destroying data

Tilly, Lawrence Lawrence.Tilly at LibertyMutual.com
Mon Jul 7 15:03:41 EDT 2003


Yep, we were still using punch cards in the KY's. I *HATED* those!! When you want to destroy 
the card it was the strongest material known to man.  But when you were trying to tear it out 
of the book to use it seemed to rip any place a punch hole came within 3mm of an edge.  It's 
amazing how good you get cutting masking tape into itty-bitty little pieces. Uuuggghhh!!  

What did you do in the AF, Richard?  I was airborne communications on the E4B out of Offutt, NE.

-Lawrence
"US Air Force:  The next great game from Milton Bradley for ages 18 and up."
Quote on a baseball cap I bought while touring a Navy carrier.

-----Original Message-----
From: RICHARD.SOULE at oracle.com [mailto:RICHARD.SOULE at oracle.com] 
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 1:54 PM
To: discuss at gnhlug.org
Subject: Re: RE: destroying data


You are all so high tech!

When I was in the Air Force we took a match to the punched cards used to synchronize all the crypto equipment.

Paper is so much easier to destroy... but probably less fun.



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