package manager problems: rpm db corruption|glibc detected double-linked|etc

[Ric Moore]

On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 12:03 +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> Very good summary indeed.
> 
> > Static's usually not a problem for the assembled computer.  Though
> > there's cases of people walking up to a running computer and zapping it
> > to death, and mouse cables charging up as they're dragged about the
> > desk, they're a bit of a rarity.
> 
> The case is usually anchored to earth and that protects the PC from the
> worst of it. I have once seen a spark flash between someone and a PC and
> reboot a box, but it survived.

Ha! Was that Crash poking around inside his box again? Ric

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