5 Aug
2006
5 Aug
'06
5:06 p.m.
On Saturday 05 August 2006 02:17 pm, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 8/5/2006 at 1:26 PM Roy J. Tellason wrote:
I've heard some similar stories about that stuff, too, now that you mention
it...
Sometimes it's amazing what people will end up storing in their garages,
especially in situations where all sorts of stuff has been collecting for
ages.
--
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
I've been a tech for coming up on four decades
now, most of that time
having my hands inside of the hardware of one sort or another, and the
earlier stuff had vacuum tubes in it, on up to current technology.
And I've *never* seen anything like what you describe here, or heard of
such a thing either.
I've seen something close to it--an old PC stored in a garage next to a
leaking jug of muriatic acid. Most of the copper turned to green dust, but
the packages (ceramic and plastic) were fine. The zinc plating on the
chassis was gone and the steel underneath was nearly rusted through in
places. The concrete floor also took a hit.