On 2/21/2003 7:03 AM Thomas Ethen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >The weather here as been both cold and dry, which makes for a dangerous >combination when using my computers, especially my laptop. I have been >forced to make a static discharge block, which I keep by my computer which I >use to discharge (it is amazing how large a spark will jump to the block) >myself before using my Pismo. A spark that large could certainly do damage >to many components inside a computer! > >A friend of mine has burned out three mice on her PC just this month because >of static discharge. > >Tom
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