Paper Shredders

Does anyone know of an AFFORDABLE shredder that really destroys documents
by cutting them into confetti, rather than the easy-to-reassemble strips
that the typical shredder does?

> Does anyone know of an AFFORDABLE shredder that really destroys documents
> by cutting them into confetti, rather than the easy-to-reassemble strips
> that the typical shredder does?


Yeah, it's called fire.

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Stanton McCandlish says:
> > Does anyone know of an AFFORDABLE shredder that really destroys documents
> > by cutting them into confetti, rather than the easy-to-reassemble strips
> > that the typical shredder does?
> 
> Yeah, it's called fire.

Fire is, of course, an optimal solution, and those of us who live or
work in a building with a fireplace or incinerator would do well to
use it. However, its hard to spend every day burning things, and
besides that, many of us live and work in urban areas where fireplaces
and other places you can burn large numbers of papers are rare. The
question is thus not out of place.

By the way, the standard method for destroying embassy documents in
case of siezure (not done during the Iran hostage crisis) is
reportedly Thermit grenades. (Thermit would likely reduce a filing
cabinet to slag in moments.)

Perry

"Perry E. Metzger" <pmetzger@lehman.com>:

>By the way, the standard method for destroying embassy documents in
>case of siezure (not done during the Iran hostage crisis) is
>reportedly Thermit grenades. (Thermit would likely reduce a filing
>cabinet to slag in moments.)

Yup.  Actually you don't even need the gernade, you could just store
some thermit in the filing cabinet and then ignite it when necessary. 
It's very stable and very unlikely to ignite by accident.  In fact, just
dropping a burning match on it usually won't ignite it, usually you need
some sort of accelerator to make it explode.  Plus, it's easy to make
(Iron oxide (rust) + aluminum).