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Operator Papier-Mâchè Modelling Shredder

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[based on a throwaway line in "Obfuscating Shredder"]

Basic shredders are not secure enough - you can, with a bit of patience, stick all the bits back together. Cross-cut shredders are better, but what could be more secure than a papier- mâchè modelling shredder?
This shredder would cross-cut your documents, mix them with water and glue, scan the operator standing in front of the machine (who has chosen to adopt a pose out of "Saturday Night Fever"), and then mould the papier-mâchè into a tiny model of the operator.
When you have enough statues of yourself around the offfice, you can get the machine to make papier-mâchè models of logs for burning in your fireplace.
hippo, Jan 27 2004

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       This is fantastic!
calum, Dec 29 2005
  

       excellent. happy new year, hippo.   

       <holds hand up> put your mod hat on for a mo. why is this idea not emboldened in my recent view? I thought it was a churned idea for a few moments.
po, Dec 29 2005
  

       And if someone steals your information, you know who took it.
Jscotty, Dec 29 2005
  

       But [po], it's dated early 2004. Good churn, [calum].
Worldgineer, Dec 29 2005
  

       Duh! how the hell was this ignored for a year?
po, Dec 29 2005
  

       The same way a lot of good ideas are missed. Like my "Pothole-based GPS calibration" idea posted earlier this month (hint).
Worldgineer, Dec 29 2005
  

       Timing is everything. Posting during a lull can let a good idea sink unnoticed, and posting during a flurry of good ideas can do the same.   

       Like all my ideas (hint).
normzone, Dec 29 2005
  

       odd - I could have sworn this had some annotations betwen Jan '04 and Dec '05
hippo, Jan 01 2006
  

       I don't think the "Pothole-based GPS calibration" idea was so much ignored as it was left alone out of a strange mix of apathy and exasperation.   

       At least that's my take on it...
zigness, Jan 03 2006
  

       I would post them to all my friends so they wouldn't ever have to be without me...
wagster, May 18 2008
  

       I'd prefer a pinata version, with candy inside. You can then post them to your friends who might harbor negative feeling toward you.
Worldgineer, May 19 2008
  
      
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