17 Jul
2006
17 Jul
'06
12:28 p.m.
On Monday 17 July 2006 04:12 pm, Jules Richardson wrote:
Dave Dunfield wrote:
Not my story - but I saved this from somewhere...
THE POWERBOOK THAT LEAKED
(A True Story)
Thing is, surely any repair tech would have checked obvious things first -
like pulling the battery, and investigating the sloshing noise - before
they went anywhere near the power socket? Otherwise they just open
themselves up to turning a potentially simple repair into a very expensive
one...
Yah. When we had the shop what I would've done in that case is to open the
unit up right there on the counter, never mind bringing it back to the
bench...
Any sorts of "wildlife" that may have used
it as a, er, "bathroom"?
Cat urine--absolute death to PCBs. Don't ask why I know. Amusing enough story, but I'm not so sure about
the 'true' bit!
cheers
Jules
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ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
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