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[internetworkers] Nature vs Nurture (was Re: CATV signals)

From: Simon Spero <ses AT unc.edu>
To: jim AT neuse.net, "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [internetworkers] Nature vs Nurture (was Re: CATV signals)
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 15:02:34 +0000

On Dec 20, 2005, at 9:33 PM, Jim Ray wrote:

i lost a $3000 phone system earlier this year with gas discharge suppressors on the phone lines and UPS on the power

As predicted, a $3,000 phone system will sacrifice itself to protect a 10¢ fuse.

The perversity of the universe does tend towards a maximum.

Teach Maleficent Design

Simon

p.s.

Having seen a lightning strike on a building I was in (it literally happened whilst someone was saying "That one was clo..." ), I know what a direct hit can do, but I still think that putting 3-phase from the factory floor through 240V office circuitry should give us all hope in the ability of mankind to drive the art of totally screwing things up to ever greater heights.

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