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
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 vo
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...
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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
Re: (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 vo
Re:Five laptops (Score:3)
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...