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"Jeff The Drunk" wrote in message
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On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:27:12 +0100, Mrcheerful wrote:

Jeff The Drunk wrote:
On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:06:09 -0400, Ralph Mowery wrote:

"john hamilton" wrote in message
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Have tried using the strongest cuboard magnet I can find (In north
London u.k.), but if the wind picks up surprisingly it will just not
hold. Also

The magnet out of a hard drive is flat and very strong.

Really? What kind of hard drive has a big flat magnet inside? That
defies all logic on the principals of how a hard drive works.


ordinary IDE, the magnet is so strong that it is hard to get off a flat
metal surface without tools!!!


Well I guess you learn something new every day. I would think a magnet
anywhere near the metal recording medium where the data lives would wipe
it out.


Since Faraday all motors use magnets!