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Default Duct tape was: [ Why did the professional camera reviewers totallymiss a serious flaw in the camera?]

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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SIGH. It was named DUCK tape by GIs who used it to waterproof
shipping containers, because 'Water flows off it, like water off a
duck's back'.


Also possibly because it was made of cotton duck cloth.