[ale] OT: Smoke Particles

[Chris Fowler]

The reason I ask is that my in-laws computer is messing up.  It is
getting screwy.  She is a heavy smker and everything there smells like
smoke.  

On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 10:12, John Mills wrote:
> Chris -
> 
> On 12 Jul 2004, Chris Fowler wrote:
> 
> > Is there any evidence that smoke particles from cigs can cause issues
> > with electronics?
> 
> Sure - used to be a chronic problem with commercial aircraft. That said, I 
> believe the most sensitive computer components (i.e., disk drives) are 
> protected by filters.
> 
> DISCLAIMER - I have no documented information on this - the aircraft issue
> is hearsay and the disk-drive part from manufacturers' literature of years
> gone by - back when you actually paid real money for disk drives.
> 
>  - John Mills
>    john.m.mills at alum.mit.edu