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In article <117....@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us> fi...@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us (Bela Lubkin) writes:
>First I grasped the media with my thumb and forefinger, presumably

>I spit on the disk and wiped it on the rug; then carefully cleaned it

>I printed a document on the dot-matrix printer and slid the disk under

>I stapled the disk several times, then removed the staples.  Read rate

>I filled a large measuring cup with water, rolled the disk up somewhat
>to fit it in, and microwaved the whole assembly until the water boiled.

>Next I ironed the disk with a regular steam iron.  This *improved* the

>Finally, I scorched the disk in several places with a cigarette.  This

This makes Fifth Generation Systems' claims about Fastback Plus (the ad where
they show a disk with a bullet hole in it claiming they got all the data
back anyway) a lot more plausible. With enough redundant storage on a disk,
you can get away with losing a part of the media.


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