[ILUG] [OT again] Dead BP6 and grounding straps

[Liam Bedford]

> On a semi related note, and to make John feel better, check out this
> article, it seems they are building their system on carpet, with
> no form of
> grounding at all.
>
Just to sicken ya's all, I've built most of my machines at home on newspaper
on top of carpet...
nothing's blown up yet... then I do tend to plug the PSU in ASAP, then put
everything into the case except the mboard, put everything onto the mboard,
and put that in...

At everyman we had desks with Blue plastic anti-static stuff allegedly!

L.