Miaowara Tomokato wrote:

On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 16:37:43 +0000, Martin 53N 1W wrote:

bk wrote:
[...]

Trust me on this.

And how do you know better?

//sniff-sniff//
Smells like a troll to me.

On this occasion very obviously yes (;-P)

I'll have a wash later (:-P)


[...]

the outside world, helped by a very generous sponsor. I very much doubt they've got the high profile or funding required to also get their own dedicated redundant power supply.

150 dollars at Best Buy?  If I had money I could buy one.

For their setup, they need something much more substantial than that to stay up for any length of time through a mains power failure.

They run something more than just a 200W PC...


[...]

I've read the thrashing you took, and see you now, as a kinder, gentler
Martin 53N 1W.

When was that? (Must have missed it.)

Go for it.

Thank you for your "permission".

You don't need my 'permission'. I was just offering encouragement for some of the hot air to be backed up by real world positive action.

It is very easy to winge. It's a little harder to do something useful to get whatever complaint /fixed/.


Good luck,
Martin

a.s.seti