Thread: Amazon Kindles 'damaged by airport scanners'
View Single Post
Old 11-22-2011, 11:06 AM   #7
Nate the great
Sir Penguin of Edinburgh
Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Nate the great's Avatar
 
Posts: 12,375
Karma: 23555235
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: DC Metro area
Device: Shake a stick plus 1
Quote:
Originally Posted by wiccan2 View Post
From what I read in the article it's not the radiation damaging the kindle but static build up from the conveyor belt. I could see how static would damage the kindle but have to agree that the radiation of a X-Ray scanner would not cause damage.
So you think that a static discharge could hit a Kindle inside its case, inside a bag, while sitting in a plastic bin? How exactly would that work?
Nate the great is offline   Reply With Quote