[plug] OT: RAM and X-Rays

[Oliver]

Just pass it outside the scanner. They let me do that with a hard disk I
took with me to sydney.

--
Oliver White

Christian wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> This is slightly off topic but still obliquely relevant.  I'm interested
> if anyone can suggest what the effect might be on RAM if exposed briefly
> to x-rays, in particular, what would the effects be on data stored in
> the RAM at the time?  I'm thinking there probably wouldn't be any effect
> but I know RAM itself tends to be pretty sensitive so I thought I'd ask
> for another opinion.  The main scenario for this would be someone taking
> their Palm (Pilot) with them when travelling on an aircraft and
> therefore having to pass through the x-ray machine -- since all
> applications and data on a Palm are stored in volatile RAM I'd like to
> know if I could potentially lose everything...
>
> Regards,
>
> Christian.