[TriLUG] How was your week?

William Sutton william at trilug.org
Sun Aug 6 06:30:40 EDT 2006


sounds like another reason to use commodity hardware and an open-source 
pbx like asterisk ;)

-- 
William Sutton


On Sun, 6 Aug 2006, Jim Ray wrote:

> 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
> >> > 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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> >>
> >>
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> >>
> > 
> > 
> 



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