Is there some such concept as "residual electricity"??? There was a problem with a computer at work...it's a new Dell running WinXP Pro...everything's fine, I go to lunch and come back to a blank screen that won't wake up from power-save/sleep mode!! I do the obvious and check connections, making sure they're secure and whatnot. I turn off the computer and turn it back on a few times, to no effect! Tech Support suspects some kind of a "power management" issue -- whatever that is -- and suggests that I leave the system off for a few minutes, literally, to let things "clear"...whatever that means. Sure enough, however: it works! So now I'm here asking, because Tech hasn't the time to puzzle over it with me, WHAT HAPPENED??? And how come shutting off power for a few seconds isn't comparable to leaving power off for a few minutes???????????? TIA!

Holy Moly -- Residual Electricity????

Nov 05, 2007 23 Replies

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ChairmanOfTheBored 18 years ago

I got nine inches of child to go up in your ass with, you little pussy, wussy bitch.

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ChairmanOfTheBored 18 years ago

No. YOU are trivial, bitch.

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jimp 18 years ago

Yet another foul mouthed little snot...

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Don Kelly 18 years ago

------------------------- Actually a simple Google query turns up several references to "coulombmeters" Some of these are modern and others have been around a long time. Most do not measure voltage and some directly measure charge (eg the force between the foils of a "gold leaf electroscope" is dependent on charge so the deflection can be used as a measure of charge ).

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