[jebblue]

Ironically there was a time when a coding error could lead to physical damage to the screen, even the CPU or other electronics.

Also ironically, breaking things is not only half the fun it's maybe 75% of the learning.

[SamReidHughes]

Read the VLC story. That time hasn't passed.

[timje1]

That wasn't VLC's fault, it was Dell putting a 10w sound card with a 7w speaker. It was a hardware problem.

[jebblue]

Good point. Guess the risk is still there, makes things more interesting.