Back when the family computer was a 486 SX, I did something quite stupid (I was 14 at the time). One time, I was sitting at the computer. The keyboard cord was really long, and I always got my legs stuck in it - it was really annoying. So, eventually I grew tired of this. I decided to take my father's "monster stapler" and to stable the wire on the desk, to keep it from dangling. My intention was not actually to staple the cord, but to immobilize it with a staple without having the stable going into the cord. So, I'm under the desk, trying to staple the darn thing. Just when I press to release a staple, my hand twists and the staple goes right through the keyboard cord. I hear a high-pitched noise, and just as I come up from under the desk, I see the screen going blank. Turned out I had fried the mobo... the tech guy who came to check the computer couldn't believe the story (I was not very computer-knowledgeable at the time...). The guy probably though I was somekind of weirdo...
Now the good thing is, as a result of this accident, my parents bought a brand new, "super-powerful" PII 350 (that I still have
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