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Be careful where you put that laptop
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 6:01 pm
by Jalope
Don't put your laptop on your... er... lap!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6677040/
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 7:24 pm
by Machinate
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.
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 7:32 pm
by AdamJay
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
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 7:41 pm
by Machinate
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!
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 7:46 pm
by AdamJay
maybe he was using his penis to elevate the laptop.... as to not burn his thighs.
this has to be a "Darwin Award".
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 8:00 pm
by hacktheplanet
Hail Apple notebooks and their (relatively) low operating temperatures!
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 8:28 pm
by mike holiday
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?
Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 12:37 am
by forge
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
Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 3:50 am
by dirtystudios
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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Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 5:51 pm
by ashley_k
Should I get a USB or firewire scrotal thermometer for my laptop?
Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 6:22 pm
by AdamJay
USB....
because there's just something wrong about the words
FIREwire and Scrotal being used so close together.
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 3:25 pm
by blakbeltjonez
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!
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 3:53 am
by 5inusoid
the_planet wrote:Hail Apple notebooks and their (relatively) low operating temperatures!
WHAT?? I can fry EGGS on my G4 powerbook!!!!
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 4:08 am
by AdamJay
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.
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 4:10 am
by cathochic
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!
