jdd (03/28/83)
I had a negative ion generator in my office for a day or so.
Trouble was, the negative ions set up static charges on
metal surfaces, such as the surface of my desk; every second
or so my desk would discharge across an air gap to the metal
wall. The result was a cute little "pop" and a 1% chance of
my terminal resetting.
I have often thought that a cool hack would be to leave one
of these hidden in someone's office and see how long it took
them to figure out why their equipment had stopped working.
Of course, good ion generators probably cause this problem less
than the one I had.
Cheers,
John ("Fun With Electricity") DeTreville
Bell Labs, Murray ("Oh God, I Want To Move To California!") Hill