What are the shiny CDROM-sized platters in an old desktop disk drive made
out of?

I glued two of them together so that the offset covered the center hole to
use as an indestructable traveling shaving mirror.

A friend said they won't pass TSA security but they're not sharp. They are
just really shiny and really flat.

What are they made out of anyway?

Elmo wrote

What are the shiny CDROM-sized platters in an old desktop disk drive made out of?

They are usually glass or aluminium.

I glued two of them together so that the offset covered the
center hole to use as an indestructable traveling shaving mirror.

A friend said they won't pass TSA security but they're not sharp.
They are just really shiny and really flat.

What are they made out of anyway?

They are usually glass or aluminium.

Elmo wrote:
What are the shiny CDROM-sized platters in an old desktop disk drive made
out of?

I glued two of them together so that the offset covered the center hole to
use as an indestructable traveling shaving mirror.

A friend said they won't pass TSA security but they're not sharp. They are
just really shiny and really flat.

What are they made out of anyway?
Hi,
They are metal platter.

On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:48:56 +0000 (UTC), Elmo
wrote:

What are the shiny CDROM-sized platters in an old desktop disk drive made
out of?

I glued two of them together so that the offset covered the center hole to
use as an indestructable traveling shaving mirror.

A friend said they won't pass TSA security but they're not sharp. They are
just really shiny and really flat.

What are they made out of anyway?

I've taken them apart but I didnt' try bending them. If you really
think the tsa will complain, bring another one you can bend for them.
Maybe that will help, if they really do complain. Or bend the double
one you're bringing and use the bent part as a stand.

On Leno tonight, Headlines. someone was photographing a pedestrian,
but he turned his head away and put a file folder between his head and
the camera. Unfortunately the glass window behind him gave a perfect
reflection. Something he might not have known from his vantage
point!

On Jun 22, 2:12*am, mm wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:48:56 +0000 (UTC), Elmo

wrote:
What are the shiny CDROM-sized platters in an old desktop disk drive made
out of?

I glued two of them together so that the offset covered the center hole to
use as an indestructable traveling shaving mirror.

A friend said they won't pass TSA security but they're not sharp. They are
just really shiny and really flat.

What are they made out of anyway?

I've taken them apart but I didnt' try bending them. *If you really
think the tsa will complain, bring another one you can bend for them.
Maybe that will help, if they really do complain. *Or bend the double
one you're bringing and use the bent part as a stand.

On Leno tonight, Headlines. someone was photographing a pedestrian,
but he turned his head away and put a file folder between his head and
the camera. *Unfortunately the glass window behind him gave a perfect
reflection. * Something he might not have known from his vantage
point!

Any HDD I've taken apart I'd be concerned about from a safety
standpoint... the platters don't "bend" at all, and if you try too
forcefully they will explode into a whole mess of tiny, sharp shards.
Good if you're trying to destroy one that you're decommissioning; not
so good if you've packed it with your underwear.

nate

On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:48:40 -0700 (PDT), N8N
wrote:

On Jun 22, 2:12*am, mm wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:48:56 +0000 (UTC), Elmo

wrote:
What are the shiny CDROM-sized platters in an old desktop disk drive made
out of?

I glued two of them together so that the offset covered the center hole to
use as an indestructable traveling shaving mirror.

A friend said they won't pass TSA security but they're not sharp. They are
just really shiny and really flat.

What are they made out of anyway?

I've taken them apart but I didnt' try bending them. *If you really
think the tsa will complain, bring another one you can bend for them.
Maybe that will help, if they really do complain. *Or bend the double
one you're bringing and use the bent part as a stand.

On Leno tonight, Headlines. someone was photographing a pedestrian,
but he turned his head away and put a file folder between his head and
the camera. *Unfortunately the glass window behind him gave a perfect
reflection. * Something he might not have known from his vantage
point!

Any HDD I've taken apart I'd be concerned about from a safety
standpoint... the platters don't "bend" at all, and if you try too
forcefully they will explode into a whole mess of tiny, sharp shards.

I retract my suggestion.

Did they teach you the word potsherd in high school, or did you read
the word in museums, regarding broken things found at excavations of
ancient man?

For decades my brother and I both pronounced the word pots herd,
until one day I looked at it and realized it was pot sherd.


Good if you're trying to destroy one that you're decommissioning; not
so good if you've packed it with your underwear.

nate

On 22/06/2010 2:48 PM, Elmo wrote:
What are the shiny CDROM-sized platters in an old desktop disk drive made
out of?

I glued two of them together so that the offset covered the center hole to
use as an indestructable traveling shaving mirror.

A friend said they won't pass TSA security

You're suggesting that TSA use any sort of rational criterion when
deciding what to let through?

Sylvia.