Smoking apparently voids your Mac warranty

Re:Smoking apparently voids your Mac warranty by Retric on Friday November 20, 2009 @05:00PM (#953530)

I don't know about the rest of the article, but chlorine (used in swimming pools), hydrogen peroxide (also used to clean wounds), sucrose (a sugar), talc (as in powder), etc... as hazardous substances. Chlorine is highly toxic in concentrated form. and both sucrose and talc are dangerous in powdered form http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_explosion. See: http://www.osha.gov/as/opa/foia/hot_6.html.

PS: If you want to be frighted ask a fire department what they would do if a pool supply store caught on fire.

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Re:Smoking apparently voids your Mac warranty by anigbrowl on Friday November 20, 2009 @05:24PM (#953576)

Indeed, but the risk varies considerably depending on the quantity. Otherwise visiting the supermarket or drug store would be a life-or-death decision. I'm having a little trouble believing that OSHA compliance in this case would require anything more stringent than wearing a pair of latex gloves (which have the side benefit of rendering those annoying anti-static wristbands unnecessary).

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Re:Smoking apparently voids your Mac warranty by kd5bjo on Friday November 20, 2009 @05:55PM (#953655)

Latex gloves will make the static problem worse, not better. Static builds up on insulating surfaces because the electrons don't have anywhere to go.

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Re:Smoking apparently voids your Mac warranty by anigbrowl on Friday November 20, 2009 @06:20PM (#953719)

You're right. What was I thinking? Sorry.

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Re:Smoking apparently voids your Mac warranty by wolfish on Friday November 20, 2009 @05:11PM (#953554)

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=...

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