Which cable, the power or the ribbon?

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Post #193,231 by drewk 2/6/05 2:19:21 PM Reply	Which cable, the power or the ribbon? === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #193,301 by ChrisR 2/6/05 6:38:16 PM Reply	All of 'em at once. Shorting them together helps speed up the processing.
Post #193,305 by Another Scott 2/6/05 7:13:15 PM Reply	Quit before the magic smoke comes out though. Can be tricky.
Post #193,306 by ChrisR 2/6/05 7:23:07 PM Reply	Networking engineering requires a good sense of smell.
Post #193,349 by FuManChu 2/7/05 1:50:16 AM Reply	ICLRPD (new thread) Created as new thread #193348 titled [link\|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=193348\|ICLRPD]
Post #193,307 by ben_tilly 2/6/05 7:24:01 PM Reply	Hey! That's my specialty! However I specialize in electric welding. Leaving the power switch on is always amusing. Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #193,412 by inthane-chan 2/7/05 12:45:36 PM Reply	Have you ever blown an inch-wide hole out of a power supply?
Post #193,413 by drewk 2/7/05 12:46:56 PM Reply	Have you ever shorted across the 220 supply with an ohmeter? === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #193,414 by inthane-chan 2/7/05 12:51:20 PM Reply	Nope. Closest I came was screwing up the contacts between the old-style AT case powerswitches - killed power to the entire stripmall I was in, and blew a huge chunk out of the power supply. "Here at Ortillery Command we have at our disposal hundred megawatt laser beams, mach 20 titanium rods and guided thermonuclear bombs. Some people say we think that we're God. We're not God. We just borrowed his 'SMITE' button for our fire control system."
Post #193,417 by drewk 2/7/05 12:55:56 PM Reply	I helped blow out half of downtown Palm Springs once Marine band was playing. We plugged too much of the sound system into one circuit. Oops. The 220 I shorted was while trying to troubleshoot a dryer that wasn't working. Was testing from the supply to the thermostat and accidentally touched both hot ends of the supply with one probe. The probe was cut in half, leaving about a half-inch of the tip welded to the leads. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #193,424 by Andrew Grygus 2/7/05 1:08:22 PM Reply	Funniest one here . . . . . Trudy, a sometimes assistant back in the 486 days, was accustomed to seeing me finish assembly of PCs while they were running - so did the same on one. While putting mounting screws into a floppy drive she didn't notice the screwdriver passed very close to the contacts of the on-off switch. KAPOW!! Blew a big notch in the screwdriver, the motherboard fried, the main chip on the video card exploded into fragments, the cpu chip burst and the monitor billowed smoke. Only the disk drives and memory survived. Now this stuff was expensive back then, but I think the expression on Trudy's face was worth every penny as was future use of the phrase "It's been Trudyized". [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #193,444 by ben_tilly 2/7/05 1:45:13 PM Reply	Do we know Trudy under another name? I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #193,452 by Andrew Grygus 2/7/05 2:14:56 PM Reply	No. Rose is extremely cautious around hardware, and while she can work with it she rarely does. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]

Newbie - (bionerd) - (94) - Feb. 6, 2005, 12:33:10 PM EST

Welcome. - (pwhysall) - Feb. 6, 2005, 01:12:12 PM EST

Michigan? On the convoy route? - (drewk) - (48) - Feb. 6, 2005, 01:17:51 PM EST

Re: Michigan? On the convoy route? - (bionerd) - (47) - Feb. 6, 2005, 01:47:38 PM EST

He's referring to BeeP bash - (broomberg) - (1) - Feb. 6, 2005, 01:51:38 PM EST

Re: He's referring to BeeP bash - (bionerd) - Feb. 6, 2005, 02:06:10 PM EST

That's a curious thing to say - (drewk) - (17) - Feb. 6, 2005, 01:58:12 PM EST

Re: That's a curious thing to say - (bionerd) - Feb. 6, 2005, 02:19:15 PM EST

Probably means that we don't do actual (real) work. :-) -NT - (ChrisR) - Feb. 6, 2005, 02:24:37 PM EST

That's sad Drook - (broomberg) - (9) - Feb. 6, 2005, 02:47:31 PM EST

I said 90% didn't I? - (drewk) - (8) - Feb. 6, 2005, 03:27:59 PM EST

It is representative of most of the good ones -NT - (ben_tilly) - (7) - Feb. 6, 2005, 03:45:59 PM EST

Woudln't that depend on the job? - (drewk) - (6) - Feb. 6, 2005, 03:59:50 PM EST

Not that often - (ben_tilly) - (5) - Feb. 6, 2005, 05:17:19 PM EST

Getting a little uppity there, aren't you? - (drewk) - (4) - Feb. 6, 2005, 05:22:07 PM EST

See what I said about "some organizations" - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Feb. 6, 2005, 07:03:30 PM EST

tiger teams, had the fortune to work on one once - (daemon) - Feb. 6, 2005, 10:33:49 PM EST

Same thing where I work. -NT - (admin) - Feb. 6, 2005, 10:38:43 PM EST

That's actually my "non-break" job - (FuManChu) - Feb. 7, 2005, 01:49:02 AM EST

Programming is working with abstractions. - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Feb. 6, 2005, 08:04:03 PM EST

Okay, at that level I see what you mean -NT - (drewk) - Feb. 6, 2005, 08:15:42 PM EST

Excuse me - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Feb. 8, 2005, 10:18:27 AM EST

Since my explanation in the thread didn't clear this up ... - (drewk) - (1) - Feb. 8, 2005, 11:51:24 AM EST

Because creative \\= abstract - (jake123) - Feb. 8, 2005, 01:32:33 PM EST

Programmers, eh? - (pwhysall) - (14) - Feb. 6, 2005, 02:02:51 PM EST

Where's my soldering iron? - (ChrisR) - (13) - Feb. 6, 2005, 02:16:01 PM EST

Which cable, the power or the ribbon? -NT - (drewk) - (12) - Feb. 6, 2005, 02:19:21 PM EST

All of 'em at once. - (ChrisR) - (11) - Feb. 6, 2005, 06:38:16 PM EST

Quit before the magic smoke comes out though. Can be tricky. -NT - (Another Scott) - (2) - Feb. 6, 2005, 07:13:15 PM EST

Networking engineering requires a good sense of smell. -NT - (ChrisR) - (1) - Feb. 6, 2005, 07:23:07 PM EST

ICLRPD (new thread) - (FuManChu) - Feb. 7, 2005, 01:50:16 AM EST

Hey! That's my specialty! - (ben_tilly) - (7) - Feb. 6, 2005, 07:24:01 PM EST

Have you ever blown an inch-wide hole out of a power supply? -NT - (inthane-chan) - (6) - Feb. 7, 2005, 12:45:36 PM EST

Have you ever shorted across the 220 supply with an ohmeter? -NT - (drewk) - (5) - Feb. 7, 2005, 12:46:56 PM EST

Nope. - (inthane-chan) - (4) - Feb. 7, 2005, 12:51:20 PM EST

I helped blow out half of downtown Palm Springs once - (drewk) - (3) - Feb. 7, 2005, 12:55:56 PM EST

Funniest one here . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - Feb. 7, 2005, 01:08:22 PM EST

Do we know Trudy under another name? -NT - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Feb. 7, 2005, 01:45:13 PM EST

No. - (Andrew Grygus) - Feb. 7, 2005, 02:14:56 PM EST

I'm no programmer either - (bepatient) - (2) - Feb. 6, 2005, 05:16:53 PM EST

Weren't you working on changing that state of affairs? -NT - (FuManChu) - (1) - Feb. 7, 2005, 01:50:48 AM EST

Was thinking about it. - (bepatient) - Feb. 7, 2005, 08:52:22 AM EST

Don't you need abstract thinking in biology? -NT - (Arkadiy) - (8) - Feb. 7, 2005, 10:35:17 AM EST

Re: Don't you need abstract thinking in biology? - (bionerd) - (7) - Feb. 7, 2005, 11:22:07 AM EST

So, can you tell us about your typical time at work? - (Arkadiy) - (6) - Feb. 7, 2005, 11:57:42 AM EST

I thought... - (pwhysall) - (1) - Feb. 7, 2005, 12:01:25 PM EST

Don't forget the biscuits - (drewk) - Feb. 7, 2005, 12:10:59 PM EST

Do you really want to hear about this? - (bionerd) - (3) - Feb. 7, 2005, 12:37:39 PM EST

Suggestion - (drewk) - (2) - Feb. 7, 2005, 12:45:15 PM EST

Been there, done that - (bionerd) - Feb. 7, 2005, 01:13:40 PM EST

I don't imagine she got where she is... - (Steven A S) - Feb. 7, 2005, 01:18:12 PM EST

Welcome - (broomberg) - (25) - Feb. 6, 2005, 01:49:41 PM EST

Re: Welcome - (bionerd) - (24) - Feb. 6, 2005, 02:04:39 PM EST

He has past cause... - (ben_tilly) - (23) - Feb. 6, 2005, 03:42:38 PM EST

No I'm not him...I'm a her - (bionerd) - (21) - Feb. 6, 2005, 04:08:34 PM EST

Cool, there is a slight imbalance in these parts.. -NT - (ben_tilly) - Feb. 6, 2005, 05:18:59 PM EST

Men are parasites ;-) - (ben_tilly) - (19) - Feb. 6, 2005, 10:41:07 PM EST

Re: Men are parasites ;-) - (bionerd) - (18) - Feb. 6, 2005, 11:37:24 PM EST

Why expend more energy? To get more kids. - (ben_tilly) - (17) - Feb. 7, 2005, 12:37:57 AM EST

A couple of reasons. - (Andrew Grygus) - (15) - Feb. 7, 2005, 03:32:36 AM EST

Second point is pretty much pure circular reasoning, AFAICS. - (CRConrad) - (2) - Feb. 7, 2005, 03:55:30 AM EST

We are not talking 'fair' here, we're talking 'survival'. - (Andrew Grygus) - Feb. 7, 2005, 04:29:04 AM EST

Nature is not PC - (ben_tilly) - Feb. 7, 2005, 11:29:02 AM EST

Let me address those reasons for strict sexuality - (ben_tilly) - (11) - Feb. 7, 2005, 11:15:06 AM EST

well if I were a hermaphrodyte I would never leave the house - (daemon) - (10) - Feb. 7, 2005, 06:40:18 PM EST

Don't confuse "hermaphroditic" with "flexible"... -NT - (admin) - Feb. 7, 2005, 06:48:57 PM EST

It works for nematodes - (ben_tilly) - (8) - Feb. 7, 2005, 08:17:54 PM EST

Y'all take all the mystery out of procreation - (ChrisR) - (6) - Feb. 7, 2005, 08:36:32 PM EST

Out drinking? Reading Jung? Casting a horoscope? -NT - (ben_tilly) - Feb. 7, 2005, 08:38:19 PM EST

OT: Where TH is Ross anyway? -NT - (mmoffitt) - (3) - Feb. 8, 2005, 09:41:10 AM EST

Re: OT: Where TH is Ross anyway? - (Yendor) - (1) - Feb. 8, 2005, 09:59:26 AM EST

Ah. Thanks. Missed that. -NT - (mmoffitt) - Feb. 8, 2005, 10:05:38 AM EST

Atlanta, IIRC. ... Oh, you mean. Well, he ran away. :-( -NT - (Another Scott) - Feb. 8, 2005, 10:00:09 AM EST

I agree - (Nightowl) - Feb. 8, 2005, 10:23:20 AM EST

dont have to try, they fight real well (bull sealions) - (daemon) - Feb. 7, 2005, 09:05:16 PM EST

Exactly -NT - (bionerd) - Feb. 7, 2005, 11:24:01 AM EST

Re: He has past cause... - (Nightowl) - Feb. 7, 2005, 01:44:47 AM EST

Hoy - (admin) - (4) - Feb. 6, 2005, 02:44:27 PM EST

Ann Arbor- Heck , no! - (bionerd) - (3) - Feb. 6, 2005, 03:29:03 PM EST

My sister went there for a few years. - (admin) - (1) - Feb. 6, 2005, 04:56:51 PM EST

Cow Tipping- - (bionerd) - Feb. 6, 2005, 05:20:59 PM EST

Moo U - (tuberculosis) - Feb. 8, 2005, 02:49:28 PM EST

Use Debian - (lincoln) - Feb. 6, 2005, 02:47:37 PM EST

welcome, another expert to opine with :-) -NT - (daemon) - Feb. 6, 2005, 03:08:20 PM EST

With a handle like "bionerd"... - (FuManChu) - (7) - Feb. 6, 2005, 03:46:25 PM EST

My score - (bionerd) - (6) - Feb. 6, 2005, 04:16:25 PM EST

Meh, amateur... - (admin) - (4) - Feb. 6, 2005, 04:58:35 PM EST

Wait until you know me better before calling me an amateur - (bionerd) - (3) - Feb. 6, 2005, 05:27:19 PM EST

Amateur. Raw, rank, unadulterated. - (admin) - (2) - Feb. 6, 2005, 05:32:31 PM EST

Nerd God - (bionerd) - (1) - Feb. 6, 2005, 10:42:16 PM EST

Yes. -NT - (admin) - Feb. 6, 2005, 10:43:55 PM EST

Your Overlord speaks: - (folkert) - Feb. 6, 2005, 05:32:56 PM EST

welcome to the party -NT - (cforde) - Feb. 7, 2005, 01:32:04 AM EST

Welcome from another non-IT - (Ashton) - Feb. 7, 2005, 03:59:47 AM EST

Welcome! - (jb4) - Feb. 8, 2005, 06:34:20 PM EST

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