Mandrake

Looks like the "conspiracy theories" really were true after all...
Most people don't know that there were actually 3 buildings which came crashing down on the day of 9/11. The third building, WTC 7, can be seen here http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7750532340306101329 There is no mention of this building in 911 Omission Report. Can fire make a building come crashi... 17 Oct 2007 17:58

apologies
I just sent what was supposed to be a message to someone needing winzip for their computer and accidently sent it to the group with a binary attachment. My fault for trying to do too many different things at the same time, com;puter, phone and biped interuptions all at the same time Andrew Ed ... 17 Oct 2007 08:42

Ethernet Printer Connection
Moe Trin wrote: This project should keep me busy for a while. But are you having /fun/ while doing so? Yes, in a geeky way... otherwise I'd be satisfied with just having the parallel port connection working, which it already is. Since you said you wouldn't mind, if you don't object I'm going to move ... 14 Oct 2007 20:12

Power, etc.
Robert M. Riches Jr. wrote: [separate power and phone grounding rods] Should I try to inconspicuously connect the two outdoor ground posts with 12-gauge wire? :-) You'd want heavier wire than that. I think it was around 1992 I was told in US new residential construction that if there were separat... 10 Nov 2007 08:17

House Wiring
Robert M. Riches Jr. wrote: your typical American house has two 110-120V feeds out of phase. [snip] Somehow the two feeds are combined to get 220-240V Right. The "somehow" is the feed coming into the house is essentially 220V with a center tap. The two outer lines are called L1 and L2. The cent... 26 Oct 2007 11:49

Power, etc. (was: Batteries)
On 2007-10-13, Adam <look(a)bottom.for.address> wrote: I know that a phone line surge protector has to be connected to ground somehow. So if it's connected to the power line ground, the surge protector is faced with the difference between that (side of the building) and the actual phone line ground (back ... 13 Oct 2007 18:13

Ethernet Printer Connection (was: [OT] Batteries)
Moe Trin wrote: At work, printers are in small closed rooms to keep the noise down. When the shipping guys are unloading pallets of paper (the printers in each room go through several reams a day so a pallet is about a weeks supply), you could hear the printers a hundred feet away. Specs on this one are:... 13 Oct 2007 18:13

[OT] Power, etc. (was: Batteries)
Moe Trin wrote: the outlet my computer system's plugged into is one of seven (seemingly random) electric outlets controlled by a 15A circuit breaker. The apartment I lived in before I got married (~400 square foot) had a 15 Amp breaker per room. I had some fun even then trying to juggle the load to... 12 Oct 2007 20:37

House Wiring (was: [OT] Batteries)
Peter D. wrote: would it be possible, in theory, to build a gadget that would plug into a household electric outlet and automatically switch in inductors or capacitors as needed? Yes, definitely. The better computer power supplies have Automatic Power Factor Correction. Unfortunately if you hav... 16 Oct 2007 07:29

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============================================================================ Analysis of posts to alt.os.linux.mandriva by Robert Marshall ============================================================================ (stats compiled with a script by Garry Knight) Total posts considered: 188... 20 Oct 2007 16:48