I was thinking about that, but made a silly assumption that the conductive capacity (is that even a term?) of the wires would be enough to handle the current of a lappy. I'm still such a new'b when it comes to matters of electronics...
Great insight Benson. I was thinking of a slow pull of the table, parallel to the position of the jack, but you're correct: I would bet this case is so rare as to be a non-issue. The majority of the forces in an accidental tugging would likely be quick and have some degree of orthognality (again, is this even a term?) to the jacks position.