[sdiy] Feline synthesis problems

[chris wenn]

>
> After having it up and running for only a couple days, one of my
> girlfriend's cats jumped on top of the receiver, while it was in 
> operation.
> I quickly grabbed the cat and removed him from the top of my stereo,
> fearing that his fur would end up inside the stereo's cooling vents in 
> the
> top of the case. Unfortunately, as I pulled him away from the unit 
> (with
> him clawing and fighting every inch of the way), he managed to vomit
> directly into the stereo's cooling vents! The unit was powered up at 
> the
> time, and began to make a sickening humming sound and its control 
> panel got
> very dim. I dropped the cat as quickly as I could and turned the 
> radio's
> power off, but it was too late of course. The interior of the unit was
> flooded with caustic cat vomit.

You got no-one to blame for that but yourself. If I grabbed you around 
your tummy, hard, you'd probably vomit. Little cat, big human. And 
speaking as a long-time cat owner, they'd have to be pretty big cooling 
vents, even with a short haired cat. Most of the crap that accumulates 
inside electrical equipment is dust, and dust is about 90% HUMAN derma 
- skin flakes, if you will.

Unless you're working where I work, and the crap is concrete dust and 
asbestos fibre. It's great - more ways to get killed by other people's 
computers...

Chris