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From: David Tyler on 1 Feb 2010 08:22 Hello all, I've been away from this group for most of the last 10 years, whilst I have been living in the USA. Now I'm back, and my first posting is the predictable one: I forgot to switch the PSU back to 230v before plugging in my trusty Sawtooth G4; there was a pop and a faint smell of burning and the computer no longer powers up. It looks like a replacement PSU would cost more than my valuation of the machine; is there any reasonable possibility that I could effect a repair myself? Is there a fuse that might have blown, rather than the whole damn thing?
From: Avalon on 1 Feb 2010 10:16 On 01/02/2010 1:22pm, David Tyler wrote: > Hello all, > I've been away from this group for most of the last 10 years, whilst I > have been living in the USA. Now I'm back, and my first posting is the > predictable one: Is it illegal to post from the US to uk.comp.sys.mac? My understanding is you could post from anywhere in the world! > > I forgot to switch the PSU back to 230v before plugging in my trusty > Sawtooth G4; there was a pop and a faint smell of burning and the > computer no longer powers up. > > It looks like a replacement PSU would cost more than my valuation of the > machine; is there any reasonable possibility that I could effect a > repair myself? Is there a fuse that might have blown, rather than the > whole damn thing? > >
From: Rowland McDonnell on 1 Feb 2010 12:29 Avalon <avalon(a)legend.org> wrote: > David Tyler wrote: > > Hello all, > > I've been away from this group for most of the last 10 years, whilst I > > have been living in the USA. Now I'm back, and my first posting is the > > predictable one: > > Is it illegal to post from the US to uk.comp.sys.mac? How could it be illegal? > My understanding is you could post from anywhere in the world! > [snip] You need to read the charter, you do. <http://www.usenet.org.uk/uk.comp.sys.mac.html> - in other words, your understanding is entirely correct. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Avalon on 1 Feb 2010 13:32 On 01/02/2010 5:29pm, Rowland McDonnell wrote: > Avalon<avalon(a)legend.org> wrote: > >> David Tyler wrote: >>> Hello all, >>> I've been away from this group for most of the last 10 years, whilst I >>> have been living in the USA. Now I'm back, and my first posting is the >>> predictable one: >> >> Is it illegal to post from the US to uk.comp.sys.mac? > > How could it be illegal? > >> My understanding is you could post from anywhere in the world! >> > [snip] > > You need to read the charter, you do. > > <http://www.usenet.org.uk/uk.comp.sys.mac.html> > > - in other words, your understanding is entirely correct. > > Rowland. > <rolls eyes>.... it was a *Joke*!
From: Rowland McDonnell on 1 Feb 2010 14:44
Avalon <avalon(a)legend.org> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell wrote: > > Avalon<avalon(a)legend.org> wrote: > > > >> David Tyler wrote: > >>> Hello all, > >>> I've been away from this group for most of the last 10 years, whilst I > >>> have been living in the USA. Now I'm back, and my first posting is the > >>> predictable one: > >> > >> Is it illegal to post from the US to uk.comp.sys.mac? > > > > How could it be illegal? > > > >> My understanding is you could post from anywhere in the world! > >> > > [snip] > > > > You need to read the charter, you do. > > > > <http://www.usenet.org.uk/uk.comp.sys.mac.html> > > > > - in other words, your understanding is entirely correct. > > > > Rowland. > > > <rolls eyes>.... it was a *Joke*! I see - perhaps you should learn about the application of the smiley? The thing is that it's impossible on Usenet to pick up on the normal cues of facial expression and tone of voice (etc) that would tell someone in real life that you were joking, so it's necessary to use some other means of flagging dead-pan humour. The reason for that can be illustrated using this thread as an example: While *you* knew you were joking, I thought you might merely have been stupid and ignorant. If you'd added the smiley, I wouldn't have made that mistake. I still can't see any actual *joke* in progress, but I can accept that you had humorous intent and so are not guilty of idiocy and ignorance (in this case, anyway - we're all idiots from time to time). Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking |