Rob Beard wrote: > alan c wrote: >> Thomas Ibbotson wrote: >> >>> Eddie Armstrong wrote: >>> >>>> (Which Report: Bacteria in your PC >>>> <http://www.which.co.uk/reports_and_campaigns/computers_and_internet/reports/computers/computer_advice/How%20to%20clean%20your%20PC/How_to_clean_your_PC_657_136984_3.jsp> >>>> >>>> ) >>>> >>>> Should we install those hand-washing facilities they use in hospitals by >>>> our PCs? >>>> Makes you wonder what kind of trojans and worms you're getting too :-) >>>> >>>> Forgot this bit: >>>> "If you look at what grows on computer keyboards, and hospitals are >>>> worse, believe it or not, it's more or less a reflection of what's in >>>> your nose and in your gut," >>>> >>>> Luvverly - ice cream with that? >>>> >>>> (The Enquirer link >>>> <http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/05/01/toilet-seats-cleaner-keyboards>) >>>> >>>> Eddie >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> After reading this I managed to bite into a grape a squirt juice all >>> over my keyboard. Shows how much I learnt. >>> >> >> When I was recycling PCs I used to clean them up well. I used the >> original keyboards, but first, washed them (!) using a brush and some >> detergent. The trick was that the whole operation had to be done, >> circus act style, with the keyboard upside down, so not a drop went in >> the wrong way. No mean feat I can tell you. >> >> But - back to the story - occasionally when I turned a keyboard upside >> down, what seemed like a whole packet of crisps fell out......... >> (I suspect pizza would be too big to fit between the keys) >> >> :-) >> > I've heard that you can put a keyboard in a dishwasher and it comes out > all shiney and still works. Can't say I've tried it as I don't > personally have a dish washer and they'd kill me at work if I screwed up > their dish washer!
The get firefox video 'soap' may make you smile, then! http://www.revver.com/video/19836/give-me-the-soap/ :-) -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
