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whatever wrote:
> Just a technical question..
>
> Due to some problems with my laptop I ended up accidentally doing an
> experiment.
>
> I wore my headphone and touched the metallic(male pin?) end of the
> headphone to the usb ports and other exposed metaalic parts of my
> laptop.
> Result - I could hear static. even when the laptop was turned off, but
> only if it was connected to AC power. When running on batteries there
> was no static.
>
> Question - why? what cld it indicate? cld it be harmful to the pc?
>
> Thank you

What do you mean by "static" ?

A humming sound, at the A.C. line frequency ?

Paul
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On Jan 28, 2:42 pm, whatever <testingag... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> Just a technical question..
>
> Due to some problems with my laptop I ended up accidentally doing an
> experiment.
>
> I wore my headphone and touched the metallic(male pin?) end of the
> headphone to the usb ports and other exposed metaalic parts of my
> laptop.
> Result - I could hear static. even when the laptop was turned off, but
> only if it was connected to AC power. When running on batteries there
> was no static.
>
> Question - why? what cld it indicate? cld it be harmful to the pc?
>
> Thank you

chesss, your not texting messages here. Full words needed. Also, if an
explanation given is "over your head"...give up & go back to Lego.
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whatever wrote:
> @paul static - like crackling sound , 'electric' sound..
> I am pretty sure its not the humming sound coz by the frequency
>
> @Gerard - sorry but I am have no real knowledge about this. what you
> said went over my head..
>
> Thanks again!

I tried an experiment here. I put on my expensive headphones, and
touched the plug to a screw on the plate of a light switch. I was
able to hear a little static, and it does seem to be static
electricity in that case. The screw is acting as a ground.
The volume of the static diminishes with each touch to the
screw.

With a set of cheap headphones, I didn't get any reaction at all
(because you can barely hear those ones anyway).

With the AC adapter connected, it could be providing a ground path,
to drain static electricity from you, through the headphones.

If the static noise is constant and undiminished with time, I
cannot really explain that.

Paul
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On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:42:12 -0800 (PST), whatever
<testingagain.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:

>Just a technical question..
>
>Due to some problems with my laptop I ended up accidentally doing an
>experiment.
>
>I wore my headphone and touched the metallic(male pin?) end of the
>headphone to the usb ports and other exposed metaalic parts of my
>laptop.
>Result - I could hear static. even when the laptop was turned off, but
>only if it was connected to AC power. When running on batteries there
>was no static.
>
>Question - why? what cld it indicate? cld it be harmful to the pc?

It indicates that your laptop has a 3-spronge connector and that
you only have 2 of them connected

Some (cheaper) laptop PSUs need to be connected to protective
ground, just as your PC.

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On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:42:12 -0800 (PST), whatever
<testingagain.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:

>Just a technical question..
>
>Due to some problems with my laptop I ended up accidentally doing an
>experiment.
>
>I wore my headphone and touched the metallic(male pin?) end of the
>headphone to the usb ports and other exposed metaalic parts of my
>laptop.
>Result - I could hear static. even when the laptop was turned off, but
>only if it was connected to AC power. When running on batteries there
>was no static.
>
>Question - why? what cld it indicate? cld it be harmful to the pc?
>
>Thank you

cld and wld are not words.

This is not evidence of a problem, just an observation of
static happening all around you as it always is/does, but
that you can hear because you have the headphones on.
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> chesss, your not texting messages here. Full words needed.
Why?? is there a rule that one cannot use cld, shld or wld on the
internet??

I am not forcing u to read what I type.
Please keep your personal cultural dogmas to yourself. On the various
sites I visit it is perfectly acceptable to use u, ur, shld, wld,
cld..
If u hav a problem with dis, then DON"T READ!

>Also, if an
> explanation given is "over your head"...give up & go back to Lego.
I appreciate your grandmotherly concern but I prefer to 'u know' ,
find things out instead of giving up..even if they go over my head
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On Jan 29, 10:24 am, whatever <testingag....TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
> > chesss, your not texting messages here. Full words needed.
>
> Why?? is there a rule that one cannot use cld, shld or wld on the
> internet??
>
> I am not forcing u to read what I type.
> Please keep your personal cultural dogmas to yourself. On the various
> sites I visit it is perfectly acceptable to use u, ur, shld, wld,
> cld..
> If u hav a problem with dis, then DON"T READ!
>
> >Also, if an
> > explanation given is "over your head"...give up & go back to Lego.
>
> I appreciate your grandmotherly concern but I prefer to 'u know' ,
> find things out instead of giving up..even if they go over my head

> Why?? is there a rule that one cannot use cld, shld or wld on the
> internet??
'cos ur a born eejit? yu kan't spoke propur, yu wernt teeched rite. Go
pop anuvver pill pillock.
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"whatever" <testingagain RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
news:6bf2f4a4-4b1a-42de-996f-67ca39298f24@f10g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>> chesss, your not texting messages here. Full words needed.
> Why?? is there a rule that one cannot use cld, shld or wld on the
> internet??

To answer your question directly - yes there are rules here! To be more
sarcastic, you just said "cold", "shouldered" and "welded" on the internet?
What are you talking about?

> I am not forcing u to read what I type.

Just as well - its been through a mangler!

> Please keep your personal cultural dogmas to yourself. On the various
> sites I visit it is perfectly acceptable to use u, ur, shld, wld,
> cld..

The kind of sites you visit are your business, but you aren't on a site
here. You are in usenet. This particular group welcomes adults and children
with well developed English language skills and tends to pounce on those who
fail to confirm to the standard.

> If u hav a problem with dis, then DON"T READ!

and if you have a problem with the rules, then sod off.
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whatever wrote:
>
>> chesss, your not texting messages here. Full words needed.
>
> Why?? is there a rule that one cannot use cld, shld or wld on
> the internet??
>
> I am not forcing u to read what I type. Please keep your personal
> cultural dogmas to yourself. On the various sites I visit it is
> perfectly acceptable to use u, ur, shld, wld, cld.. If u hav a
> problem with dis, then DON"T READ!

Childish use of silly abbreviations simply gets you plonked. Bye.

PLONK

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On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:24:41 -0800 (PST), whatever
<testingagain DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:

>> chesss, your not texting messages here. Full words needed.
>Why?? is there a rule that one cannot use cld, shld or wld on the
>internet??
>


yes.

Any more questions?
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kony wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:24:41 -0800 (PST), whatever
> <testingagain RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> chesss, your not texting messages here. Full words needed.
>> Why?? is there a rule that one cannot use cld, shld or wld on the
>> internet??
>>
>
>
> yes.
>
> Any more questions?
To add to that:
Maybe OP wants to ignore common practice, but that
gives us the opportunity to ridicule his command of language,
and never give a sfll nswr t hs qstns.
And note, that I am not natively speaking English.
If OP wants to be a dork, allow him to be one.
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Somewhere on teh intarweb "Sjouke Burry" typed:
> kony wrote:
>> On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:24:41 -0800 (PST), whatever
>> <testingagain.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> chesss, your not texting messages here. Full words needed.
>>> Why?? is there a rule that one cannot use cld, shld or wld on the
>>> internet??
>>>
>>
>>
>> yes.
>>
>> Any more questions?
> To add to that:
> Maybe OP wants to ignore common practice, but that
> gives us the opportunity to ridicule his command of language,
> and never give a sfll nswr t hs qstns.
> And note, that I am not natively speaking English.
> If OP wants to be a dork, allow him to be one.

Actually, there's nothing anyone on usenet can do to stop him being a dork.
So he's "allowed".

However, I won't be helping him anytime soon, unless he stops being a dork.

Regards,
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