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Lifting The Lid On Computer Filth

IainMH writes "There's a story over at BBC News about how work stations contain nearly 400 times as many microbes than lavatories. Gross. 'A desk is capable of supporting 10 million bacteria and the average office contains 20,961 germs per square inch, according to research. ... By contrast, the average toilet seat contains 49 germs per square inch, the survey showed.'"

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  1. whats this white stuff by crackshoe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    wait... whats this sticky stuff on my des... hey... who put this box of tissues her... ewwwwwwwwww

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    Don't worry - its just stigmata. Pass me a napkin and don't you dare tell my mother.
  2. toilet seats as desktops by libra-dragon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It seemed like a good idea at first, but then I found that it wasn't the "percieved" germs on toilet seats that offended me. It was the piss and shit.

  3. Re:Hmmm.... by MC_Cancer_Pants · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is clearly a violation of the 5th ammendment.

  4. Re:Hmmm.... by gcaseye6677 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Jesus Christ I have never seen something so worthless in my life. I knew sitefinder was crap, but I thought it might at least have basic search capabilities. All it has is stupid crap to sell to people who started using the internet just yesterday. Verisign is no better than affiliate marketers who spam Google with their link farms.

  5. Re:Hmmm.... by bonch · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That was an on-purpose joke. Slashdot reported that fact long ago.