Toasties · Data Destruction

The Parity Test

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1. Have you ever deleted a file? Yes No

2. Have you ever deleted more than one file, at the same time? Yes No

3. Have you ever formatted a disk or diskette? Yes No

4. If so, was it with a magnet? Yes No

5. Or was it with FDISK? Yes No

6. Have you ever physically destroyed data? Yes No

7. If so, was it on purpose? Yes No

8. Have you ever fantasized about destroying data? Yes No

9. Have you ever destroyed data with a friend? Yes No

10. Have you ever destroyed data as a party prank? Yes No

11. ... floppy? Yes No

12. ... zip disk? Yes No

13. ... cd-rom? Yes No

14. ... hard disk? Yes No

15. ... a whole computer! Yes No

16. Have you ever verbally abused your computer? Yes No

17. Have you ever physically abused your computer? Yes No

18. Have you thrown computer hardware out the window? Yes No

19. Have you ever intentionally destroyed your computer hardware? Yes No

20. What is the worst word you've called your computer? (Original free-text question. Answers are closed.)

21. Have you ever nuked a CD? Yes No

22. Have you ever been caught nuking a CD? Yes No

23. Have you ever nuked more than one CD at a time? Yes No

24. Have you ever sniffed the fumes of a nuked CD? Yes No

25. If so, did you enjoy it? Yes No

26. Have you ever nuked a CD that wasn't "trash"? (AOL, etc) Yes No

27. Have you ever nuked a CD with illegal software on it? Yes No

28. Have you ever nuked someone else's CDs? Yes No

29. Have you ever found nuked CDs which you don't recall nuking? Yes No

30. How many CDs have you nuked? (Original free-text question. Answers are closed.)

31. ... for longer than 10 seconds? Yes No

32. ... for longer than 25 seconds? Yes No

33. ... while in a sane state? Yes No

34. ... in someone else's home? Yes No

35. ... without their permission? Yes No

36. ... in an industrial strength microwave? Yes No

37. Have you ever lied to someone to cover up your CD nuking habits? Yes No

38. If so, was it family? Yes No

39. Are you turned on by microwaved CDs? (That's so erotic. ?) Yes No

40. Have you ever nuked a CD while performing an "act"? (If you don't know, move along, move along...) Yes No

41. Have you ever nuked a CD-rom drive? Yes No

42. Have you ever walked in on your parents nuking a CD? Yes No

43. Did you join in? Yes No

44. Did you ever nuke a CD without knowing what was on it? Yes No

45. Have you ever nuked more than one CD in a day? Yes No

46. Have you ever nuked CDs like burning? Yes No

47. Have you ever tried to run a nuked CD? Yes No

48. If so, does your drive still work? Yes No

49. Do you run Windows? Yes No

50. In one sentence, name the craziest thing you've done with a CD: (Original free-text question. Answers are closed.)

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