Re: Self Destructing Computers...

2005-12-08 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wednesday 07 December 2005 05:57 pm, Nick D'Annunzio wrote:
 Hi, my name is Nick.
 I went to start my computer last night after work and an awful blue smoke
 blew out the back.  I ripped the cord out from the wall and opened the
 computer up and the processor was smoking.

Be careful when opening electronics that are burning up.  Might be a good idea 
to give them a few minutes.  Case in point...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7870362821870979072

There's the off chance something disrupts the balance in the force, causing 
the magic smoke to explosively decompress.

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Re: Self Destructing Computers...

2005-12-08 Thread Adrian von Bidder
On Thursday 08 December 2005 11.20, Paul Johnson wrote:
 On Wednesday 07 December 2005 05:57 pm, Nick D'Annunzio wrote:
  Hi, my name is Nick.
  I went to start my computer last night after work and an awful blue
  smoke blew out the back.  I ripped the cord out from the wall and
  opened the computer up and the processor was smoking.

 Be careful when opening electronics that are burning up.  Might be a good
 idea to give them a few minutes.  Case in point...
 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7870362821870979072

 There's the off chance something disrupts the balance in the force,
 causing the magic smoke to explosively decompress.

Can't happen here.  That guy was running Windows.

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