We had 8 field trainers and in one year they destroyed 5 laptops by dumping drinks in them. It is pretty obvious that if you put an open drink next to a computer when a person turns around that the sweep of their arms will tend to push drinks into the computer.
I sent out an email saying that open drinks are not allowed near company computers.
The 'affront' of being told not to do something traveled up the food chain until the Director of Marketing showed up at my desk wanting to know why I would send out such an "offensive email" and it was obvious she was there for my butt. I explained that in the last calendar year we had to replace over $8000 in laptops from the negligence of her trainers. She turned right around and then sent out an email to the trainers telling them that open drinks are not allowed near a computer.
Virtually brand new fully loaded MBP. Sitting down at home with a pint of beer doing some work and the inevitable happened. Turned it off as quickly as possible, washed it with de-ionised water, dried it out with a hair dryer.
First power up - nothing. Shit. Left it for a day. Next power up got a chime but no screen. Hmmm. Connected to a TV via HDMI port and desktop appears. Whoopee! But not very portable now as plugged into 75inch TV.
After a couple of hours, there was a flicker or two from the screen and voila, it was back! Worked perfectly ever since, apart from a very faint whiff of hops to start with when it got hot enough for the fans to come on...
I had a laptop that drank almost as much beer as I did. (That's a bit of an exaggeration.)
The thing was magical, however. Every time it drank a beer, it only killed the keyboard. I replaced the keyboard in it so many times (it went through four or five) that I had the process down to under 15 minutes to replace it - on a laptop that went together like a 3D puzzle. I have no idea why it only killed the keyboard and nothing else, as it sure consumed a lot of beer.
While this is not the first story I've heard of a computer not being able to handle alcohol, I do believe it's the first computer I've heard of that might be classified as an alcoholic...
My oldest, as a toddler, wandered up to my desk at home and promptly managed to spill apple juice from her sippy cup on my keyboard. Happily, the keys all recovered except for the left command key, which wasn't really used back in those days, anyway.
A few years later, I had my laptop on my lap, a mug of homebrewed beer in my right hand--and my wife suddenly plopped one of my infant twins into my left arm without warning!
I have a 46" Samsung LCD TV that was on the first floor when my house flooded 8 years ago. The lower 8-10" was under water, which was enough to cover all the connections. Remote was trashed, so I don't know if it was the touch controls or the TV that wasn't working. After a couple of weeks I gave it another try and it kicked on. It is still working to this day with no flaws on the screen or with the inputs.
Did have an instance of a screen failure on a tablet. Managed to output to a TV, but that had to navi
That's one advantage of those adult sippy cups those 'huel' addicts use I guess.
I make a habit of putting open drinks behind any laptop I am using, it's just a massive fear of mine! Luckily on the desk I have it raised up for ergonomics and a separate keyboard, so spills should only take out the replaceable item, not the expensive item.
The last motherboard replacement I did was a drink spill...behind the laptop. I think it was a Macbook Pro and all the ventilation holes are in the back.
We had 8 field trainers and in one year they destroyed 5 laptops by dumping drinks in them. It is pretty obvious that if you put an open drink next to a computer when a person turns around that the sweep of their arms will tend to push drinks into the computer.
I sent out an email saying that open drinks are not allowed near company computers.
The 'affront' of being told not to do something traveled up the food chain until the Director of Marketing showed up at my desk wanting to know why I would send out such an "offensive email" and it was obvious she was there for my butt. I explained that in the last calendar year we had to replace over $8000 in laptops from the negligence of her trainers. She turned right around and then sent out an email to the trainers telling them that open drinks are not allowed near a computer.
To this day, that's the reason I still use only notebooks that have keyboard water drains (business class thinkpads, among others).
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Five laptops (Score:4, Funny)
I sent out an email saying that open drinks are not allowed near company computers.
The 'affront' of being told not to do something traveled up the food chain until the Director of Marketing showed up at my desk wanting to know why I would send out such an "offensive email" and it was obvious she was there for my butt. I explained that in the last calendar year we had to replace over $8000 in laptops from the negligence of her trainers. She turned right around and then sent out an email to the trainers telling them that open drinks are not allowed near a computer.
Re:Five laptops (Score:4, Funny)
Virtually brand new fully loaded MBP. Sitting down at home with a pint of beer doing some work and the inevitable happened. Turned it off as quickly as possible, washed it with de-ionised water, dried it out with a hair dryer.
First power up - nothing. Shit. Left it for a day. Next power up got a chime but no screen. Hmmm. Connected to a TV via HDMI port and desktop appears. Whoopee! But not very portable now as plugged into 75inch TV.
After a couple of hours, there was a flicker or two from the screen and voila, it was back! Worked perfectly ever since, apart from a very faint whiff of hops to start with when it got hot enough for the fans to come on...
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I had a laptop that drank almost as much beer as I did. (That's a bit of an exaggeration.)
The thing was magical, however. Every time it drank a beer, it only killed the keyboard. I replaced the keyboard in it so many times (it went through four or five) that I had the process down to under 15 minutes to replace it - on a laptop that went together like a 3D puzzle. I have no idea why it only killed the keyboard and nothing else, as it sure consumed a lot of beer.
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While this is not the first story I've heard of a computer not being able to handle alcohol, I do believe it's the first computer I've heard of that might be classified as an alcoholic...
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You understand that this is alcohol abuse?
My oldest, as a toddler, wandered up to my desk at home and promptly managed to spill apple juice from her sippy cup on my keyboard. Happily, the keys all recovered except for the left command key, which wasn't really used back in those days, anyway.
A few years later, I had my laptop on my lap, a mug of homebrewed beer in my right hand--and my wife suddenly plopped one of my infant twins into my left arm without warning!
Baby kicked, hit bottom of mug, splattered ke
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Did have an instance of a screen failure on a tablet. Managed to output to a TV, but that had to navi
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That's one advantage of those adult sippy cups those 'huel' addicts use I guess.
I make a habit of putting open drinks behind any laptop I am using, it's just a massive fear of mine! Luckily on the desk I have it raised up for ergonomics and a separate keyboard, so spills should only take out the replaceable item, not the expensive item.
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The last motherboard replacement I did was a drink spill...behind the laptop. I think it was a Macbook Pro and all the ventilation holes are in the back.
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We had 8 field trainers and in one year they destroyed 5 laptops by dumping drinks in them. It is pretty obvious that if you put an open drink next to a computer when a person turns around that the sweep of their arms will tend to push drinks into the computer.
I sent out an email saying that open drinks are not allowed near company computers.
The 'affront' of being told not to do something traveled up the food chain until the Director of Marketing showed up at my desk wanting to know why I would send out such an "offensive email" and it was obvious she was there for my butt. I explained that in the last calendar year we had to replace over $8000 in laptops from the negligence of her trainers. She turned right around and then sent out an email to the trainers telling them that open drinks are not allowed near a computer.
To this day, that's the reason I still use only notebooks that have keyboard water drains (business class thinkpads, among others).