In Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge they are digitizing the world’s books using a diabolical machine that shreds the books into confetti, scans the pieces as they flutter into the trash, and reassembles the scanned pages in a computer.
I once grabbed a bag full of shredded documents to use as packing. When I took it out I found that someone had printed out a list of all employees and their salaries. Printed sideways the shredder left each line whole.
Supposedly one of the 3-letter agencies in the US developed software that takes scans of the shreds and reassembles them into documents. Or so I heard.
The dude from FL Premium Member 12 months ago
Governments would love it, it’s genius
TStyle78 12 months ago
He could make a fortune.
Zykoic 12 months ago
Can’t do that with a burn bag.
seanfear 12 months ago
I’m one.
MikeM_inMD 12 months ago
True, but the SEC will love it!
Eli zabelle 12 months ago
That is so funny. Love it!
Grumpy Old Guy 12 months ago
I bet a lot of the Alphabet Agencies already have those…….
locake 12 months ago
I’d like to see how it works.
raybarb44 12 months ago
ClA, FBI and NSA have an order in for 100,000…..
Smokey412 Premium Member 12 months ago
This was probably invented by the guy that bought that Banksy painting!
Spiffy 12 months ago
In Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge they are digitizing the world’s books using a diabolical machine that shreds the books into confetti, scans the pieces as they flutter into the trash, and reassembles the scanned pages in a computer.
BigBoy 12 months ago
I’ll be buying one along with bags of shredded US dollars
haasmeister 12 months ago
Beats the law of entropy!
Bill The Nuke 12 months ago
I once grabbed a bag full of shredded documents to use as packing. When I took it out I found that someone had printed out a list of all employees and their salaries. Printed sideways the shredder left each line whole.
ekke 12 months ago
Supposedly one of the 3-letter agencies in the US developed software that takes scans of the shreds and reassembles them into documents. Or so I heard.
exitseven 12 months ago
Hillery would not be pleased