does your PC carry a health warning?

[flaninacupboard]

well, does it? it should! I've just had my finger sliced open by my CPU fan and now i'm bleeding on the keys! bastard thing!

anyone else been injured by their PC? (other than financially, of course)

[Jayhawk]

Mine has a sticker that says "don't stick fingers in fan".

[flaninacupboard]

Hmm, one of those would have helped i think. i was trying to move the ATX cabling away from the fansink because it was getting a little warm, and somehow jammed my finger in there.

[Cobra]

I simply try to keep all appendages/digits clear of fast spinning blades!

Cobra

[Abbadon]

During the assembly of my third home computer I was removing a metal plate from to insert CD-Rom, I was doing it at hand and @#!%$, it sliced part of one of my fingers.

The blood would not stop, I was taken to the emergency room of the nearest
hospital and there I almost fainted. (I felt I was going to die, strange sensation).

Now I use pliers for removing that damned piece of shit.

[gmatov]

Mebbe you guys? should try toughening the skin on your hands instead of using all that bagbalm to soften them.

You must be kidding. A CPU fan cut your finger open. A piece of tin sliced your finger open so bad you had to go to ER and damn near fainted? The new self-defence initiative, threaten me, I'll faint?

Wow. Are we raising more tender children today? Does the name Band-Aid ring a bell? Or sucking on the digit till it stops?

And they're talking about reinstituting the draft, here. Can't wait to hear some of the excuses as to why I canot serve. "Oh, no, I pass out at the sight of rare beef." "I couldn't kill a little fishie". Yada yada.

Cheers,

George

[Abbadon]

I am not a tender kid, I am 34.

My story was true, I lost a lot of blood. The doctor taking care of my finger had to use anesthesia and suture my injure.

Now, I can't explain why I almost fainted, but I must say it was one of the most strange sensations I have ever had, I was listening the doctor and suddenly her words started to just sound likes noises in the distance. Who knows, maybe it was the injection to stop the pain.

By the way, have you heard about something called Tetanus ?

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Tetanus is an acute, often fatal, disease caused by an exotoxin
produced by Clostridium tetani. It is characterized by generalized
rigidity and convulsive spasms of skeletal muscles. The muscle
stiffness usually involves the jaw (lockjaw) and neck and then
becomes generalized.
Although records from antiquity (5th century B.C.) contain clinical
descriptions of tetanus, it was Carle and Rattone who first produced
tetanus in animals by injecting them with pus from a fatal human
tetanus case in 1884. During the same year, Nicolaier produced
tetanus in animals by injecting them with samples of soil. In 1889,
Kitasato isolated the organism from a human victim, showed that it
produced disease when injected into animals, and reported that the
toxin could be neutralized by specific antibodies. In 1897, Nocard
demonstrated the protective effect of passively transferred antitoxin,
and passive immunization in humans was used during World War I.
Tetanus toxoid was developed by Descombey in 1924, and the effec-tiveness
of active immunization was demonstrated in World War II.
CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI
C. tetani is a slender, gram-positive, anaerobic rod that may develop
a terminal spore, giving it a drumstick appearance. The organism is
sensitive to heat and cannot survive in the presence of oxygen. The
spores, in contrast, are very resistant to heat and the usual antisep-tics.
They can survive autoclaving at 121°C for 10-15 minutes. The
spores are also relatively resistant to phenol and other chemical
agents.
The spores are widely distributed in soil and in the intestine and
feces of horses, sheep, cattle, dogs, cats, rats, guinea pigs, and chick-ens.
Manure-treated soil may contain large numbers of spores. In
agricultural areas, a significant number of human adults may harbor
the organism. The spores can also be found on skin surfaces and in
contaminated heroin.
Clostridium tetani produces two exotoxins, tetanolysin and
tetanospasmin. The function of tetanolysin is not known with cer-tainty.
Tetanospasmin is a neurotoxin and causes the clinical mani-festations
of tetanus. Tetanospasmin is one of the most potent tox-ins
known on a weight basis. The estimated minimum human lethal
dose is 2.5 nanograms per kilogram of body weight (a nanogram is
one billionth of a gram), or 175 nanograms for a 70 kg human.
PATHOGENESIS
C. tetani usually enters the body through a wound. In the presence
of anaerobic (low oxygen) conditions, the spores germinate. Toxins
are produced, and disseminated via blood and lymphatics. Toxins
act at several sites within the central nervous system, including
peripheral motor end plates, spinal cord, brain, and sympathetic
nervous system. The typical clinical manifestations of tetanus are
caused when tetanus toxin interferes with release of neurotransmit-ters,
blocking inhibitor impulses. This leads to unopposed muscle
6.
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Hope you can sleep at night when you cut your finger with a metal plate.

[northcat_8]

Mebbe you guys? should try toughening the skin on your hands instead of using all that bagbalm to soften them.

You must be kidding. A CPU fan cut your finger open. A piece of tin sliced your finger open so bad you had to go to ER and damn near fainted? The new self-defence initiative, threaten me, I'll faint?

Wow. Are we raising more tender children today? Does the name Band-Aid ring a bell? Or sucking on the digit till it stops?

And they're talking about reinstituting the draft, here. Can't wait to hear some of the excuses as to why I canot serve. "Oh, no, I pass out at the sight of rare beef." "I couldn't kill a little fishie". Yada yada.

Cheers,

George

Now George...maybe Mommy wasn't there to kiss dem boo boos and make it all better.


Abbadon~

So you got stitches

an·es·the·sia also an·aes·the·sia n.

1. Total or partial loss of sensation, especially tactile sensibility, induced by disease, injury, acupuncture, or an anesthetic, such as chloroform or nitrous oxide.

2. Local or general insensibility to pain with or without the loss of consciousness, induced by an anesthetic.

3. A drug, administered for medical or surgical purposes, that induces partial or total loss of sensation and may be topical, local, regional, or general, depending on the method of administration and area of the body affected.

By the way, have you heard about something called Tetanus ?

you didn't mention getting a tetanus shot...that's precautionary anyway. When's the last time you even heard of anyone having tetanus?


I guess I just live in a different part of the world than some do. I coach HS football and 2 years ago we had a kid break his forearm (both bones) during a game. He didn't say anything to us coaches or the trainer. I noticed the wrap and asked him about the wrap on his left arm during the 4th quarter and he said "Oh, I broke it in the 3rd quarter coach, but I didn't want to come out of the game and seem like a puss, so I taped it up. It hurt for a while but it's ok now." The kid had taken a hard ankle brace, cut the foot strap out of it, put it on each side of his forearm and taped it up himself...I realize that example is a bit extreme but you went to the ER for a cut finger?

[Abbadon]

My English is bad, maybe I cannot explain myself as clear as those from advanced countries like you.

A finger cut was not what happened, my finger was sliced. The injured was wide opened and blood comming out of it was plenty.

Anyway, have a nice sleep.

[Cobra]

Now I use pliers for removing that damned piece of shit.

Your English may not be that good, but that certainly came out perfect!

I don't know if this will help, but have you tried http://babelfish.altavista.com for translation? It might be useful.

And I'll tell you something else - your English is a damn sight better than any other second language I speak. Respect.

Cobra

[Abbadon]

I don't know if this will help, but have you tried http://babelfish.altavista.com for translation? It might be useful.

I knew about that site, but I can tell you by experience that the translations are so bad that I prefer to exercise my mind instead.

Thanks for the advice anyway.

Es un placer conversar contigo.

[jeex]

i've cut my fingers a few times when dealing with certain cases.. but i was never a little bitch about it and went to the ER.

i agree with gmatov, most men these days are complete pussywussies..

[northcat_8]

Yea but Jeex....

you're a "Pro Badass"....what about those guys still in the minors? :P

[gmatov]

Cat,

I like your story about the boy with the broken arm. He sholdna played, but he was not a wump.

Abbadan,

OK, if you were cut that badly, a trip to the ER might be appropriate. I don't know.

Others, like the guy who wrote to a mag about the "wire of death", a ground wire that was not connected to the chassis, 3 years ago or so, is a pure "pussy".

And the pipple here who constantly tell you to watch what you touch inside your case, you might get electrocuted, are the same. 5 and 12 volts.

Jesus, to check if a 9 volt battery is any good, you lick the contacts. You get a tingle, it still has some juice.

Wow, what wumps!!!

Cheers,

George

[flaninacupboard]

I will contest you on that point george! if like me you want to undervolt the fan in your power supply you need to open it up - bit higher than 12V in there!

Electricity doesn;t bother me too much though, if you ever get the chance, try zapping your self with a 100,00volt taser, it's funny watching your muscles twitch so much!

[Cobra]

Try giving THIS a lick!

http://www.wiredvideo.com/clips/#500kV

Cobra

[BJ_M]

i like sticking my fingers in the fans ..... kinda fun really

[Cobra]

I used to enjoy hurling bits and pieces into the rear of a really powerful, steel-bladed desk fan. If it was the right sort of size, it would ping whatever it was about for a while before launching it in a random direction. Always fun!

Cobra

[northcat_8]

5 and 12 volts.
9 volt battery
100,00volt taser

volts mean nothing....it's the AMPS that get you.

[Capmaster]

I used to enjoy hurling bits and pieces into the rear of a really powerful, steel-bladed desk fan. If it was the right sort of size, it would ping whatever it was about for a while before launching it in a random direction. Always fun!

Cobra

You sound like a maladjusted, delinquent antisocial ....like me

i like sticking my fingers in the fans ..... kinda fun really

Canadian cabin fever ...I suspect. Can somebody please keep an eye on him?

[Cobra]

You sound like a maladjusted, delinquent antisocial

Thanks you very much. Finally, some recognition!

And anyway, it was a lot of fun peppering the opposite wall with crap!

Cobra

[gmatov]

Cobra,

Are you old enough to have coined the phrase "When the shit hits the fan."?

And they had a test of Tasers on Tech TV one time. Kind of a big boy. They shot him, he jumped around a little, laughed and said "That tickles!!!".

30 years ago if you got a scratch at work, you got a tetanus shot. Then they also gave booster shots every couple years. They no longer do that. I probably haven't had one for 25 years and have gotten cuts and nicks often in the mill. Rule is, you draw blood, you go to the medical dept..

Ah, well,

Cheers,

George

[devinemi83]

I almost never go to doctors for an injury. Many of my worst accidents didnt recieve doctor care.




When I was younger I slammed for speed into my apartment building and spend 3 days asleep on my couch. I didnt know it was three days when I woke up though. I thought it was only a couple hours.


I was working on an old power external power supply for a friend and I told him NOT to plug it in....well he got confused with the wires for the power supply and a boombox he was trying to play. I got blasted so hard I thought I would die. MY whole left arm was aching and feeling like it was on fire and I felt a VERY odd pain in my chest. I just sat down for a while and after about 3 days that pains were gone.

The only major accident I went to a doctor for recently was like in 1998 when my pet iguana bit my foot and took a piece if skin off. It bled like hell so I wrapped it up. The next day its was all black and full of pus. I being the home doctor I was sueezed all the "goo" out and used neosporan(sp?). Well later that night family members saw it and argued with me for 3 hours to go to the emergency room. I had no choice.

[Cobra]

Are you old enough to have coined the phrase "When the shit hits the fan."?

I'm 19, at uni. Since I arrived in the biology labs, the shit hits the fan on a daily basis. Especially where E. Coli is involved. How old did you think I was?

I was going to have a rant about people going to the doctor over a cough or cold, but I think you all know what is to be said for these timewasters...

Cobra

[Capmaster]

I almost never go to doctors for an injury. Many of my worst accidents didnt recieve doctor care.




When I was younger I slammed for speed into my apartment building and spend 3 days asleep on my couch. I didnt know it was three days when I woke up though. I thought it was only a couple hours.


I was working on an old power external power supply for a friend and I told him NOT to plug it in....well he got confused with the wires for the power supply and a boombox he was trying to play. I got blasted so hard I thought I would die. MY whole left arm was aching and feeling like it was on fire and I felt a VERY odd pain in my chest. I just sat down for a while and after about 3 days that pains were gone.

The only major accident I went to a doctor for recently was like in 1998 when my pet iguana bit my foot and took a piece if skin off. It bled like hell so I wrapped it up. The next day its was all black and full of pus. I being the home doctor I was sueezed all the "goo" out and used neosporan(sp?). Well later that night family members saw it and argued with me for 3 hours to go to the emergency room. I had no choice.

I fear you are not long for this world, my friend

Are you old enough to have coined the phrase "When the shit hits the fan."?

He didn't invent it ...he was just proving the theory. Hey Cobe ...pass the fecal matter please