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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The power runs thru a UPS. Not the phone line. It does suck! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cristobal Palmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <[email protected]> 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 >> >> >> -- >> TriLUG mailing list : >> http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug >> TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ >> TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ >> > > > -- > Cristobal M. Palmer > UNC-CH SILS Student > TriLUG Vice Chair > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
-- Cristobal M. Palmer UNC-CH SILS Student TriLUG Vice Chair [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
