[ale] OT: Smoke Particles

[johnmills at speakeasy.net (John Mills)]

Chris -

On 12 Jul 2004, Chris Fowler wrote:

> Is there any evidence that smoke particles from cigs can cause issues
> with electronics?

Sure - used to be a chronic problem with commercial aircraft. That said, I 
believe the most sensitive computer components (i.e., disk drives) are 
protected by filters.

DISCLAIMER - I have no documented information on this - the aircraft issue
is hearsay and the disk-drive part from manufacturers' literature of years
gone by - back when you actually paid real money for disk drives.

 - John Mills
   john.m.mills at alum.mit.edu