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Now, here's what happens if you don't move in and eliminate PC lifeforms at the fan stage - they break out and threaten civilisation, as Mark Cooney can attest:

Back of PC case featuring major dust puppy

Stateside Adam's back, with another example...

Another PC case exterior caked in dust

...and a shaken anonymous correspondent shows an amorphous dust creature isolated from a workstation in a West Midlands hospital:

Large dust puppy removed from workstation

I personally would have nailed that to the desk before whipping out the camera. It looks like it's waiting to clamp itself to someone's face.

Anthony Hegedus also risked life and limb to bring us images of a customer's PC - "about the worst we've seen", he notes:

PC case and cover with much, much dust

Those of you with nerves of steel are invited to turn the page for further horror from Anthony. It's less a PC interior...

Holy crap.

I started out thinking "I've seen worse than that", and finished with "holy crap".

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What I've learned

It seems that ants are negatively charged - they're all stuck to the positive pin on that capacitor.

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Anthill Inside?

And I thought Pratchett made this stuff up!!!

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Excuse me kind sir

But you might want to quit smoking completely? If you're disgusted by how the Macbook looks, imagine how your lungs look. It's the same smoke buddy!

signed,

Dr. Phil

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RE: I worry more about what the owners of the apartment will do if/when he moves out.

If you ever are in the market for a house, stay away from buying one currently (or just recently) owned by a chain smoker.

Many years ago, my brother bought a house owned by a chain smoker. That guy just sat in the living room and smoked all day long.

The normally silver colored air conditioning vents were a bronze in color, and there was this yellow film plastered over the walls.

We had to industrial strength `Janitor In A Drum` straight out of the bottle (no diluting) to cut through the tar on the walls. The vent grilles had to soak in the same solution over the weekend before we attempted to clean them.

NASTY stuff that nicotine tar.

NOW, you know why I will NEVER date a smoker!!!!!

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