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From: PC on 8 Jul 2010 01:34
On 31/07/2008 11:56 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:48:26 +0200, "Skybuck Flying"
> <BloodyShame(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Probably electrolytic caps - they are usually the first to fail; heat
>> causes them to dry out.
>> "
>>
>> Does this mean the fluid that is inside vaporizes ?!?
>
> Yep. Too much ripple current can make it boil and vent. Keep your
> head out of the PC box and you'll be fine.
>
>> Could this be a health risk to humans ?
>
> Not in the small quantities used inside the electrolytic cazapitors.
> The electrolyte is a cocktail of boric acid, sodium borate, ethylene
> glycol, and a mess of proprietary elixers, mostly acting as
> stabilizers to keep the electrolyte from breaking down, floculating,
> precipitating, corroding, or otherwise wrecking the cazapitor.
>
> However, be advised that the typcial PC is fairly toxic. See:
> <http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/a-pc-is-like-an-ogre-its-full-of-toxic-layers/>
> "...did you know that your motherboard's Beryllium base
> could give you cancer, and your LCD's mercury infused
> fluorescent bulb, brain damage.?"

Wow some of the posters here seem to be already damaged....
Some more so, as the effects work quicker on those with minimal brains.
I wonder how the caps know? Are they intelligent?

>
> Also, watch out for the toxic flame retardant dust:
> <http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-06-03-toxic-computer-dust_x.htm>
> <http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2004/06/07/computers-have-traces-of-deadly-toxic-dust>
>
> Bringing FUD to S.E.D....
>
>

From: Tom Lake on 8 Jul 2010 06:16
>> Not in the small quantities used inside the electrolytic cazapitors.
>> The electrolyte is a cocktail of boric acid, sodium borate, ethylene
>> glycol, and a mess of proprietary elixers, mostly acting as
>> stabilizers to keep the electrolyte from breaking down, floculating,
>> precipitating, corroding, or otherwise wrecking the cazapitor.

> Wow some of the posters here seem to be already damaged....
> Some more so, as the effects work quicker on those with minimal brains.
> I wonder how the caps know? Are they intelligent?

They used to be but they floculated too much and it ruined their brains.

Tom Lake


From: kelly on 8 Jul 2010 06:44

"Tom Lake" <tlake(a)twcny.rr.com> wrote in message
news:i148im$pdi$1(a)news.albasani.net...
>>> Not in the small quantities used inside the electrolytic cazapitors.
>>> The electrolyte is a cocktail of boric acid, sodium borate, ethylene
>>> glycol, and a mess of proprietary elixers, mostly acting as
>>> stabilizers to keep the electrolyte from breaking down, floculating,
>>> precipitating, corroding, or otherwise wrecking the cazapitor.
>
>> Wow some of the posters here seem to be already damaged....
>> Some more so, as the effects work quicker on those with minimal brains.
>> I wonder how the caps know? Are they intelligent?
>
> They used to be but they floculated too much and it ruined their brains.
>
> Tom Lake
>
>

Tom, does excessive floculation result in a nasty discharge?


From: JW on 8 Jul 2010 08:08
On Thu, 8 Jul 2010 18:44:28 +0800 "kelly" <manamanup(a)no.com> wrote in
Message id: <5eWdnch2TbCMMajRnZ2dnUVZ_tadnZ2d(a)westnet.com.au>:

>
>"Tom Lake" <tlake(a)twcny.rr.com> wrote in message
>news:i148im$pdi$1(a)news.albasani.net...
>>>> Not in the small quantities used inside the electrolytic cazapitors.
>>>> The electrolyte is a cocktail of boric acid, sodium borate, ethylene
>>>> glycol, and a mess of proprietary elixers, mostly acting as
>>>> stabilizers to keep the electrolyte from breaking down, floculating,
>>>> precipitating, corroding, or otherwise wrecking the cazapitor.
>>
>>> Wow some of the posters here seem to be already damaged....
>>> Some more so, as the effects work quicker on those with minimal brains.
>>> I wonder how the caps know? Are they intelligent?
>>
>> They used to be but they floculated too much and it ruined their brains.
>>
>> Tom Lake
>>
>>
>
>Tom, does excessive floculation result in a nasty discharge?

Yes. Here in SED we call it AlwaysWrong.
From: StickThatInYourPipeAndSmokeIt on 8 Jul 2010 08:33
On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:34:55 +1000, PC <fairfines(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>Wow some of the posters here seem to be already damaged....
>Some more so, as the effects work quicker on those with minimal brains.
>I wonder how the caps know? Are they intelligent?

Being one of the 'affected', with a 'minimal brain', you certainly
wouldn't know.

Your also a goddamned cross posting RETARD!
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