Ed McCarrick <edmccarrick@yahoo.com> wrote:
: --- jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
:> TerribleTom <SilverEightynine@aol.com> wrote:
:> : jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
:> [...]
:> : I'm not too concerned about net access - frankly I
:> think all of us could
:> : use some time away from gadgets that have blinky
:> lights, wires,
:> : antennas, LCD displays and anything with the word
:> "router" on it. LOL
:>
:>
:> Luddite! Vile infidel! What unspeakable evils
:> are these, which
:> you spew so wontonly into this public forum,
:> besmirching all that is
:> good and stabbing at our very being with your
:> abominable excrement!!
: Yeah what he said !
Thee hast not been truly flamed until thee hast been flamed
in the manner of "Ye Olde Skool"... ;-)
:> Ed and I were at Oshkosh a few years back and saw
:> a pretty
:> impressive display that one of the vendors in the
:> "swap meet" sort
:> of area had set up. It was a portable Honda
:> generator (tiny little
:> thing, about the size of a briefcase) that had a
:> standard household
:> fan plugged into it. The generator was so quiet
:> that you couldn't
:> hear it running over the sound of the fan blades. I
:> doubt something
:> like that could run a lot of stuff though; maybe a
:> few lamps or a
:> laptop, but pretty impressive nonetheless.
: One thing you didn't mention was that it was designed
: with "clean output" specifically for computers and
: such that have a need for smooth power.
That's 'cause I forgot about that part. :-) I was probably
too busy trying to jockey for position in front of the fan. It
was the Oshkosh air show after all, where the weather is either
100 degrees in the shade or raining cats and dogs. I do remember
that it wasn't raining. ;-)
--
-Jon-
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