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- From: bigdog!jon (Jon Wright)
- Subject: Re: Tank Bag Monopole Magnets
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.175120.556@pages.com>
- Sender: jon@pages.com
- Organization: Pages Software Inc.
- References: <1993Jan25.173203.28000@research.nj.nec.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:51:20 GMT
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- Chris BeHanna writes
- > In article <C1DJtA.EuM@vuse.vanderbilt.edu> dab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Flash)
- writes:
- > >In article <1993Jan22.212815.461@pages.com> bigdog!jon (Jon Wright) writes:
- > >>I asked somebody at MotoPort about this and they said the ceramic magnets,
- > >>which were more powerful than the previous metalic ones, were also
- polarized or
- > >>uni-directional or something, which prevented screwing up your disks and
- cards.
- > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > >
- > >The Monopole Magnet(tm) was first pioneered by Jillian Spaghtorpe, Lord
- >
- > There is No Such Thing as a Magnetic Monopole.
- >
- > >>I guess the next obvious question is, "How do you know if they're polarized
- or
- > >>not?"
- >
- > All magnets have polarity.
- >
- > Was a fun article, though Flash.
-
- Since I last posted this message, I've been asking around and a couple of other
- dealers of other packs also insist they have these wierd magnets. Sharp,
- Lockhart, and Eclipse, to name three. I specifically asked why such-and-such a
- bag is a good bag and the response was, "It's these magnets, dude."
-
- So, what gives? They may not be monopole, but enough semi-educated counter
- jockeys seem to be on to something here.
-