[ubuntu-uk] Branching Threads

[Thomas Ibbotson]

> And finally .... a tale of note.
>
> I was off air for three unrelated but serial faults - line fault on my BB;
> local network fault for entire town; and lastly the important bit.
>
> I found out on Monday after watching a rather interesting electrical storm
> that my router wasn't plugged into my mains conditioning gubbins and had got
> FRIED!  Luckily the internals stopped it going any further or I could have
> had a couple of fried PCs as well.
>
> The moral?  Make sure all your sensitive electrical equipment is fed through
> at least a spike suppressor or such like.
>
> Ian
>
> Ian
>
>
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My housemate fried my computer by dropping the kettle base into the
sink and blowing the power to the house. I now have a new computer and
a new surge protector. It can and will happen to you. It did however
have the side effect that Ubuntu is now my only operating system, so
possibly not all bad.

Tom