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Article #697871Re: Mid-Month Ramble - May 2017
From: Spalls Hurgenson
Date: Sat, 20 May 2017 13:23
Date: Sat, 20 May 2017 13:23
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On Fri, 19 May 2017 13:00:06 -0700, Justisaur <just...@gmail.com> wrote: >On 5/17/2017 10:51 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote: >> Mid-Month Ramble - May 2017 >Funny, with all the computers I've been in, I don't ever remember being >shocked. I've been cut by the cases and other sharp points more times >than I can count, and every single computer I've owned and upgraded. >I've been mildly burned by overheating components too. One of my earliest memories is of getting shocked. Yes, I was the sort of kid who jammed his fingers into an electrical socket. Many of you might be nodding and thinking to yourself, "Yes, that explains a lot." Later I had a similar experience when another outlet went bad and while I probably wasn't literally thrown across the room - in typical Hollywood explosion style - it sure felt like it. I also have an unnerving tendency to discover the hard way if a fence is electrified whenever I go hiking (e.g. around a cow paddock); that's happened three or four times. So it's not just computers; I seem to be unnervingly drawn to live current ;-) I can actually only think of TWO instances where I got shocked working on electronics, but that's because - or perhaps despite - the fact I try to ensure the electricity isn't flowing beforehand. Once was with a printer, the other time with a CRT monitor (only later did I realize how very, very lucky I was with the latter incident, since those old monitors store absolutely lethal amounts of current in their capacitors). Sadly, none of these accidents have left me with electrical super-powers.
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