Computer asininity

[protege]

(while wearing appropriate safety gear, of course)

Yep, those flying rivets are a bitch! I haven't bashed a computer to bits in several months...and I'm still finding rivets all over the garage. They tend to fly quite a ways when they get snapped in half But, before all the carnage begins, I remove the circuit boards and drives. I don't know about the rest of you, but I have this thing about getting hit with shards of fiberglass. That stuff can cut you if you're not careful...

Great way to relieve stress.

I second that. There's nothing greater than working on computers all day at the office...and then coming home to beating the living shit out of one with a bat or sledgehammer. Of course, I tend to use the 40-pound fence maul quite a bit. But, I'm hard-core that way

[Jetfire]

I can *definitely* understand the "data" issue with any component that is even remotely capable of holding data in any way (even printers can store fax numbers and email addresses)...but, monitors...? what, do they think that they can store sensitive data on there due to screen burn-in?

Today it sounds like a wasteful idea. But as the other post said, manufacturers seem determined to put memory and data storage in everything nowadays. Imagine if Samsung or Sony gets the idea to have monitors that can record the last X minutes of the screen and play it back (for gamers to record their uber moves of course), and dump it to the PC later if the user wants. Or an HD TV with a built in PVR that also takes input from PC's. (Unlikely to be in an office use, but as it is, HDTV's and Computer Monitors are pretty much identical nowadays)

(Screen burn in would probably have been a decent original reason to do that as well; it's not as much of an issue now but still may be a concern)

[EricKei]

Today it sounds like a wasteful idea. But as the other post said, manufacturers seem determined to put memory and data storage in everything nowadays.

Good point. After all, they make picture frames that take SD cards nowadays, monitors with built-in memory can't be *that* far off...

[Andara Bledin]

Good point. After all, they make picture frames that take SD cards nowadays, monitors with built-in memory can't be *that* far off...

They're not doing it so they don't have to keep updating lists so much as so that even the most simple-minded dolt can't screw it up.

They could, for example, just make it specific to any device that has any form of memory storage and leave it at that, and it would cover every device that would be a possible security issue. However, then you'll get that one idiot who doesn't really understand what the equipment is capable of (such as fax machines storing called numbers, etc), and they'll let it go out the door with sensitive data still intact.

Of course, it would probably be less wasteful to just have a central clearing house for all such devices and machines so that there could be some recovery from the equipment, but the people handling it would be highly trained. It would likely lose money for the first couple of years, but it would vastly reduce the waste factor, which would be a long-term bonus.

Hell, it could be some private contractor that works for everybody and has some very high security clearance to handle that stuff.

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