[QUOTE="axel2374"][QUOTE="Digital_DJ_00"]Maybe if morons would stop setting their 360's on carpets because carpets help generate heat....duh... Not to mention he left it out on the floor for everyone to step on it... That 360 owner got what was coming to him...DataDream
Could you explain to me how a carpet generates heat? Is it a heated carpet?Carpet DOESN'T "generate" heat...
But it is an electrical insulator. What that means is that it will #1) cause the system to overheat because even though the carpet doesn't generate heat it holds the heat generated by the console in and close to the console raising the internal temperature of the system- instead of letting it disipate as it should. Usually this is what people mean when they say something "generates" heat. And the big one...
#2) Carpet conducts static electricity which will kill any electronic device quicker than a sledgehammer (ok - maybe not quite, but pretty close). You ever notice that when you drag your feet on the carpet with socks on and then touch something (or someone) that isn't properly grounded that you shock them with electricity? Well electronics don't like to get "shocked" - I'll just leave it at that.
In one of my previous posts I said this jokingly - now after reading this post - I'm being serious...
KIDS NEED TO PLAY WITH MODEL ELECTRIC TRAINS ON THE CARPET LIKE IN THE OLDEN DAYS AND SEE THE RESULT OF ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRICAL TOYS!!! ;)
Thanks for the brilliance of that post Mr. Wizard. My post was SARCASM, so after reading this post I guess I will have to maker sure I type in SARCASM after for the geniuses who like to seem brilliant. Now I think I will go put my 360 on the carpet, run an electric train around it and scoot around on the floor, SARCASM.
Log in to comment