[TriLUG] How was your week?

Cristobal Palmer cristobalpalmer at gmail.com
Sun Aug 6 02:46:09 EDT 2006


The phone line wasn't at least going through a $CHEAP_BRAND surge protector?

My apartment is happily untainted by BellSouth :)

-CMP

On 8/6/06, WA Brown <brownwa at ftc-i.net> wrote:
> The power runs thru a UPS. Not the phone line. It does suck!
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cristobal Palmer" <cristobalpalmer at gmail.com>
> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 12:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] How was your week?
>
>
> >I have to say: the google ads while I was reading your email were
> > quite entertaining.
> >
> > I think I owe you a beer (or similar) for laughing at your expense.
> > You'll find me up front at the meeting if you can make it.
> >
> > So, to answer your question, my week was pretty good. Better than
> > yours, luckily. Joking aside, I'm sorry to hear about your loss. That
> > really sucks.
> >
> > -CMP
> >
> > P.S.
> >
> > <plug class="shameless">I know where you can get a good 1400AV UPS (or
> > two) if you need one (or two, or other replacement hardware).</plug>
> >
> > On 8/5/06, WA Brown <brownwa at ftc-i.net> wrote:
> >> Two weks ago I had a lightning strike. Lightning hit the TV antenna, came
> >> down the pole, blew the cover to a breaker box into the yard. Then it
> >> jumped
> >> to the telephone protector and blew out the DSL modem. Then it hit both
> >> computers and took out both built into the motherboard nic cards, video
> >> cards, KVM switch and the keyboard! Then it took out a Ham Radio and an
> >> antenna tuner. It also hit both satelite receivers in the house. It hit
> >> my
> >> Ham Repeater. took out the link radio and controller.
> >>
> >> So how was your week?
> >>
> >>
> >> WA Brown
> >>
> >>
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> >
> >
> > --
> > Cristobal M. Palmer
> > UNC-CH SILS Student
> > TriLUG Vice Chair
> > cristobalpalmer at gmail.com
> > cmpalmer at ils.unc.edu
> > ils.unc.edu/~cmpalmer
> > "Television-free since 2003"
> >
> > <tarheelcoxn> iank has trouble with English. his native language is Python
> > <iank> Yeah
> > <iank>   I'm forced
> > <iank>     To indent
> > <iank>   My sentences
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-- 
Cristobal M. Palmer
UNC-CH SILS Student
TriLUG Vice Chair
cristobalpalmer at gmail.com
cmpalmer at ils.unc.edu
ils.unc.edu/~cmpalmer
"Television-free since 2003"

<tarheelcoxn> iank has trouble with English. his native language is Python
<iank> Yeah
<iank>   I'm forced
<iank>     To indent
<iank>   My sentences



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