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Weird Tech: Magnetic boy freezes Xbox 360

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A 12-year-old-boy whose inability to touch a PC without it crashing nearly caused him to fail his social studies class, has been diagnosed as having a "static problem".

Dubbed 'Magneto Man', Joe Falciatano repeatedly disrupted slide show presentations and caused his Xbox to inexplicably freeze, before a teacher finally suggested he wear a grounded, anti-static wrist strap.
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Published: 653 days 11 hours ago | News | Xbox 360 | Tech
 
 

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Agent-X - 653 days 14 hours ago
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what the hell all of them sudden he touches it and it freezes it lol unbelievable
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miasma - 653 days 10 hours ago
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2 - WHOA!!
I can really relate to this! An old friend of mine, who i have not seen in years, had a very similar effect on my computer. NO JOKE. This was back in the late 90s. At first, i would joke with him about it. I would always want to show him things on the computer, but every time he stopped over and sat down, the computer would freeze up, errors would occur, software wouldn't operate properly, couldn't get online. EVERY TIME! I noticed the pattern was a regular thing when we tried to play PC games together, and things would be fine until he got there, then everything went to crap.

It wasn't just my computer either, other people had the same issue when he was next to their computers. Freaky thing...
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RecSpec - 653 days 10 hours ago
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This is why you shouldn't sleep in the dryer.
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GutZ31 - 653 days 8 hours ago
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I'm I Magneto Man if porno mags stick to me after a long day?
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Armyless - 653 days 8 hours ago
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5 - It's his shoes
And it doesn't hurt that he's a little desperate for attention.
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Chuck Norris - 653 days 7 hours ago
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A possible cause for the dreaded rings? At least now MS has a scapegoat.
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RecSpec - 653 days 6 hours ago
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Prosecutor: Now 360, can you point out where the magnetic boy touched you?
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silenius - 653 days 4 hours ago
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7 - We have to eliminate this boy...
Finally after 2+ years of research we've found the reason of RRoD... It was this Boy... LOLOLOLOL
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Lew_Ijgee - 653 days 4 hours ago
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8 - We will need people like him...
to lead us into battle when the machines take over.
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Gambus Kahn - 653 days 2 hours ago
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9 - the x-men must be real
OMG he is a mutant!!!
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monkey602 - 653 days 2 hours ago
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RecSpec and Lew_ljgee
You both deserve bubbles for your above comments.
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