From: nobody@nobody.com   
      
   "scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us" wrote:   
      
   > 2) Really old devices (mostly running on vacuum tubes instead of   
   > solid-state   
   >    devices) that used wax- or plastic-covered paper capacitors in which   
   >    failure of the wax covering would cause the paper dielectric to   
   > absorb   
   >    moisture, altering its properties.   
      
   About a year later...  Learned something interesting today..   
      
   Leon   
      
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