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Glad to hear it. You've made my day. Go Leon! He IS my fellow alum, ... You know.... Right?

You know the old saying: "Sh#! floats to the top". And, from your horizontal histogram... The saying is SURELY TRUE, in this case..... With FaceBook having Floated to the top..... How disgusting!

No. We are a product of the Particle Model...maybe...

I am OK with the Particle Model.

I'm not of the Matrix gen, and this film has always been very distasteful to me. I have never agreed with the consumption of dolls in order to find happiness or enlightenment. Reeves is a terrible actor. I prefer someone like either.....Matt Damon or Patty Duke, and her pink pills....

My only thought was that I hope he makes money from his purchase. And, I am just curious as to when this could happen..... Soon, or later?

We are all inhabited by alien microbes. Some are friendly. Some wish to take over the body.

My question is when will Elon be able to state that he has made money from his purchase....?

The image on the bottom looks like the movie title: Children Of The Corn A true nightmare...

In my view, just listening to Jimi speak, in various good interviews, Jimi had a somewhat higher IQ than Beck, although...maybe not....

Big Boy Burger? That makes me think of the infamous Po' Boy Sandwich, from Down South....where.... JAZZ was born.... There are many great things, including Jazz, which have originated in America....out of the black experience, slavery, etc.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po'_boy# I could go for a Po' Boy for Christmas.... Sitting somewhere DOWN SOUTH..... In Louisiana.

ABSOLUTELY. Coltrane, absolutely.

Not dead. Although, Hendrix is clearly dead, and died too young.

Thanks again. However, I am not so sure that this will interface with my Linux computer so that I can do graceful power shutdown. More importantly, I need to connect to the computer so that I can do power quality analysis using a UPS...which is what I really need for best monitoring....SUCH as with the APC POWERCHUTE Software, which has now been replaced with a different software from APC..... CRUCIALLY.....During poweroutage, I need to be to TURN OFF the alarm...which drives me NUTZO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You must mean....BB

I am planning a white Christmas this year. Unfortunately, my Christmas this year will probably be ALL WHITE.

Thanks for your feedback. The most important factor for me is to be able to arrive at a very accurate solution which will be credible enough to convince the "powers that be", yes, another pun, that the data I collect is VALID. Only through providing credible supporting evidence can I make a case that my power supply from the grid needs to be checked and improved. As to a solution: Step One: I must find a way to keep my desktops operating through a two-hour power outage. Just how many batteries I will need to connect to a UPS is still unknown. I think my computer draw about 900 watts of power. Step Two: Find some way to keep lights from flickering during low power periods. AND, find some way to solve these micro-cuts which happen up to 6 times per day, and last for less than a second. ========= So, to begin with, I must first provide the proper documentation to the local power company. This is the worst situation, at my locale, that I have yet experienced....to date.

I no longer listen to Hendrix, if that's what you mean. Jeff Beck is just so much better. I am mostly a JS Bach listener. If JS Bach is wrong.... I don't wanna be right. Hendix was great. But now, I prefer to listen to Jeff Beck, and JS Bach.... THE TWO J's

No it's not.

Yes, and the campaign has been going on, now, for just over a decade. I was there when they began cracking down on expensive banquets for CCP members, and gov officials. The restaurants were having a real hard time.

One other point that I had considered when posting this topic is the possibility that some of these very-short power interruptions might be cause by ACR. For example: And my next question was WHY these are happening so frequently. If these are, mostly, attributable to ACR, then perhaps this suggests equipment failure, or degrading equipment in the electrical power line. Whatever it is, these micro-power-outages, or micro-cuts, lasting a fraction of a second, are causing many problems such as flickering CFL bulbs, even though the bulbs are of high quality. Also, problems with UPS alarms. In addition, just turning on an 8000 Watt water heater will cause some of the CFL bulbs to flicker, even though these are not on the same circuit breaker, even though they are connected to the same rail of the circuit breaker box. It seems to me that the FIRST STEP must be to reliably document both these micro-cuts, as well as any more sustained periods of low voltage, lasting minutes, up to about an hour in duration. Without documentation of the problem, then it can be expected that the power supplier's first inclination may be to just deny that these problems are occurring. Or, to contend that the fault lies with the house wiring, which seems to not be the case. Therefore, some cheap way to reliably document the problem is required.

It does. A fan does NOT work. The drafts from floors below will easily get drawn into upper floors. There IS NO FIX using just a fan, or 10 fans, or even 10,000 fans. Anyone who had sat in a few science class would definitely know this. None of the above solutions work, except for completely SEALING all cracks around windows. https://www.wikihow.com/Stop-Secondhand-Smoke-Coming-Into-Your-Apartment Talking to neighbors is USELESS, of course, especially if your neighbors look like these two bums. Anytime you have lower pressure in your unit, lower than the pressure outside your unit, smoke will be drawn in, inevitably. Fans will just move the smoke around, but will NOT keep the smoke out. Here is a video which supports this obvious reality, based on Physics..... Unfortunately, I have not yet found a decent animation showing air flow, higher-lower pressure, etc. But, I will find one and add it later. There is NO Way that a Fan will reduce the amount of smoke that enters your condo. Of course, this is OBVIOUS. ===== Here is a diagram of STACK EFFECT which causes pressure differential based on temperature. There is NO WAY one can overcome this using just fans....or almost any other means:

Smoke from the balcony below, even several balconies below, is one of the known hazards of living in a condo building. Some guys like to sit out on their balconies, drink beer, and smoke up a storm. The smoke gets drawn into the condos above. So then. Never live in a condo building is the only good option. Maybe you are lucky that they are not broiling meat down there.

Due to recent and ongoing problems with AC power instability, I need to monitor the power quality and voltage stability, INSTANTANEOUSLY, and save the log to a computer file, either through a USB interface, or via a WIFI connection to PC or Android Phone. What is the low-cost solution. There is no way I will spend thousands of USD to by a Fluke, for example, just to record this data, in order to present the data to the local power supplier in my area. One of the problems with the local power provider is that without hard data they will often state that the problem is wiring in the house, and not the quality of the power supplied to the outside meter. Or, they might send a technician to check the outside meter, and then state that the meter is operating nominally. I have heard of QUTY for example: https://github.com/thuehn/PowQuty?tab=readme-ov-file But is there an easier solution. Of course, I am not willing to buy one of these: But, I want to record power data instantaneously, so that I can record very short power interruptions. Here is what I need to accomplish: And/OR: Can I request that the local power company provide the equipment for a two-week monitoring and logging of voltage fluctuations? During some weeks, the UPS units I use will begin emitting alarms many times a day, and at odd hours when the power interrupts for one second or less. Not easy to sleep when one is getting UPS alarms at 3AM, then 3:30AM, 4:05AM, and so on. What is needed is a very accurate log of these events to present to the local power supplier. Objective Empirical Data is the only way to approach this problem. Otherwise, it's sort of BLAME THE VICTIM.....at least from my experience. So, what is the solution to this problem, one which I am sure that many are experiencing, as well.

No. I am talking about a Nuclear Magnetic Pulse caused by a Soviet high altitude detonation... Or, Russian one, these days. You can expect plenty of GAMMA radiation....by the way...