Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com>  wrote:
 > This is often a very bad idea -- many laptops have exhaust blower fans,
 > and exhaust vents, on the sides, but draw _fresh_ air for cooling through
 > the keyboard (or the reverse).  If you leave them running with the lid
 > shut, well, the potential consequences are obvious...

hmm... Wonder if that's what happened to my T20... I kept it running, with
screen enabled, but closed and under the couch... After a few months it
started to exhibit flakiness... Now it won't even boot...

Herb, Destroyer of laptops....