Technology gone bad

[Haul Asp]

A 20-year-old student in Shanghai, China, was electrocuted Monday when he opened his computer's external case while the machine was still on. The man, identified only by the common family name of Wu, had apparently opened his PC's case to prevent its central processing chip from overheating (because he didn't want to turn his air conditioning on). His sweaty legs came into contact with the computer's internal wiring, likely causing a short circuit.


Killtop computer at your local Best Buy.

[Sterling]

Originally Posted by Haul Asp

His sweaty legs came into contact with the computer's internal wiring, likely causing a short circuit.

I bet it didn't. If you look at the "internal wiring" of your computer you might notice that everything is insulated. No bear wires are exposed. Now it is possible that his leg came into contact with a circuit board but you'd have to be an idiot to... never mind. On the other hand, if his power supply had a short I guess it's possible that his sweaty leg touching it could have given him a shock.

[battlebot]

sweaty legs came into contact with the computer's internal wiring

At least he's practicing proper technique of using the feet instead of his head

[chrish]

Having electrocuted myself on a few occasions in my youth...

How the hell does someone die from the minimal current running through a circuit board. At most it's like a strong static shock and you fry the board.

I refuse to Boo hoo for Wu!

[Sterling]

Originally Posted by chrish

How the hell does someone die from the minimal current running through a circuit board. At most it's like a strong static shock and you fry the board.

I refuse to Boo hoo for Wu!

Did he die from the shock? I didn't get that from this article. I can see a shock that might knock him on his ass if he discharged a capacitor or something like that but I just don't see him dieing from beeing electrocuted by his computer.

Having been stupid enough as a kid to put a butter knife into a light socket I know that it will knock you on your ass. It also hurts like hell.

[Haul Asp]

Yes, but you think much clearer after that (at least for a little while). :-)