, the insurance wouldn't pay and he'd end up dead broke and
in jail for arson, which makes it a really good example of the average
brain capacity of those morons.

-- 
Henrik Olsen,  Dawn Solutions I/S
URL=http://www.iaeste.dk/~henrik/
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