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Truly green computer
Years ago I worked for a software company that produced an inventory management suite for Greenhouses. We tended to do a lot of free hardware support along with supporting our software, as these greenhouses could rarely afford their own IT.

I received a call from one of our customers about a troubled computer.

"We have a computer out in the greenhouse and it won't turn on. We opened up the computer case and have a question for you. Would moss growing on the circuit board hurt the computer?"

After suppressing a surprised yelp, I assured them that, indeed, if there is moss on the motherboard, the computer would have to be replaced.

I also explained that they should probably keep the next computer in the office, as the humidity of a working greenhouse was a bit high.
Posted: 11/26/2008 @ 12:04 PM (PST)
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