Someone might have to hit me a cluestick, but assuming your USB stick doesn't have a hard disk inside, why would the solid-state memory be affected by a magnetic field?
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that's a good point. The field would have to be VERY strong to cause a problem there.
Ok, maybe that was my weird idea... I'm still from the floppy age, and I recall that those were sensitive to magnets, and as far as I know, you have to be cautious in general with magnets in combination with electronics... but I gather this doesn't apply to flash mem, which is just our luck then
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Originally posted by Towel
Someone might have to hit me a cluestick, but assuming your USB stick doesn't have a hard disk inside, why would the solid-state memory be affected by a magnetic field?
[bracing]
that's a good point. The field would have to be VERY strong to cause a problem there.