From: henry@spsystems.net   
      
   In article ,   
   Mad Scientist  wrote:   
   >Can the electromagnetic radiation from this solar flare erase hard   
   >disks or other magnetic media?   
      
   No.  Except insofar as it might indirectly cause difficulties for software   
   or other hardware, which might respond poorly and mistakenly decide that   
   altering the contents of the disk was the right thing to do.   
   --   
   MOST launched 30 June; first light, 29 July; 5arcsec    | Henry Spencer   
   pointing, 10 Sept; first science, early Oct; all well.  | henry@spsystems.net   
      
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