subject:"\[ubuntu\-uk\] Bacteria in your PC"

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bacteria in your PC

2008-05-02 Thread Tan Xuan You

Regarding the dishwasher method, there's probably a few things that could go wrong: 1) Hard water. Calcium and other mineral deposits (better known as soap scum) left behind after drying can make the keyboard worse than it was. 2) Improper drying. Surfaces under surface-mount chips on the keyboar

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bacteria in your PC

2008-05-02 Thread Thomas Ibbotson

Sean Anderson wrote: > On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 22:35 +0100, Andrew Oakley wrote: > >> Oh, for heaven's sake. A new keyboard is two quid from a computer fair. >> You're really not saving any money, and wasting considerable effort, if >> you need to clean your keyboard more than once or twice a ye

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bacteria in your PC

2008-05-01 Thread Sean Anderson

On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 22:35 +0100, Andrew Oakley wrote: > > Oh, for heaven's sake. A new keyboard is two quid from a computer fair. > You're really not saving any money, and wasting considerable effort, if > you need to clean your keyboard more than once or twice a year. > > -- > Andrew Oakley

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bacteria in your PC

2008-05-01 Thread alan c

Andrew Oakley wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: >> alan c wrote: >>> Thomas Ibbotson wrote: Eddie Armstrong wrote: > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bacteria in your PC

2008-05-01 Thread Andrew Oakley

Rob Beard wrote: > alan c wrote: >> Thomas Ibbotson wrote: >>> Eddie Armstrong wrote: Oh, for heaven's sake. A new

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bacteria in your PC

2008-05-01 Thread alan c

Rob Beard wrote: > alan c wrote: >> Thomas Ibbotson wrote: >> >>> Eddie Armstrong wrote: >>> (Which Report: Bacteria in your PC

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bacteria in your PC

2008-05-01 Thread Matt Jones

On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 18:50 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > alan c wrote: > > Thomas Ibbotson wrote: > > > >> Eddie Armstrong wrote: > >> > >>> (Which Report: Bacteria in your PC > >>>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bacteria in your PC

2008-05-01 Thread Rob Beard

alan c wrote: > Thomas Ibbotson wrote: > >> Eddie Armstrong wrote: >> >>> (Which Report: Bacteria in your PC >>> >>>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bacteria in your PC

2008-05-01 Thread Eddie Armstrong

alan c wrote: > , what seemed like a whole packet of crisps fell out. > I recently recycled some PCs and gave them to members of my family - the worse part of it was cleaning the keyboards. I didn't have the courage to try your method :-) Eddie -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://