Jo Ann, Unfortunately, that solution no longer works. See, Earth's magnetic poles have been due to switch places for quite some time now (magnetically, north becomes south and vice versa). This ongoing phenomenon has been repeating about every 20,000 years or so for as far back as the best scientists can tell. Well, it's been something like 22,000 years since the completion of the last planetary magnetic reversal and the result of this delay is that Earth's magnetic field is extremely unstable right now. The brightest minds in the industry are perplexed at how long the actual reversal is taking to complete and few scientists are willing to put their reputations on the line by predicting how much longer we will have to wait before it's finished. The resulting magnetic flux (instability) negatively affects all of the instruments we humans use to measure such things, including compasses (they are far less accurate than they should be as shown by their inability to point to True North), magnetometers, tin foil hats, dip inductors and most standard chronometers. It is predicted that these instruments will return to a much more 'normal' state of ability once the reversal has completed. In the meantime, the hats are no longer assumed to be a viable ward against alien mind probing. You'll be much better served by the Knox Jello. :O) Peace, Gman "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jo Ann" <bookworm54@xxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 8:38 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Corruption is rife! > What's wrong with the tried and true solution? Aluminum foil cap for Don > and his puter :) > > Jo Ann --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------