3 free, and 14 non-free, hard disk wiping programs.

This is an update on my “Wiping your hard disk, so other people can’t get data off it post”, which WordPress and Windows Live writer just erased on me.  Ironic!

One reader asked what I’ve used.  Well those programs would be: BCWipePD, Darik’s Boot and Nuke and Active@ KillDisk Professional.  Darik’s Boot and Nuke [...]

The Last Argument of Kings

"What does ultima ratio regum mean?"

’The Last Argument of Kings,’ the Librarian says. ’King Louis XIV had it stamped onto the barrels of all the cannons that were forged during his reign.’

- Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

The photo is from Reivax’s Vienna 2003 photoset, and is the best of [...]