It's stories like his that make me even more paranoid! As it is, I don't connect anything more valuable than a lightbulb straight into the mains - everything else goes through 50KV surge protectors, along with a 500VA UPS for my server & all it's precious data.
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The combination of having just bought a tripod, waiting for a pdf to distill, and actually tidying up for the first time in about a year means pictures of teh Lau's desk.
I might buy a big fat iMac soon.
I might buy a big fat iMac soon.
I never said that... Lighting actually hit my house, which is a tad different from a surge or a spike. Nothing really can protect against direct hits. Don't quote me on this, but yes, I did have my stuff on a surge protector.
Damn, how many iPod's are there?
I see 2 Minis, 6 Nanos, 3 Videos, a 4g, a 3g and a 2g Shuffle... and NO iPhone??? Your collection sucks!
jkEDIT: My bad, you have an original Shuffle too.
And the purpose of running the iPods all at the same time?
Someone has a seriously bad case of iPod OCD. You cannot possibly use all those iPods. It's actually kinda ridiculous to me.
Collecting iPod's, yes. Having multiple of one iPod generation, why? I see atleast 5 different 2nd generation iPod Nano's there.. (all different colors.. but just for that?)
I collect iPods, and i'm trying to get at least one working model from each generation.
But to be honest: I have only one real working nano, a blue one which is not evne in the pictures), the other ones are dummy's.
The rest of them are real and working iPods, except for the Gen4 Ipod and the silver mini which desperately need a new harddrive..
So well.. sorry guys, i cheated a bit with my 4 fake nano's. No offense meaned!
And the missing iphone: thing is: I live in Belgium, so no iPhone for me (yet). But I've pre-ordered a touch, so,..
As for the use of all the iPods:
at the moment I only use my 80gig white for music, the pink shuffle when I'm out at night, and the original shuffle as a usbkey.
The rest of them are just really cool looking, but rarely used backup drives
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the keyboard is protected by a Sonnet (link cover, washable and it doesn't feel like plastic while typing.
But to be honest: I have only one real working nano, a blue one which is not evne in the pictures), the other ones are dummy's.
The rest of them are real and working iPods, except for the Gen4 Ipod and the silver mini which desperately need a new harddrive..
So well.. sorry guys, i cheated a bit with my 4 fake nano's. No offense meaned!
And the missing iphone: thing is: I live in Belgium, so no iPhone for me (yet). But I've pre-ordered a touch, so,..
As for the use of all the iPods:
at the moment I only use my 80gig white for music, the pink shuffle when I'm out at night, and the original shuffle as a usbkey.
The rest of them are just really cool looking, but rarely used backup drives
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the keyboard is protected by a Sonnet (link cover, washable and it doesn't feel like plastic while typing.
So you work at your machines during lightning storms... surely you could see/hear thunder/lightning away in the distance before it even came close or hit your house.
Soon as I see one flash or even hear thunder they get switched off and unplugged.
Surely lightning does not just appear from nowhere without any warning whatsoever on its own and boom strike your house and fry all your equipment.
I find that extremely hard to believe.
I find it hard to believe that lightning hitting the actual house itself would cause that damge anyway. The only way it could have taken out ALL of that equipment would be if it somehow arced into contact with a power main, in which case surge protectors would have quelled it. I call supreme BS.
Curios
You have a sewing machine... What do you sew? (sewn, sewed, sown? i don't know)
The combination of having just bought a tripod, waiting for a pdf to distill, and actually tidying up for the first time in about a year means pictures of teh Lau's desk.
I might buy a big fat iMac soon.
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You have a sewing machine... What do you sew? (sewn, sewed, sown? i don't know)
I've had lightning hit my house twice and, both times, it blew several devices that were on surge protectors.
Not all surge protectors are made equally. In fact, not all "power strips" are surge protectors. A real quality surge protector that will protect your equipment from lightning will easily set you back $300-500. No surge protector that you pick up at The Home Depot for $20 will protect your equipment from a lightning strike.
I had a lightning strike hit my house. The damage was:
1 x PowerMac G4
1 x mac mini
1 x airport extreme
1 x external HD
1 x logitech mouse charger
So yeah lightning strikes are bad news.
We where in at the time and there was no warning. It was a bit over-cast but nothing more than that. Ok after the strike we where nearly flooded too but hey, no-one was hurt.
1 x PowerMac G4
1 x mac mini
1 x airport extreme
1 x external HD
1 x logitech mouse charger
So yeah lightning strikes are bad news.
We where in at the time and there was no warning. It was a bit over-cast but nothing more than that. Ok after the strike we where nearly flooded too but hey, no-one was hurt.
Really? I always stay on the computer if and when a T-storm is rolling through. I ought to change this habit.
Listen, I'm in the market for an MP3 player. Can you make me a solid recommendation?
What about the surgemasters that guarantee up to 2 - 4 thousand worth of damage. Some are even higher. I've seen some from Belkin advertised as covered up to £10,000.
I have a few belkins that if it takes out your equipment they'll cover you of damage up to those 2 - 4k. It states it in the documentation, if the surgemaster fails and your equipment is ruined because of it, they will cover you.
Also the Belkins come with lifetime warranties (well mine at least). Thats how sure they are it wont take out your equipment.
I can't speak for all the surgemasters they have though. Just the ones I had purchased a long time ago.
vohdoun: I don't trust manufacturer guarantees/insurance. I have no hard reason except that Belkin is a company which I pay once for its product, not one which I pay monthly and which loses my business if I'm not satisfied. If I buy a surge arrestor from Belkin, they've got my money. If I had equipment such that I were concerned about lightning strikes, I would buy both a surge arrestor and insurance.
Also, a lifetime warranty does not imply that Belkin will replace your equipment. A warranty only covers the failure of the product to meet specifications, not the failure of the product to fulfill its purpose. A lifetime warranty implies that Belkin is confident that the surge arrestor it manufactured will meet its specs, not that Belkin will pay for equipment damage. In fact, the warranty text probably explicitly states that Belkin will not pay for damaged equipment, absent some other sort of insurance programme.
Also, a lifetime warranty does not imply that Belkin will replace your equipment. A warranty only covers the failure of the product to meet specifications, not the failure of the product to fulfill its purpose. A lifetime warranty implies that Belkin is confident that the surge arrestor it manufactured will meet its specs, not that Belkin will pay for equipment damage. In fact, the warranty text probably explicitly states that Belkin will not pay for damaged equipment, absent some other sort of insurance programme.
My 2 Protools Equiped Mobile Setups
My MObile Setups
15" MaCKBOOK Pro 2.2 GHZ Santa ROSA 4GB RAM
Equiped With
Protools LE 7.3
Reason 3
FL Studio 7
Final Cut Studio 6
PhotoShop CS2
VMWARE Fusion running Windows XP Production Edition-Parallels Sucks!
12" Powerbook G4 1.5 GHZ 2GB RAM
Equiped With Protools LE 7.3
Protools MPowered 7.3
Reason 3
Final Cut Studio 5
Other:
Mstand -07 version (notice the redesigned front to gain access to the lid)
Apricorn 120GB Mobile HD -Highly Recomended!
Digidesign Mbox Mini Audio Interface
M-Audio Transit Audio Interface
Ilok Keys
Akai MPD24
M-Audio Keystation 49
more not pictured
My MObile Setups
15" MaCKBOOK Pro 2.2 GHZ Santa ROSA 4GB RAM
Equiped With
Protools LE 7.3
Reason 3
FL Studio 7
Final Cut Studio 6
PhotoShop CS2
VMWARE Fusion running Windows XP Production Edition
-Parallels Sucks!12" Powerbook G4 1.5 GHZ 2GB RAM
Equiped With Protools LE 7.3
Protools MPowered 7.3
Reason 3
Final Cut Studio 5
Other:
Mstand -07 version (notice the redesigned front to gain access to the lid)
Apricorn 120GB Mobile HD -Highly Recomended!
Digidesign Mbox Mini Audio Interface
M-Audio Transit Audio Interface
Ilok Keys
Akai MPD24
M-Audio Keystation 49
more not pictured
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