Originally Posted by
TeresaA
If you have a data phone, you'll see that many of the protective covers contain magnets. Phones have flash memory as well.
Yep - iPad covers have magnets in the cover as well; when the cover is closed the magnet flips a switch in the iPad to tell it to turn the screen off.
Floppy disks...oh, memories! The only floppy discs in my house are in the craft bin; I punch extra holes in them and use zip-ties to make little boxes and bins out of them, LOL. I never could figure out anything clever to do with old cassettes, though.
Hahhaa, I just read the article you linked to, this quote is giving me the giggles:
"A magnet powerful enough to disturb the electrons in flash would be powerful enough to suck the iron out of your blood cells," said Bill Frank, executive director of the CompactFlash Association.
Well, that sure does say something, doesn't it? Yeesh! I think all my blood-iron is still with me, so I guess I'm OK. LOL