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Re: Here you go, Apple lovers! Eat this!

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Subject	Re: Here you go, Apple lovers! Eat this!
Date	2018-11-08 15:38 +0100
Message-ID	<7ebfe42ecc44753e7f121c04e0843600@dizum.com> (permalink)
From	Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com>
Newsgroups	alt.privacy.anon-server, alt.os.linux, comp.os.linux.misc, alt.comp.os.windows-10, misc.phone.mobile.iphone

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In article <87tvl03grg.fsf@dhh.gt.org>
John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> wrote:
>
> Andy Burns writes:
> > I'm not clear why an oscillator would be "open" to the atmosphere,
> > whereas a barometer would need to be.
>
> They weren't open.  They were sealed, and most likely contained either a
> vacuum or a specific gas.  However, helium diffuses through everything
> at an astounding rate, and something about these particular parts made
> them especially susceptible to small amounts of helium.  It probably
> changed the velocity of sound inside the device just enough to screw it
> up.  Other brands of oscillator might also have been affected but if
> they merely shifted off frequency a bit no one would have noticed.
>
> It's also possible that these oscillators didn't stop either, but
> shifted frequency enough to cause the operating system to become alarmed
> and/or confused.

All the more reason not to spend obscene amounts of money on an 
iphone.

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Here you go, Apple lovers!  Eat this! Nomen Nescio <noreply@mixnym.net> - 2018-10-31 20:24 -0500
  Re: Here you go, Apple lovers! Eat this! Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-11-01 07:09 +0000
    Re: Here you go, Apple lovers! Eat this! nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-01 04:02 -0400
    Re: Here you go, Apple lovers! Eat this! Nomen Nescio <noreply@mixnym.net> - 2018-11-01 08:45 -0500
      Re: Here you go, Apple lovers! Eat this! Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-11-01 15:00 +0000
        Re: Here you go, Apple lovers! Eat this! John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2018-11-01 11:27 -0500
          Re: Here you go, Apple lovers! Eat this! Nomen Nescio <noreply@mixnym.net> - 2018-11-01 15:25 -0500
            Re: Here you go, Apple lovers! Eat this! Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2018-11-08 10:06 +0100
              Re: Here you go, Apple lovers! Eat this! Eric Stevens <eric.stevens@sum.co.nz> - 2018-11-09 13:56 +1300
          Re: Here you go, Apple lovers! Eat this! Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2018-11-08 15:38 +0100

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