Be careful where you put that laptop

Jalope · Post by **Jalope** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 6:01 pm

Don't put your laptop on your... er... lap!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6677040/

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 7:24 pm

HAHA!
"A serious case of laptop burn was reported in a letter published in a medical journal two years ago after a 50-year-old man burned his penis while using a laptop balanced on his legs for an hour, despite wearing trousers and underpants."

I'm speechless. Especially about this man's pain threshold! And his computer! Speechless.

AdamJay · Post by **AdamJay** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 7:32 pm

Machinate wrote:HAHA!
"A serious case of laptop burn was reported in a letter published in a medical journal two years ago after a 50-year-old man burned his penis while using a laptop balanced on his legs for an hour, despite wearing trousers and underpants."

a Pentium 4 laptop, no doubt

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 7:41 pm

What really amazes me is that his *penis* got burnt, not his thighs. Is your penis ever actually IN CONTACT with the computer? Mine sure isn't!

AdamJay · Post by **AdamJay** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 7:46 pm

maybe he was using his penis to elevate the laptop.... as to not burn his thighs.

this has to be a "Darwin Award".

hacktheplanet · Post by **hacktheplanet** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 8:00 pm

Hail Apple notebooks and their (relatively) low operating temperatures!

mike holiday · Post by **mike holiday** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 8:28 pm

i'm a little confused...so are they telling us not to use our laps on our laps, or are they incoreging us to leave 'em there all day?

forge · Post by **forge** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 12:37 am

mike holiday wrote:i'm a little confused...so are they telling us not to use our laps on our laps, or are they incoreging us to leave 'em there all day?

have you not been following the trends of maket speak? they are no longer referred to as 'laptops' but 'notebook computers' - no doubt some kind of legal corporate pre-emptive strike in anticipation of the likes of ol Mr Dick Burns here

dirtystudios · Post by **dirtystudios** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 3:50 am

they say it's the heat that does you in, but i always thought that the electromagnetic radiation so close to your berries would be much more harmful.

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ashley_k · Post by **ashley_k** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 5:51 pm

Should I get a USB or firewire scrotal thermometer for my laptop?

AdamJay · Post by **AdamJay** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 6:22 pm

USB....
because there's just something wrong about the words FIREwire and Scrotal being used so close together.

blakbeltjonez · Post by **blakbeltjonez** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 3:25 pm

the_planet wrote:Hail Apple notebooks and their (relatively) low operating temperatures!

oh, the older TI's and some aluminum PB's can get quite hot - i can feel for the guy, i've had an old 500 mHz Ti on my lap for a while and sometimes i wonder whether i'm gonna be able to have kids someday!

5inusoid · Post by **5inusoid** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 3:53 am

the_planet wrote:Hail Apple notebooks and their (relatively) low operating temperatures!

WHAT?? I can fry EGGS on my G4 powerbook!!!!

AdamJay · Post by **AdamJay** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 4:08 am

yea lets see... metal enclosure on a laptop (like powerbooks) = heat retention. The operating temperature of the G4 cpu is low, but the heat isn't displaced, it just radiates right through the casing. especially like my G4 12" did.

cheaper than having your tubes tied though.

cathochic · Post by **cathochic** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 4:10 am

blakbeltjonez wrote:
the_planet wrote:Hail Apple notebooks and their (relatively) low operating temperatures!
oh, the older TI's and some aluminum PB's can get quite hot - i can feel for the guy, i've had an old 500 mHz Ti on my lap for a while and sometimes i wonder whether i'm gonna be able to have kids someday!

Regardless of how much pain he's in, I wil not "feel"for him!