[ale] Linux alternative recommendation ?

[Courtney Thomas]

 From one tryin' to learn, thanks for the update.

C.Thomas

On 10/24/2011 3:02 PM, David Tomaschik wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Ron Frazier
> <atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com>  wrote:
>> I saw a memory card in the office store recently where the label said it was
>> x-ray proof.  I thought that was interesting.
>>
>> Ron
> Neither x-ray scanners nor metal detectors should pose a significant
> threat to flash media.  Metal detectors may pose some threat to
> magnetic media, but even then, I would think it more of a concern for
> the lower coercivity media of floppy disks (if anyone remembers those)
> than of hard drives.  In fact, since about 2006 when PMR came on the
> scene, hard drives have been even more resistant to external magnetic
> fields.
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