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Are Keyboards Dishwasher Safe?
i_like_spam writes "Computer keyboards are a breeding ground for bacteria. Studies have shown that keyboards often contain more bacteria than toilet seats. Common cleaning methods, such as pressurized-air canisters and damp rags, help remove some of the dirt, but they also leave behind plenty of grime. National Public Radio describes a recent experiment by a reporter who used a dishwasher to clean her keyboard. Following the advice on Plastic Bugs, she placed her keyboard in the top rack, didn't use the heated dry cycle, and air dried the keyboard for a week afterwards. Her keyboard is now squeaky clean and functions perfectly. Has anyone else tried this or any other alternate keyboards cleaning methods? For those not willing to air dry for a week, dishwasher-safe keyboards are now available. Would you ever do this to your peripheral? "
Post it again in a week!
As always, all IMO. Insert "I think" everywhere grammatically possible.
What about laptops?
-- rm -rf / tells you if you have root or not
and air dried the keyboard for a week afterwards
A week? That's probably more fossil fuels consumed than a new keyboard would be.
Table-ized A.I.
I just lick mine clean.....kinda like the family cat. Sometimes the cat and I take turns licking the mouse, too. Never got sick, though I did get a second taste of some cashew chicken from last month. Mmmmmmm.
Ae keboas ishashe safe?
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Ewige Blumenkraft.
Obviously you've never seen my toilet seat.
Not true! I've seen it leave your apartment when you're gone. It likes to go on a stroll, sometimes even takes the dog out. I wouldn't worry until it starts answering the phone, though.
Wow! How many times do you have to refresh the post reply page before you get a captcha you can type?
I just wash my hands regularly.
You are so boring that when I see you my feet go to sleep.
Or in some cases, stray bits of marijuana and tobacco and ashes and dead skin cells and... (you get the point)
Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
"I would write a better reply, but why keep my computer on and waste the electricity" says a voice in my head. Not just any voice- this one sounds like Al Gore.
I agree. In fact, I am internally equipped with various defenses to fight and defeat those evil bacteria. The bacteria on my keyboard was probably originally attached to me anyway.
After I use someone else's keyboard, I wash my hands. Maybe I should write an Ask Slashdot topic:
"I recently discovered it was possible to wash my hands. After looking up various hygiene-related articles (link to Wikipedia) I found out that hand-washing has been associated with greatly-lessened likelihoods of getting sick. And disease outbreaks have been shown to be limited among populations of folks who wash their hands. Finally, after I heard that Al Gore washes his hands (link to Al Gore), I started doing it myself. Has anyone else tried this? Where do you wash them? Do you live near a fast-moving river where you can wash them? I wash mine in the toilet, but I'm starting to think that's not helping as much as the online articles suggest. There are other fixtures in my bathroom, but I don't know what they do. Has anyone ever tried using these other fixtures?"
A guy in a high street computer shop once told me about a phone call he had received from a customer. They said that they had spilled some sticky drink over their boss's keyboard while he/she was away and they asked if there was anything they could do about it. He suggested that they wash it under the tap and leave it to dry for a day or two then it will be fine....
... a week later the computer guy got another phone call, this time it was the boss asking why in the world he had suggested that his employee washed his laptop under the tap!
But but... where would all the calculators go?!
It's funny... I had that same voice in my head... but my fingers wouldn't let me type the command to shut this box down...
Me failed English...
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