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From: Jim Thompson on 28 Apr 2010 19:51 On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:16:49 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >Jan Panteltje wrote: >> On a sunny day (Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:03:25 -0700) it happened Joerg >> <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in <83rm55Fh2vU1(a)mid.individual.net>: > >[...] > >>> Anyhow, I have me site and all that hosted professionally and even when >>> a ferocious storm knocked power where the server farm is there was no >>> outage. They have their own backup power, mirror sites and so on. All >>> for around $80 a year. >> >> Why,. the server is mine, it sits here in my house, why bother with some ISP >> with a help desk that has no clue most of the time? >> Last time I had one they charged 1 guilder per minute, having no clue makes a lot of money that way :-) >> > >Guilder? That must have been a looong time ago then. > >My web hosting provider never charged me for support calls or emails. >Plus the computer and Internet gets shut off at night. The power savings >alone probably make up the $80/year. Although it's more like $45 because >if I had no host I'd have to pay InterNic $35 for the domain name I >guess, unless that price has come down by now. GoDaddy is cheaper :-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | The only thing bipartisan in this country is hypocrisy
From: krw on 28 Apr 2010 20:26 On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:51:53 -0700, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote: >On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:16:49 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >wrote: > >>Jan Panteltje wrote: >>> On a sunny day (Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:03:25 -0700) it happened Joerg >>> <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in <83rm55Fh2vU1(a)mid.individual.net>: >> >>[...] >> >>>> Anyhow, I have me site and all that hosted professionally and even when >>>> a ferocious storm knocked power where the server farm is there was no >>>> outage. They have their own backup power, mirror sites and so on. All >>>> for around $80 a year. >>> >>> Why,. the server is mine, it sits here in my house, why bother with some ISP >>> with a help desk that has no clue most of the time? >>> Last time I had one they charged 1 guilder per minute, having no clue makes a lot of money that way :-) >>> >> >>Guilder? That must have been a looong time ago then. >> >>My web hosting provider never charged me for support calls or emails. >>Plus the computer and Internet gets shut off at night. The power savings >>alone probably make up the $80/year. Although it's more like $45 because >>if I had no host I'd have to pay InterNic $35 for the domain name I >>guess, unless that price has come down by now. > >GoDaddy is cheaper :-) Better commercials, too. ;-)
From: Royston Vasey on 28 Apr 2010 21:23 "Jamie" <jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1lpa_(a)charter.net> wrote in message news:oA3Cn.95288$kj3.90280(a)newsfe08.iad... > John Larkin wrote: > >> On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:21:38 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >> wrote: >> >> >>>Jan Panteltje wrote: >>> >>>>Blew the fuse in my multimeter, wanted to replace it, grabbed it, but: >>>> ftp://panteltje.com/pub/multimeter_fuse_img_1953.jpg >>> >>> >>>... but ... man, oh man ... the server is broken. Again. Can't you get a >>>real web hosting service? I mean, the $80 a year I pay for 1and1.com >>>would really be bankrupting you, would it? And that does include the >>>domain name fees. >> >> >> Maybe he blew the fuse poking around inside his web server. >> >> John >> > That works fine for me. > > > Me too but I had to hit the reload button a few times, have had similar issues in the past.
From: mpm on 28 Apr 2010 23:19 On Apr 28, 5:29 pm, Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSensel...(a)electrooptical.net> wrote: > On 4/28/2010 4:15 PM, Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote:> Jan Panteltje wrote: > > >> Blew the fuse in my multimeter, wanted to replace it, grabbed it, but: > >> ftp://panteltje.com/pub/multimeter_fuse_img_1953.jpg > > > Soldered in? The photo is dark, so I might be missing something. > > > Do you have enough room to solder proper fuse clips to the board once > > you remove this one? > > Crunch the glass with pliers and desolder the ends separately. > > Cheers > > Phil Hobbs > > -- > Dr Philip C D Hobbs > Principal > ElectroOptical Innovations > 55 Orchard Rd > Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 > 845-480-2058 > hobbs at electrooptical dot nethttp://electrooptical.net Phil -- See my earlier post. Those glass fuses are actually glass "sleeves". You can suck out the solder that holds the fuse wire in place. Then, just re-thread a new wire (preferably the approximate same AWG), and solder the ends back up. Of course, you could just tack a wire over the glass, but that's not as elegant.
From: David L. Jones on 29 Apr 2010 02:05
Jan Panteltje wrote: > Blew the fuse in my multimeter, wanted to replace it, grabbed it, but: > ftp://panteltje.com/pub/multimeter_fuse_img_1953.jpg So what POS meter is this anyway? Dave. -- ================================================ Check out my Electronics Engineering Video Blog & Podcast: http://www.eevblog.com |