Posts by JohnnyFahtsmellah

No, working in IT does not mean you can fix anything with a soldering iron

Re: bell wire

"silver lizard-hide insulated wiring"

That made me laugh out loud! My house was built in 1970 and I have a lot of "silver lizard-hide insulated wiring" and also grey plastic coated (crumbling with age) with cloth mesh underneath!

I guess that the builder used whatever he had laying around. Bastard!

Currently replacing all of that crap with High temp Romex (yellow) in the walls, and BX in the attic with ground wire included. All of the outlets have three prongs but had no ground wires! Also no cable clamps going into the circuit breaker panel.

PCs continue to sell like hot cakes and industry can barely keep up with demand – analyst

Re: why bother with a laptop?

I have my full sized IBM tower in the kitchen. Connected to Ethernet (100 MBS). It lives in the island that separates the kitchen and the dining room. The monitor is on an Ergotron wall mounted arm that holds the monitor and the Velcro attached USB hub that the keyboard and mouse connect to. All the cables run through the arm into the wall. I also have my Samsung monitor/TV connected to the cable TV box. I can remove the mouse and keyboard and move the monitor flat against the wall if I need to use the full space of the island (which is eight feet long). I sit on the dining room side. The printer is also in the base cabinet of the island. When I print something, I just reach down to retrieve it. Epson Eco-tank printers rock !!