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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat the fuck is "acid-washing" of emails?
Never heard of that IT process...
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What the fuck is "acid-washing" of emails? (Original Post)
backscatter712
Oct 2016
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TlalocW
(15,383 posts)1. It was a 90s thing
Everything was acid-washed back then.
TlalocW
catbyte
(34,393 posts)2. I've got a pair of acid washed jeans...
Mika
(17,751 posts)3. Software. Mega multi swipes of a hard drive. No old data can be retrieved afterward.
Software - Bit Bleach
underpants
(182,823 posts)4. Bleaching
I didn't know about it but apparently its a way of scrubbing contents of emails.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)5. Bit bleach
Just a wipe technique.
Foggyhill
(1,060 posts)12. Just the name of the program
You could do the same thing just from the command line it's a simple command
Worktodo
(288 posts)6. Yes acid washing is for jeans
volstork
(5,401 posts)7. It's stuck in the 80s
Just like trump
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)8. It's what he adds to his bath soap.
kairos12
(12,862 posts)9. Maybe he was talking about acid washing jeans.
Foggyhill
(1,060 posts)10. The name of the program was bleach something
The funny thing is you didn't need it, you can nuke a disk with a 5 letter command on a unix system if you are the admin
lapucelle
(18,265 posts)11. He means BleachBit
He's confusing bleach with acid wash (as in acid washed jeans).
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)13. It's very expensive... apparently... Whatever the F it is...