Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!ukma!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!charlie!edguer From: edguer@charlie.CES.CWRU.Edu (Aydin Edguer) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: "Bad" backups Message-ID: <1990Nov16.221422.7588@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> Date: 16 Nov 90 22:14:22 GMT References: <36371@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Sender: news@usenet.ins.cwru.edu Organization: Computer Engineering and Science, Case Western Reserve University Lines: 19 Nntp-Posting-Host: charlie.ces.cwru.edu In article karl_kleinpaste@cis.ohio-state.edu writes: >new@ee.udel.edu writes: > >and whatever you do be sure your trap can't injure someone. > > I've never heard of a bulk-tape eraser hurting anybody. > >Oh, I dunno: Ejected toward the door with a suitable catapult, it >could cause a concussion... Karl, while you are quite right (I have never seen a "light" bulk eraser :-), I *think* that a suitably strong electromagnetic field (as is generated by a bulk eraser) *might* cause trouble for people using pacemakers. So, you might want to put a danger sign on the door to your computer room, warning such individuals. I do not know if you would have any further responsibility. -- Aydin Edguer