(dc fast 9) zinc whiskers
they could happen to you. or tin whiskers, cadmium whiskers, silver whiskers...even gold isn't safe. lead, aluminum, and (gasp!) indium. watch your indium. if you have a mysterious failure, it's probably whiskers. they're everywhere. dun dun DUNNNNNNNN.
don't try this at home.
if you work in a computer server room, watch your step. this is what's under your feet and you could knock into your servers:
posted by cherry blossom @ 6:15 AM
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suddenly I feel compelled to shave
Shaving actually makes the problem worse. Where do you think that the little tiny pieces of hair go? Well, into the shaver (electric) or down the drain (blade). Ha! Maybe MOST of them do. But some escape, travel to other locations and accumulate.
I have of course found amazing accumulations of them in my bathroom drawer and my travel toiletries kit, but also in such undesirable places as my contact lens case and in fact stuck on the inside of my contact lens.
Irritating lens today. Hmmm maybe I should take it out and clean it. Ugh, still irritating. Clean again [etc]. Strange, let's see if my powerful magnifying glass can see what's going on. Nearly microscopic little piece of whisker stuck to inside surface of lens. (The good news is that this has only happened once or twice in like 7 years of wearing contacts.).
My friend Shel, who grew much hair on the top and bottom of his head when he was a young man, once said to me that he had concluded that his main purpose in life was to convert reality into hair.
i remember shel. he was awesome.
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