Re: iPad 2 cover vs. Floppy disks

[schmidtd <schmidtd@my-deja.com>]

On Apr 29, 7:19 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> schmidtd wrote:
> > Hint: the floppies lose.
>
> > So, it turns out... The magnets on the iPad 2 cover are pretty
> > strong.  You have been warned.
> > :-/
>
> So making computers and accessories with strong, accessible
> magnets is the latest sign that the floppy age is over...  ;-)
>
> This would have been unheard of in the 1990s!

You bet.  I imagine the same is true of magnetic strips on the backs
of credit cards - but I'm not willing to test that!