Simon Taylor wrote:
At 14:36 08 December 2006, T O D D P A T T I S T wrote:
wrote:

new mac laptop and they made the
power cord attach w/a magnet, to keep the computer
from hitting the
ground when someone trips on the power cord.
My wife has a hot pot that constantly holds near-boiling
water and dispenses with a pump on request. It uses
one of
those magnetically attached power cords to prevent
anyone
from getting burned if you trip over the cord. They
must be
sold somewhere.
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T o d d P a t t i s t - 'WH' Ventus C
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Wouldn't the magnet ideas cause compass issues?

Microphones and radio speakers have magnets. I don't know how magnetic
shielding works but it exists. TV speakers are shielded so they don't
interfere with the CRT-at least in those old fashioned TVs :-)


Shawn