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| Thread ID: 70054 | 2006-06-20 10:27:00 | !!!h | Twelvevolts (5457) | PC World Chat |
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| 464780 | 2006-06-20 10:27:00 | Last night we had a localised power cut in Martinborough where I'm visiting. If you want a weird experience - it's surfing the net on your laptop while everything in the immediate vicinity is in black out conditions. Takes more than a power cut to keep me off the net!!! | Twelvevolts (5457) | ||
| 464781 | 2006-06-20 10:36:00 | I hope that's not a claim for skill, when it was merely good luck. I doubt the rest of Martinborough would be amused. |
Laura (43) | ||
| 464782 | 2006-06-20 10:38:00 | :D I was hoping to do that during Auckland’s big black out, but I never got around to getting my laptop to a jack point (to use 56K) in my house. What type of internet where u using? |
stu161204 (123) | ||
| 464783 | 2006-06-20 10:41:00 | lol i remember once at a mates place, early in the morning, put the jug on, had the radio going. lights on and wondering why the jug wasn't boiling. the whole town had a power cut and mates place has a few powerpoints and lights rigged to a big UPS system. darn....no coffeee ! | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 464784 | 2006-06-20 10:45:00 | That must have been one big UPS. Was it like those systems used to power emergency lighting in public buildings? | somebody (208) | ||
| 464785 | 2006-06-20 10:47:00 | I have no idea what happened to the title of this which was meant to be Blackout - looks like my air card crashed at the crucial moment. Not claiming any luck - although as I had taken the precaution of downloading several episodes of Cranky Geeks, DLTV and Nerd Tv before I came over - I had a back up plan for three and a half hours before the battery went flat. Power was back on in two. |
Twelvevolts (5457) | ||
| 464786 | 2006-06-20 10:49:00 | :D I was hoping to do that during Auckland’s big black out, but I never got around to getting my laptop to a jack point (to use 56K) in my house. What type of internet where u using? Telecom wireless air card |
Twelvevolts (5457) | ||
| 464787 | 2006-06-20 11:05:00 | That must have been one big UPS. Was it like those systems used to power emergency lighting in public buildings? ok i'll write this a 2nd time.......bloody net. i think they run straight 12 vot for lighting etc mates setup is basicly a commerical UPS like what they use for server rooms etc. powered by two big commerical truck sized batteries. 3-4 hour run time by memory depending on load of course. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 464788 | 2006-06-20 11:13:00 | Now there is something i wouldn't mind, might keep the laptop going for a while. | Twelvevolts (5457) | ||
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