New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: When did people stop being told not to eat or drink around computers?
Ask HN: When did people stop being told not to eat or drink around computers?
6 by schoen | 3 comments on Hacker News.
When I was a kid (in the 1980s), I read a number of "introduction to computers" books. I remember that an extremely common thing in these books was statements like "never eat or drink while using a computer" or "food and drink don't belong around computers". This was paired with computer lab rules (in schools) saying the same thing. I'm drinking some tea as I type this on my laptop, totally violating the rule! (and exposing my laptop to some degree of risk) When did computers become cheap enough, or personal enough, or integrated into daily life enough, that the no-food-or-drink rule fell by the wayside? Did anyone remark on this at the time?
6 by schoen | 3 comments on Hacker News.
When I was a kid (in the 1980s), I read a number of "introduction to computers" books. I remember that an extremely common thing in these books was statements like "never eat or drink while using a computer" or "food and drink don't belong around computers". This was paired with computer lab rules (in schools) saying the same thing. I'm drinking some tea as I type this on my laptop, totally violating the rule! (and exposing my laptop to some degree of risk) When did computers become cheap enough, or personal enough, or integrated into daily life enough, that the no-food-or-drink rule fell by the wayside? Did anyone remark on this at the time?
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