On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 12:03 +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > Very good summary indeed. > > > Static's usually not a problem for the assembled computer. Though > > there's cases of people walking up to a running computer and zapping it > > to death, and mouse cables charging up as they're dragged about the > > desk, they're a bit of a rarity. > > The case is usually anchored to earth and that protects the PC from the > worst of it. I have once seen a spark flash between someone and a PC and > reboot a box, but it survived. Ha! Was that Crash poking around inside his box again? Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================
