1 Oct
2011
1 Oct
'11
11:55 p.m.
On Sat, 1 Oct 2011, Al Kossow wrote:
On 9/29/11 9:47 AM, jim s wrote:
Recently at a hotel, I managed to erase my magnetic key card twice. Once
by carrying it against my cell phone and again by laying it on top of my
notebook computer. The people at the front desk told me that it happens
all the time.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
How to get them to you intact is another
question. I don't trust shipping
magnetics anymore.
The best article I have ever seen on this is Geller's "Erasing Myths About
Magnetic Media"
which I've uploaded to:
http://bitsavers.org/pdf/nbs/publications/Geller_Erasing_Myths_About_Magnet…