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Tom Sawyer · 03-13-2003, 10:10 AM

No, this is not a post about Dubya.

I was just forwarded a voicemail from my company's Tech Support department from a salesman in the field. He was doing some work on his laptop and accidentally spilt some Coke on the keyboard. He was working at home at the time and his brilliant idea to fix this was to use his hair dryer to dry the laptop off.

That's right, he blew hot air on something made of plastic, thin copper wires and silicon chips. Not surprisingly to everyone except him, things started to melt. He then called the Tech Support people to ask them to send him down a new keyboard for his laptop since all the keys were now stuck together. Apparently there are a lot of them that have melted, so it doesn't appear that he realized he should stop doing this when things first started to melt. :banghead:

Some people out there just shouldn't be allowed to work unsupervised.

Huginn · 03-13-2003, 10:32 AM

lol!

Reminds me of Stupid Computer Tricks.

Farren · 03-13-2003, 11:10 AM

Stupid as it sounds, it does no damage if set cool and held at a distance for a longer time. I know techs who've done this as a quick fix and I've done it myself.

He must have set it to max heat and held it right up against the keyboard

Tom Sawyer · 03-13-2003, 11:15 AM

Farren,

That's my point about the guy's stupidity. After things started to melt, he kept doing it without realizing that a melting keyboard was a bad thing.

ImGod · 03-13-2003, 11:20 AM

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Originally posted by Tom Sawyer
...He was doing some work on his laptop and accidentally spilt some Coke on the keyboard...

Since you're from Atlanta, I'm assuming the Coke may have been any carbonated beverage.

Shake · 03-13-2003, 11:24 AM

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Originally posted by Huginn
lol!

Reminds me of Stupid Computer Tricks.

So that's what the duct tape is for!

Derec · 03-13-2003, 11:30 AM

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Originally posted by Shake
So that's what the duct tape is for!

That and for UAVs any high school shop class would be ashamed of.

UMoC

Reverend Ruin · 03-13-2003, 11:38 AM

It's not that uncommon. I was working for a financial software company and one of the PROGRAMMERS did the exact same thing, except that he toasted a good portion of the internals, too.

Farren · 03-13-2003, 02:27 PM

My business partner went to a government minister's house to install some software on his laptop. He got there and the guys staff were in a flap because he was an hour acros town. So they get him on the line.

"No problem", he tells Andrew. "Just install it while you wait and I'll bring my laptop over just now so you can show me how it works"

TRUE STORY
:banghead:

Putney Swope · 03-14-2003, 03:16 AM

They fool you by walking upright.
:banghead: :banghead:

03-13-2003, 10:10 AM	#1
Tom Sawyer Talk Freethought Staff Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Toronto, eh Posts: 42,293	Stupidest person ever No, this is not a post about Dubya. I was just forwarded a voicemail from my company's Tech Support department from a salesman in the field. He was doing some work on his laptop and accidentally spilt some Coke on the keyboard. He was working at home at the time and his brilliant idea to fix this was to use his hair dryer to dry the laptop off. That's right, he blew hot air on something made of plastic, thin copper wires and silicon chips. Not surprisingly to everyone except him, things started to melt. He then called the Tech Support people to ask them to send him down a new keyboard for his laptop since all the keys were now stuck together. Apparently there are a lot of them that have melted, so it doesn't appear that he realized he should stop doing this when things first started to melt. :banghead: Some people out there just shouldn't be allowed to work unsupervised.

03-13-2003, 02:27 PM	#9
Farren Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: South Africa Posts: 2,194	Now THIS is dumb My business partner went to a government minister's house to install some software on his laptop. He got there and the guys staff were in a flap because he was an hour acros town. So they get him on the line. "No problem", he tells Andrew. "Just install it while you wait and I'll bring my laptop over just now so you can show me how it works" TRUE STORY :banghead:

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03-13-2003, 10:32 AM	#2
Huginn Veteran Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Lincoln, England Posts: 1,499	lol! Reminds me of Stupid Computer Tricks.

03-13-2003, 11:10 AM	#3
Farren Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: South Africa Posts: 2,194	Stupid as it sounds, it does no damage if set cool and held at a distance for a longer time. I know techs who've done this as a quick fix and I've done it myself. He must have set it to max heat and held it right up against the keyboard

03-13-2003, 11:15 AM	#4
Tom Sawyer Talk Freethought Staff Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Toronto, eh Posts: 42,293	Farren, That's my point about the guy's stupidity. After things started to melt, he kept doing it without realizing that a melting keyboard was a bad thing.

03-13-2003, 11:38 AM	#8
Reverend Ruin Regular Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: San Francisco, CA, USA Posts: 246	It's not that uncommon. I was working for a financial software company and one of the PROGRAMMERS did the exact same thing, except that he toasted a good portion of the internals, too.

03-14-2003, 03:16 AM	#10
Putney Swope Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Statosphere, baby. I'm stacked over LaGuardia & I'm not coming down fo no body Posts: 614	They fool you by walking upright. :banghead: :banghead:

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