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From: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: sci.crypt
Subject: Re: Erasing magnetic media
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Date: Sat, 7-Nov-87 15:06:55 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov  7 15:06:55 1987
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Reply-To: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
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I seem to recall that heating a magnetic material above its Curie point
will _totally_ randomize the fields. If so, the next question is "is the
Curie point for a floppy (or tape) high enough to damage the media?"

If the answer is no, then I can see the labels now...
	"to declassify, place media in 350 degree oven for two hours"
:-) :-)
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Leonard Erickson		...!tektronix!reed!percival!bucket!leonard
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"I used to be a hacker. Now I'm a 'microcomputer specialist'.
You know... I'd rather be a hacker."