There seems to be a large FUD factor (fear, uncertainty, doubt) about the whole irradiation thing. Officially, USPS claims they only irradiate incoming mail to certain zipcodes. But mail distribution routes can be very complex nowadays. The notice of compactflash damage was released by the Compact Flash Association.
I did some searching and wasn't able to come up with anything but anecdotal information (though the USPS does admit the process can turn paper brown).
Anyone more knowledgeable than me about this around?
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Guest repliedThis is scary. I bought a another stick for my puter a while back, and can't remember if it was before or after 9-11. What about hardware? Is there a danger if we buy a new video card or some CDs?Leave a comment:
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USPS irradiation
Since 9/11 and the anthrax scare the US Postal Service has taken to irradiating our mail to kill possible malicious germs. I've read of some real problems with this (harm to flash memory cards, unprocessed film, etc.) and also some problems under investigation, including some paper problems.
I'm currently discouraging mail shipment of user originals, just to be safe. And I don't use the mail for return shipments.
Have you taken any steps like this?
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Its becoming a battle to fight my way through junk mail in order to find the stuff I want to read i.e. orders, payment confirmations and sycophantic fan mail etc. I was wondering how much junk mail site users have to cope with in an average 24 hour period. Lets put aside online services such as Hotmail...0-5216-101011-20321-402How Many !!!!504-21-2002, 03:09 AM
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2098505,00.asp
Excerpt: "SanDisk, which leads the market in retail flash memory, plans to offer a cheap read-only memory card designed to store photos for 100 years....
Rhine also said that SanDisk will create a new product category in...02-26-2007, 04:57 PM -
When you get ads in your phone or utility bill,
include them with the payment. Let them throw it away.
When you get those pre approved letters in the mail
for everything from credit cards to 2nd mortgages and junk like that,
most of them...12-21-2001, 03:47 PM -
There is a newer version (beta) of Mail Washer available that will work with Hotmail, and (I think) AOL. If you're not familiar with it, it's a piece of software that allows you to see what kind of mail is waiting on the server before you download it. It's a big help with spam and viruses, by alerting...02-04-2003, 06:38 PM
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Anyone got any more info on this one? (Strange looking URL. I hope it works.)...02-19-2003, 11:47 PM
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