Magnet to erase Hard drive. Might as well use a hammer
[QUOTE=Sneaknfreak;1877746]A magnet from an old speaker is more than adequate.[/QUOTE]To erase a drive you need a high frequency AC magnetic field. Bringing a powerful magnet close to a drive will "corrupt" the data as the individual flux lines will change certain bits. The drive may be unreadable, but can be reformatted and possibly repaired. A hammer is a better erase device.
And I know of where I speak. A few years ago I had the opportunity to acquire the magnet out of an IBM 370 Hard drive unit (circa 1980). This was one of the 18".6 platter drives with a linear motor. The linear motor magnet actually weighs twenty pounds and is about 8X8X4 inches. A real beast. As a test I placed a VHS tape close. Still played. I then put the tape on top of the magnet and let it sit. It still played. I then investigated how magnetic tape, and subsequently hard drives and computer media worked. And what it takes to erase them. High frequency, or rewriting the bits.
He's what you really need to do if you intend to destroy the Hard Drive vs. Re-use.
What you need to do is destroy the platter itself. As long as that platter is around it CAN be forensically decoded by a motivated / determined entity. Therefore complete platter destruction is most definitely preferred.
Platters are made of extremely hard metal alloy making the hammer method useless. All a hammer does is break the components of the hard drive AROUND the platter, possibly but not likely, leaving any real marks on it. It (the platter) can always be re-installed in different housing with a working "reader" to allow it to be read.
Erasers, can be effective, but work on the principle of over-writing the data with any number of layers of random patterns 1s and 0s. Data forensics have been known to be able to retrieve data even through all those layers.
As mentioned it would take one '7734' of a magnet to affect the magnetic field on the drive. How many people have access to one of these Uber-Magnets anyway? And the results can be dubious at best?
Yes, drilling of holes in the platter can help but there will still be portions of the platter left and who can tell if the holes drilled are in the places on the platter where the sensitive data is?
This is why one should dismantle the hard drive and physically destroy the platter itself.
Now is when a welding torch, preferably a "plasma cutter", can come in very handy. If you know someone who is a welder or mechanic. Someone who has a torch capable of extremely high heat. All that needs to be done is to insert the platter into a vise (after you've taken your frustrations out on it with at least an eight pound sledge hammer.) and melt it into oblivious ashes with that torch. Just be sure you either do this yourself or WITNESS it being done and you'll have nothing to worry about because it's pretty hard to "read" ASHES!
Taking money back is theft
I didn't want to interfere with the sanctity of the Backpage Reviews Only section, LOL, but there has been increasing discussion on the board about taking money back (without asking) from escorts.
Let me plainly state this: It is theft.
It doesn't matter if she did not perform as promised. You cannot take the money back from her. It is theft plain & simple.
You are playing with fire. You open yourself up to a physical confrontation with her or her "help" and there are no winners in those.
Also, just like we have little review sites / networks they do too, if not as organized. You really don't want to be known as a guy that steals from escorts. Atlanta is a smaller town than you think. There's a good chance it will bite you in the ass.
Stealing from working girls.
[QUOTE=Steak 404; 1881122]I didn't want to interfere with the sanctity of the Backpage Reviews Only section, LOL, but there has been increasing discussion on the board about taking money back (without asking) from escorts.
Let me plainly state this: It is theft.
It doesn't matter if she did not perform as promised. You cannot take the money back from her. It is theft plain & simple.
You are playing with fire. You open yourself up to a physical confrontation with her or her "help" and there are no winners in those.
Also, just like we have little review sites / networks they do too, if not as organized. You really don't want to be known as a guy that steals from escorts. Atlanta is a smaller town than you think. There's a good chance it will bite you in the ass.[/QUOTE]I got to agree with this. You don't want to steal from a working girls. It could really get ugly. Plus the fact that a girl who is selling her ass for a living is a girl who has reached a certain plateau on her way down the ladder of life. It's just not right to take advantage of a person like that.
LexLuther
I always say to each his own.
[QUOTE=Steak 404; 1881122]I didn't want to interfere with the sanctity of the Backpage Reviews Only section, LOL, but there has been increasing discussion on the board about taking money back (without asking) from escorts.
Let me plainly state this: It is theft.
It doesn't matter if she did not perform as promised. You cannot take the money back from her. It is theft plain & simple.
You are playing with fire. You open yourself up to a physical confrontation with her or her "help" and there are no winners in those.
Also, just like we have little review sites / networks they do too, if not as organized. You really don't want to be known as a guy that steals from escorts. Atlanta is a smaller town than you think. There's a good chance it will bite you in the ass.[/QUOTE]I think your right in a sense. I mean regardless of what type of job this is it is a service. Money exchange for fun. It's not different to money exchange to 420 or a quarter for a lucy. I think the texas case was just trying to make the point of just don't monger and you won't have to worry about somebody robbing you and or whacking somebody. It's just a political marketing gimmick to keep those old guys off the streets. Also a nice little message to the escorts that you might want to quit this line of work. There will be no justice for you. If you have been in the game long enough you have robbed a WG in one way form or fashion. Either by short changing them, forcing extra services or using the old jedi mind trick like I always do to mysteriously acquire a BBBJ from somebody who doesn't do it. In admittance I have taken money back after services but its a long story, quite funny and in my long forgetting monger days when I first started back in 2000 and something. LOL
Regulating general reports
[QUOTE=Zipper34;1881492]We are back to our regularly scheduled programming already in progress.[/QUOTE]This is general reports. If a bullshit report was going to go anywhere on this site, I would think that it would belong here.
Traveling monger looking for greek?
Gentlemen, Ill be traveling to ATL on business and would love some greek take out. I've rtf but haven't seen any real reviews for greek. Any help or info is greatly appreciated.