dishwasher + mainboards - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

13 Oct 1998

I know this is getting WAY off-topic, but to get it slightly back
on-topic....

If you would happen to barf on your , say, C64, would it damage any of the
traces on the motherboard or the keyboard?

<sorry - couldn't resist:)>
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  From: Cameron Kaiser &lt;ckaiser(a)oa.ptloma.edu&gt;
 To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
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  Subject: Re: dishwasher + mainboards
 Date: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 10:05 AM

 ::Last time I vomitted, some of that stomach acid came up exactly the same 
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  ::path as it would have to go down if I drank it.

 Your stomach also does not contain *just* dilute HCl. You're also barfing up
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  a buffered solution (all the electrolytes in the food
you eat), a gunk of
 mucus (I can't believe I'm writing this before breakfast) which further
 retards acid action, and food which usually is slightly alkaline itself.
 Moreover, the pH 3 in your stomach is needed only to activate enzymes like
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  trypsin and pepsin from their inert state. It's
not like your entire stomach
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  is a bubbling pit of acid; most of the catalytic
activity is performed by the
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  enzymes, or else you would break things like proteins
into inorganic or
 elemental compounds instead of the amino acids and monosaccharides you need.
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