Re: Danger of MAGNETIC FIELDS via mail?

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From: 293 Papa Smurf
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 00:00

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Craig as Navar wrote:

> I'm a techno/trance DJ, so I make my own mixtapes, and I send a lot of tapes
> to friends both here in Australia and in the US/Canada. I always wrap the
> tape(s) in foil just in case they get run through x-ray scanners, or are sat
> onto magnetic scanners.

Aluminum foil may not stop all the x-rays.  It wont stop a DC (or near DC) magnetic 
field either.  I assume the scanner uses an alternating magnetic field?  A large coffee 
can may be a better shipping container, or a square biscut tin.

Papa Smurf

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From: 293 Papa Smurf <TheSmurf@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Danger of MAGNETIC FIELDS via mail?
Date: 1997/07/23
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