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From: j... Jim Giles
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 1990 20:57

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>From article <10...@bbx.basis.com>, by use...@bbx.basis.com (news manager ):
> [...]
> I think it was the local paper that printed the suggestion that
> the ellskin wallets somehow produced too much static that (I
> guess magically) erased the magnetic stripe.

_ANY_ electric current generates a magnetic field.  The current density
of a static discharge is always very high - therefore so is the magnetic
field near the spark.  Each spark near the magnetic strip should scramble
the information on the strip (at least, very close to the spark).  A large
number of such sparks would make the strip unreadable.

Probably nothing to do with Curie temperature is involved.

J. Giles

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Subject: Re: Stupid Users
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Date: 30 Aug 90 20:57:52 GMT
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