On Oct 27, 2015 3:59 PM, "Noel Chiappa" <jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
wrote:
From: Guy Sotomayor
> Peanuts do *nothing* .. The heavy item will "settle" and have
nothing
surrounding
it. The peanuts act a fluid during shipping.
I can attest to this. I bought a largish disk drive, and it was shipped in
peanuts. It came out the box at 45 degrees to the sides - it had gone in
parallel to the sides. Luckily, no damage ensued, but it was pure luck.
Noel
I'm curious: Does the static from the peanuts noticeably affect
electronics?