[TriLUG] [OT] I killed my laptop ...

[Matt Frye]

> > > On Tue, 28 Mar 2006, Lisa Boyd wrote:
> > > > This morning I spilled Coke on the corner of my laptop...

> > On 3/29/06, Joseph Mack NA3T <jmack at wm7d.net> wrote:
> > > there's very little in modern electronics that will have a
> > > problem with (distilled) water or being dunked in Coke, if
> > > it's turned off. Everthing is encapsulated in plastic
> > > coating of some sort or other.
> >
> > Normally, I would agree with this statement...

On 3/31/06, Ben Pitzer <bpitzer at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'll just point out that the operative portion of Joseph's comment was the
> 'if it's turned off' bit.

Originally, I was disagreeing with the "encapsulated in plastic" part,
but ultimately Joe is correct.  The worst part of my experience was
actually that it happened at the beginning of a plane ride with but
one napkin to clean up.  By the time I arrived at my destination, hope
was lost.

MPF