[lug] OT: static electricity

[Jeffrey Siegal]

On Mar 4, 2005, at 15:28, Lee Woodworth wrote:

> A zap through the signal lead of a mouse can fry a motherboard/ps.
> I know through unfortunate experience -- I reached for the mouse,
> there was discharge to the mouse and the system died hard. You might
> be able to do it through speakers too.

Perhaps a good idea to go with a wireless keyboard and mouse if you 
have a static electricity problem.  But like I said earlier, just get 
the humidity up to about 40% and your problem will go away.