In article ,
"TWayne" wrote:

In article
,
DerbyDad03 wrote:



It's just possible that there are valid reasons for using Google-
groups . Perhaps one's corporate-installed image does not allow for
the installation or use of newsreader applications or personal
email accounts. If one didn't use Google groups in those
situations, one couldn't break up the work day by engaging in such
witty banter with other members of this group.



Hey, you want to steal time from your boss, and use his hardware for
personal gain, that's your business. My comment on your newsreading
habit was merely following suit with your WebTV joke. (Apparently
you don't actually have a computer at home, because the only place
from which you seem to post is googlegroups.)

This thread was started by a guy who was worried about not having
grounded someone else's computer. I told him not to worry. The odds
of that causing any trouble whatsoever are essentially astronomical.
Virtually nobody gets "electrocuted" at home, period.

It's amazing that your average guy will tailgate and speed while
chatting on the cell phone, have unprotected sex, eat chicken in a
restaurant, climb a poorly positioned ladder, smoke, weave a
motorcycle through traffic with six inches of clearance on either
side, and then come home and worry about a ****ing ground plug.

The importance of earth ground to a computer is not safety so much
as it is protection.

Well, we have two "ground" camps here. One camp says ground it for
personal safety, the other camp says ground it for the protection of
the computer. So far I haven't seen anything from either camp that
would lead me to give a rat's ass whether my computer was grounded or
not.

Good; you'll be good for business at the computer stores. People here
aren't likely to give a rat's ass about you either, so ... enjoy your
future boat anchors.