[TriLUG] How was your week?

[Jim Ray]

even with a gas discharge surge protector on the phone lines and a ups, 
lightning took out my pbx last year.  it was really cool.  $3000.  poof!

Cristobal Palmer wrote:
> 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
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>> > "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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