anyone else keep a 1lb thermite bag above their computer?

[stdio.h]

i have a car battery with a peice of magnesium camping starter clamped in aligator clamps one clamp on the starter and the other in the thermite pile if both ends touch it goes up.

What the hell is this supposed to do? You think you can ignite solid magnesium with a car battery and alligator clips?

Real  men use linear shape charges coupled with and FAE to make sure there nothing left

This.

[aldra]

1 pound is a bit excessive

I was actually considering setting up a small package, like 50-100g or something strapped to the top of a harddrive. I'd then have a small igniter of powdered magnesium in it, and through the magnesium some nichrome wire. I'd have the nichrome wire hooked up to a ~30v 16850 battery bank via a relay which would be connected to the GPIO ports of an arduino (or stellaris, or whatever else) board. I'd then have a small script that'd cause the arduino to power the relay that I could attach to an email service, finch, ssh, or something else.

[helladamnleet]

You niggers and your illegal files.

[1983]

So what happens when a rat trips the rat line and baby raper's computer goes up for no reason?

A-you don't bait the trap...duhh...

B-then we don't have to deal with baby raper anymore!

the heat Thermite putts off can't be contained by a "crucible" so you would have to use another explosive...preferably one that is self-oxidizing. self oxidizing compounds tend to be fairly volatile, thermite isn't because of its extremely high activation temp.

I don't have this problem, but if I did I would keep said computer in my basement/dungeon, dig a 3 foot hole, run the wire up out of the hole, put the drive in a bag of thermite with an ignitor, and bury it. if it goes off, it won't trash my entire house.

What about a cast steel sewer pipe... I got one that's about 12" across and almost 3/4 thick... Put about 3' of sand in that bad boy and a controlled amount of thermitewith an appropriate vent (1" gas pipe insulated to vent outside) and you should bet alright with enough clearance.

Another option would be an electromagnet and a very well contained shape charge.

Al

[-SpectraL]

Easier to just use HardDrive Killer Pro 4 on it. One click... POOF.. GONE. Even the feds couldn't get anything from it after HDK4 finishes with it.