[wplug] Fried by static?

[Scott F. Kiesling]

> ESD is a common killer of eletronic compnets, or was last I knew...
> that why when you work on eletronics you should be grouneded and in  a
> relitivly static free area (a recomendation i rarely follow)

In this case I was actually about three feet away from the
machine. I'm not sure how it happened. There's a metal table
but the computer doesn't sit on it; there are some cables
snaking around its legs though...things were really staticky
today.

Beware!

SFK