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Horse manure?
"Rob Halgren" wrote in message ... This is precisely why I drink diet soda instead of coffee. I can still read the keys, and they don't stick to my fingers. Otherwise I'd be skroood. *grin* But you still need to take care. A fellow I worked with maintained a home ofice, and routinely let his five year old aughter play games on office computers. On one occassion, he allowed her to have a soda and play on the company's NEWEST computer. The soda was placed a little too near the new computer's keyboard. You can guess what happened. A little elbow came a little too close to the glass. Everything in the computer was fried: motherboard, video card, everything. But he realized his own folly in letting her have soda so close to the company's computers, so he didn't scold her or take any action to discipline her, and he was willing to replace the ocmpany's computer at his own expense. Can you imagine replacing a machine you've had for less than one week in this circumstances? The electrolytes in soda are high enough that it is an extremely good conductor of electricity, and thus it is very effective at shorting out any circuit it is poured over. The ONLY way your keyboard is going to be really safe is if a) you ban liquids from within a metre of the keyboard, or b) you install a keyboard condom (a flexible plastic envelop molded to the shape of your keyboard - flexible so that you can type with it in place, but guaranteed to keep liquids out of your keyboard unless it is torn or punctured). Cheers, Ted |
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