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 7 months ago
Governments would love it, it’s genius
TStyle78 7 months ago
He could make a fortune.
Zykoic 7 months ago
Can’t do that with a burn bag.
seanfear 7 months ago
I’m one.
MikeM_inMD 7 months ago
True, but the SEC will love it!
Eli zabelle 7 months ago
That is so funny. Love it!
Grumpy Old Guy 7 months ago
I bet a lot of the Alphabet Agencies already have those…….
locake 7 months ago
I’d like to see how it works.
raybarb44 7 months ago
ClA, FBI and NSA have an order in for 100,000…..
Smokey412 Premium Member 7 months ago
This was probably invented by the guy that bought that Banksy painting!
Spiffy 7 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 7 months ago
I’ll be buying one along with bags of shredded US dollars
haasmeister 7 months ago
Beats the law of entropy!
Bill The Nuke 7 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 7 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 7 months ago
Hillery would not be pleased