Computer monitors When you press "degauss" on your monitor, what does it do and how does it work?. From Wordnik.com. [Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories] Reference
Someone said, "Up forty or better on your right quadrant, corp'r'l, or the pixies'll degauss your fuses.". From Wordnik.com. [More Than Human]
Olbermann is the next Ed Murrow, I predicted, the way the idea-impaired CBS News brainiacs could degauss themselves of all past mistakes. From Wordnik.com. [Marvin Kitman: Olbermann Rules] Reference
His cheeks flushed, his eyes expertly anticipating the appearance-point of each target, Hip said out of the corner of his mouth, "Up forty or better on your right quadrant, corp'r'l, or the pixies'll degauss your fuses.". From Wordnik.com. [More Than Human]
Or suppose Moseley, a few years later, had not applied the new equations in his laboratory, had not discovered he could degauss the effects of cold iron and release the goetic forces -- We'd have a world dominated by fossil fuels and electricity. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Luna]
What you have to do is find someone who can degauss your drive. From Wordnik.com. [Netflash] Reference
Secure Erase software, or to disassemble the device and degauss all of the exposed parts. From Wordnik.com. [Slate Magazine] Reference
This is where the degauss technology becomes useful, because a smart mine will often go off only if a certain type of ship (setting off a specified number of sensors in a specified way) passes overhead. From Wordnik.com. [StrategyPage.com] Reference
US DOD standards up until 2007 specified that seven rewrites was sufficient, they have now changed their position to requiring a degauss which as well as erasing the drive effectively renders it useless. From Wordnik.com. [Geekzone: IT, mobility, wireless and handheld news] Reference
Superconductors At War April 29, 2009: The U.S. Navy has developed a technique, using superconductors, to rapidly degauss the hull of a warship, and make is less detectable by naval mines that sense large metal objects. From Wordnik.com. [StrategyPage.com] Reference
While there are many quite foolish methods for destroying hard drives online, the most failsafe and sensible is to unscrew the case, remove the platters (the actual disks) and use the magnets on the inside of the hard drive to degauss them. From Wordnik.com. [TechNet Blogs] Reference
"Do you think, if I can make a roulette wheel stop on red or summon lightning, I can't degauss a disk?. From Wordnik.com. [The Silicon Mage]
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