Compaq//safety issues

For one thing, I don't think there's anything wrong with cheaters, I have three or four connected to power strips and a microwave. If a problem should happen, touching the case could cause instant death, but a) so what b) what are the odds c)in an old apartment building like mine, it's very difficult to maintain wiring and even talk about it to the landlord. They won't even replace the valves on the radiators! I might decide to actually attach those things to ground sometime...I'm very lax with safety precautions. There is no way the boy could have electrocuted himself with any modern keyboard I know of, since it's mostly impossible to get to the components inside them w/o taking the thing apart. An XT keyboard, OTOH, is metal which could kill someone if the keyboard is damaged or plugged into the wrong place. More likely is that he touched a bad power cable with hand. If the PC got moved and the keyboard got unplugged, it could undo any cables spliced together w/scotch tape (another of my bad habits). In general, it's not too hard to believe. There's nothing that could be done to prevent this from happening every so often. Touching case, voltage is I'd ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com