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- DIFFERENT WAYS OF TAKING CARE OF YOUR DISKS
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- ORIGAMI:
- Art of paper folding. In order to obtain a nice and effective result,
- put the floppy in the disk drive with strength and without pointing at all.
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- SMOKE:
- Of cigarettes or anything that could be burnt. When you are smoking blow
- directly to your disk. In that way you will be able to destroy it soon,
- and if you are lucky, damage the drive as well.
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- PIRANHAS:
- If you don't have any at home, you can use a stapler, a clip, or simply
- write down on the disk label with a hard point pencil or pen.
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- MAGNETS:
- They are wonderful. You can find them in the telephone, in some paper
- weights, and stuck on the frige door. If you can't find any, you can
- leave the floppies on the printer or on your display for a while, making
- sure that they are on.
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- MAIL:
- Put a disk in an envelope and don't write any warning on it; then mail it
- to someone, and that's all.
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- MAGIC TOUCH:
- Touch your floppy. As much as you can. If you have marmelade or butter in
- your fingers, better. Your floppy will acknowledge it.
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- DON'T USE ANY ENVELOPE:
- Archive them without their envelope, piled under a lot of papers and
- manuals (it is better when the manuals are the VAX/VMS OS 1.00 and its new
- releases).
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- DON'T MAKE BACKUPS:
- Of course, if you don't have any security copy, you won't have to worry
- about how to destroy them once you have lost the original
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- SUPREME STUPIDITY:
- It is the best way of destroying floppies. If you practice it regularly,
- you'll find new methods to add to this list.
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