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Keyboards are Havens for Super Bugs
Techguy666 writes "Gee, this is a suprise. Researchers have found that keyboards harbor bacteria and super-germs. This is particularly interesting this time because this research noted that there is a lot of computer use in hospitals and they're finding it really difficult to sterilize them."
The clever golgafrinchans who stayed behind were wiped out by a disease caught from an unsanitary telephone. Does this study suggest we're on a similar path (unless we begin training keyboard sanitizers) or is it possible they are helping keep out immune systems regularly tested by the evils which lurk beneath the h, j, k and l keys.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
I'm far too scared to type.
"I use a Mac because I'm just better than you are."
...research noted that there is a lot of computer use in hospitals...
I wonder how much grant money they got for that one.
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I bet all that "protein" that lands on the keyboards of many of us slashdotters are helping those strains out, don't you think?
/^[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$/i
"with molds for each of hte keys"
Bu then again, this could lead to typos...
I've had real live bugs living in my keyboard before - I guess it's a warm and snug place for them to live. I was happily tapping away one day, when this cockroach-type thing crawled out from under the Z key. Luckily, they didn't attack any of the wiring, but it was scary nonetheless.
Guy asked me for a quarter for a cup of coffee. So I bit him.
Only type with one hand, half the germs, twice the fun.
No smoking sigs indoors.
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I just tried your suggestion, and now my laptop won't boot up. Please advise.
I wasn't picking it, I was SCRATCHING it...
I dunno who it is
but it prolly is fhqwhgads.
It's still wet. Put it in the clothes dryer for a cycle or two, and you should be all set. Good luck!
These superbugs are hiding under the scroll lock key. These bugs are smart and they know where to party. Although some are not smart enough that in some notebooks, the Insert key and the Scroll lock is the same. They also call Space bar the hell hole.
Now that's handy between rounds at the hospital.
DOCTOR - "I just finished giving rectal exams and entering the results in the lone computer here at our station. Now I'm going to get a cup o' coffee. Want to join me?"
CO-WORKER - "Nah, that's alright. I'm going to go ahead and remove all the keys off all of the keyboards we use, rinse them in soapy water, dry them thoroughly, and then put them back in the correct order. Shouldn't take too long or anything. I'll catch up with you later."
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Both VRE and MRSA survived on a keyboard 24 hours after contamination, according to the study.
VRE can cause urinary tract infections and infections at the entry sites of intravenous or dialysis lines.
in other words:DO NOT PULL IT AT INTERNET PORN ON A HOSPITAL COMPUTER
Related tale:
I had my first sysadmin gig working for a web company tending the servers running for live, online cam girls. Yes, the little sweeties that lay there on a bed and do a little self touching and you can talk with them in a chat room.
They had a few with audio, but this was 1998, and the shit was buggy - if not buggy, lets say jittery.
Anyway, you'd have to run in and fix a flamingly crashing Windows server or two that was on a rack in the room with the girl (of course, you just had to reboot the goddamn thing) and, in the interest of haste, use the keyboard she was just typing on after she had her fingers in her crotch.
We just kept TITANICALLY LARGE vats of tat disenfectant hand gel at every station, followed by a thorough hand scrubbing.
Man, that was a good gig. I mean, really.
UNRELEATED:I found a really cool pub in London where I can get wireless access. Unfortunately they insist on playing a lot of Alannis Morissette. LIVE Alannis Morissette.
the shit I do to stay connected. fuckin' BT.
Holy Shit, the music just changed to AC/DCs Shoot to Thrill maybe this place ain't so bad after all.
s'wut i sed.
I don't think there's much that can survive being blasted by steam from a boiling ho.
By the way, if you're unable to put together a keyboard layout from memory, I suggest taking a couple of quick pictures of your keyboard with a digital camera - at least that way you won't be left wondering which key goes where.
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