It's also sort of misleading, however, to suggest that any entity -- even Radiohead -- can ever "
erase" its digital footprint.
As much as you might want to wipe Uncle Frank's tasteless joke out of your mind but still remember the flavor of Aunt Fran's pie, memory researchers have always said "fuhgedaboudit!" Now, a genetically engineered mouse suggests it may be possible to
erase specific unwanted memories.
The tape is pulled from its cassette housing by threading guides and then wound over a series of rollers, spindles, guides, stationary
erase and record heads, a pinch roller/capstan mechanism, and a helical-scan head drum.
However, that not only permanently
erases all data files, it removes all applications, to--and I assume you want to retain the applications so the volunteer organization that gets your computer won't have to reinstall them.
A CD-R (Compact Disc-Recordable) lets you write or burn files to a CD just once--you won't be able to
erase it and rewrite new information, as you can with a CD-RW (hence the ReWritable part of the name).
Erases forehead and frown lines through the injection of small amounts of the botulism toxin to weaken muscles.
The use of an optical servo provides an additional advantage: old tapes can be bulk erased, using a device that
erases all data on the cartridge.
In fact, one macro virus, called Format_C, formats, or
erases, your hard drive with just three lines of instructions.
Weamys almost entirely
erases the events of the Old Arcadia in the 1593 composite edition, making the reunion and betrothal of Sidney's chief characters (Philoclea and Pyrocles, Pamela and Musiodorus) follow immediately upon the captivity, trials, and combats, which end in mid-sentence in the New Arcadia.
How can an investigator show causation if the offender
erases the executing instructions?
Manufacturers may assert that a degausser rated at 1,500 gauss completely
erases even high-density diskettes.
