Tag: universe
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Easter Island – Modern History in Miniature
This news from late yesterday, is the story of a Nordic vandal of an Easter Island statue. He lopped an ear off one of the famous statues and has been fined $17,000. The BBC say the statues are up to 1000 years old. Whether the statues have any intrinsic value is debatable as the value…
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Power Outages and Surges Cured!
After a few prods from the universe that the electricity system is man-made and thus prone to failure :), I’ve taken the steps to buy and install a backup supply and surge limiter thingy from https://www.EBuyer.com It’s called an “APC Back-UPS RS 800VA USB/SER 6 Outlets With AVR & Surge Protection” and seems to work…