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Am Dienstag, 18. September 2012, 13:03:15 schrieb Michael Mol: |
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> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Paul Hartman |
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> > |
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> > <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> >> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 4:09 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> |
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wrote: |
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> >>> Yes, I have blown a UART chip by hotplugging a serial cable, because I'd |
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> >>> got away with it before. |
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> >> |
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> >> The strangest thing I fried via hotplug was an Ethernet card via cat5 |
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> >> cable insertion! It made a little electrical "pop" sound and that was |
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> >> the end of that. |
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> >> |
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> >> Actually, I nearly fried myself once when hotplugging coaxial cable TV |
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> >> wire into my television while everything was powered on. The shock |
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> >> launched me -- caused me to launch myself, probably -- up into the air |
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> >> and against a door, fully upright, from a seated position on the |
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> >> floor. In case anyone is concerned: the TV was unharmed. :) |
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> > |
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> > These weren't at the same locale, were they? That sounds like really |
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> > electrical ground. |
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> |
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> *like a really bad electrical ground. (htf?) |
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na, it's fine. He grounded the equipment through his body well. Always |
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remember: humans are replaceable. A kick ass TV is not. |
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