Method A is also known as "Widlarizing" or the "Widlar" method. "How do you Widlarize something? You take it over to the anvil part of the vice and you beat on

Method A is also known as "Widlarizing" or the "Widlar" method. "How do you Widlarize something? You take it over to the anvil part of the vice and you beat on it with a hammer, until it is all crunched down into tiny little pieces, so small that you don't even have to sweep it off the floor. It sure makes you feel better. And you know that component will never vex you again." Bob Pease, describing Bob Widlar's method for dealing with broken electronic components.