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Article #127Re: Crisis in Japan: defective electro caps round the world
From: Bill Sloman
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 01:36
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 01:36
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"John Woodgate" <jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> wrote in message news:yKLcLnCFao79EwSm@jmwa.demon.co.uk... > I read in sci.electronics.design that DaveC <anon@bugus.net> wrote (in > <0001HW.BA138B1300C3FA6A0A18B7D0@news.covad.net>) about 'Crisis in > Japan: defective electro caps round the world', on Wed, 4 Dec 2002: > >This story describes how several (5) electrolytic capacitor manufacturers are > >having problems with poor quality electrolyte. IBM and other purchasers have > >confirmed the huge impact on their business. > > > ><http://www.niccomp.com/taiwanlowesr.htm> > > > Has Al Quaeda been putting salt in it? Seems unlikely. They are reputed to be heavily dependent on PC for filing and communication. In theory you'd expect them to use Pretty Good Privacy, but what little I've read suggests that they just use allusive plain text, which is harder to pick out of the e-mail stream. ----- Bill Sloman, Nijmegen
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