On Jan 27, 2009, at 10:02 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:
> I'd guess an MRI would ruin and magnetic media also if the media got > close enough. Interestingly, Rolex manufactures a non-magnetic watch > for use in high magnetic field industries such as aluminum smelting or > MRI operator. Given that MRI systems have hard drives inside of them, and we have computers within 15 feet of high frequency (and hence high powered magnets...ours use helium-cooled superconducting magnets) NMR systems leads me to believe that this wouldn't be so reliable :-) On the other hand, these systems are just fine and dandy for scrambling every.damn.credit.card in your wallet if you forget to store it outside somewhere. That's a VERY embarrassing situation to be in, when you're standing at the checkout line, trying card after card after card, getting nowhere. And no, nope, never happened to me nuh uh! 8-P -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
