I just know I'm going to get heck from somebody: On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 01:25:10PM +0100, Antonio Rodríguez wrote: > 1) There's no known first-hand evidence of anybody being killed by a CRT. > 2) I do not know of any electronic device capable of holding a significative > quantity of charge after two months of being unused.
My addition: I have broken a couple of tubes on compact Macs and I have always discharged tubes when working on them. I have never had problems with the former (besides ending up with a useless tube), and there was never anything to discharge in the latter case. On the other hand, the absence of an accident (let alone a serious accident) is not a reason for carelessness. Besides, there are other reasons to be careful while working in compact Macs. For example: you may want to test a machine before closing it up, in which case it is more dangerous; or you may need to dive back in, before the excess charge bleeds away. And, as that MacWebster column pointed out, there is an implicit reason to give these warnings: lawyers. Quite frankly, I would rather electrocute myself than deal with those, which means playing dangerously in Macs but telling other people to be safe. ;-) Byron. -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
