[T3] Goin' to hell in a handcart!

[Jonathan Stiles]

Gremlins, Aliens, Sasquach all are guilty parties as far as i am concerned...
:-)

Back in my IT days we had a flaky power grid on our campus. The biggest
killer were "brown-outs" or low voltage situations. I had to order dozens
of APC backup power units with load and voltage balancing. This effectively
fixed our issues, especially for our more sensitive low-budget equipment.

I did notice one thing though, we never lost an Apple Computer node. Not
once. Odd, their engineers really do test for the worst I guess. Dells were
the absolute worst casualties. We got to the point of sending out letters
to incoming student to NOT purchase Dell items, as they were clogging our
tech support system.

Just a thought.

Jon

On Sunday, January 6, 2013, Gary Forsmo wrote:

> Jim --
> I think Jonathan is onto something.  Wisconsin has been known to
> report Bigfoot sightings.   Especially around the Spring Green area.
>
> Are you fixing your computers yourself?
> On site or remote professional help?
>
> Are you familiar with Team Viewer?
> That a FREE (we like free, don't we?) program, whereby a VERY
> knowledgeable software/hardware computer savvy person can manipulate
> your computer from a remote location.
> They can "drill down" into the OS and everything that your machine(s) is
> doing.
>
> I know.  Many of us are reluctant to allow anybody to touch our
> machines, much less make changes/alterations to our Settings.  You
> have to have trust.
>
> I have two such people.
> 1)  One in Vancouver, WA and
> 2)  another in Ottowa, Ontario, Canada.
>
> #2 was one of the engineers who helped design the Shuttle Remote
> Manipulator System (SRMS), or Canadarm (Canadarm 1).  They both talk
> in terms that are way above my comprehension of systems, etc.
>
> Best of "skill" (notice I didn't say luck) fixing you computer woes.
>
> Gary "Frito" - '69 Variant, FI, MT
> Rockport, TX (winter)
> Lake Geneva, WI (summer)
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