[ubuntu-uk] Bacteria in your PC

[Matt Jones]

On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 18:50 +0100, Rob Beard wrote:
> alan c wrote:
> > Thomas Ibbotson wrote:
> >   
> >> Eddie Armstrong wrote:
> >>     
> >>>  (Which Report: Bacteria in your PC 
> >>> <http://www.which.co.uk/reports_and_campaigns/computers_and_internet/reports/computers/computer_advice/How%20to%20clean%20your%20PC/How_to_clean_your_PC_657_136984_3.jsp> 
> >>> )
> >>>
> >>> Should we install those hand-washing facilities they use in hospitals by 
> >>> our PCs?
> >>> Makes you wonder what kind of trojans and worms you're getting too :-)
> >>>
> >>> Forgot this bit:
> >>> "If you look at what grows on computer keyboards, and hospitals are 
> >>> worse, believe it or not, it's more or less a reflection of what's in 
> >>> your nose and in your gut,"
> >>>
> >>> Luvverly - ice cream with that?
> >>>
> >>> (The Enquirer link 
> >>> <http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/05/01/toilet-seats-cleaner-keyboards>)
> >>>
> >>> Eddie
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> After reading this I managed to bite into a grape a squirt juice all 
> >> over my keyboard. Shows how much I learnt.
> >>     
> >
> > When I was recycling PCs I used to clean them up well. I used the 
> > original keyboards, but first, washed them (!) using a brush and some 
> > detergent. The trick was that the whole operation had to be done, 
> > circus act style, with the keyboard upside down, so not a drop went in 
> > the wrong way. No mean feat I can tell you.
> >
> > But - back to the story - occasionally when I turned a keyboard upside 
> > down, what seemed like a whole packet of crisps fell out.........
> > (I suspect pizza would be too big to fit between the keys)
> >
> > :-)
> >   
> I've heard that you can put a keyboard in a dishwasher and it comes out 
> all shiney and still works.  Can't say I've tried it as I don't 
> personally have a dish washer and they'd kill me at work if I screwed up 
> their dish washer!
> 
> Rob
> 
> 
Trust me when I say apple pro keyboards don't like it.
Mj