Hi(gh)!

On 10.07.2018 20:29, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> Wild brownouts.  Problem determined to be electric utility's connectors.
> Utility has no spare connectors, and attempts repair of faulty connectors.
> Wild, freaky, roller coaster brownouts announce that repair has failed.  Off the
> grid and back on emergency generator from the post-hurricane days.
> 
> Brownout drains computer battery in approximately 2 minutes.  Will not recharge.
>   New battery ordered.  Will not charge.  Also, computer freezes up at
> unpredictable moments.
> 
> Utility finally convinced to take another look.  House back on grid, but wire
> gauge mismatch is discovered between house and utility feed.  Situation OK for
> now, but wholesale rewiring is in our future.  Any more brownouts, we're off the
> grid indefinitely.
> 
> AC adapter determined as reason battery fails to charge.  Yes, the same one I
> replaced last year.  (Warranty expired last month.)  Computer freaks out on
> shutdown.  Computer freaks out on startup.  Computer is unusable.  Suspect
> computer is fried.
> 
> Will not settle for AMDs or Intel Core i3s in local OfficeMax.  Local PC
> entrepreneur is expensive and has weeks of backlog.  No POVing for the near
> future.  :-(

Seems that civilization is beginning to collapse in your part of the 
world (the Caribbean, do I remember well?)...

See you in Khyberspace - but without electricity, who will ever access 
to Khyberspace?

Yadgar

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