In news:yyHWd.1008$Lc3.249@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net,
Martin 53N 1W <ml_news@ddnospamddml1dd.co.uk.dd> blithered:

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.

Don't agree, all they realy need is for it to fall over cleanly when the power 
does a whoopsie, so they can recover when it does.
That I believe is what they are trying to implement right now.

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doing it."

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