Brown-outs rule

So, today when we got to work we were in some sort of serious brown-out (we were getting a little power, but not quite enough).

The flourescent lights flickered, the PCs would boot until the harddrives started spinning, then it would start over again..

Some rooms/cubes got a little more power than others. Doug, a guy I work with took his PC into a conference room and plugged in, so me and a couple guys went in with our RC cars and Tech Decks and watched Office Space.

Now, it's 10:30 and the power is back on. suck.
I had a brown-out earlier, too. It stunk!
Brownout == really bad



Contrary to what people believe, a brownout (not blackout) They're a good way for electronics to be ruined.



But if I was in that situation myself, I'd probably be thinking "nothing can be that bad if it gets me a day off work.." :)

Greg posted

You may now resume normal activities... Which is kind of what we were doing during the brownout. We just have more light for our RC cars and Tech Decks.
brownout == bad...



now, that's a true programmer.

derek posted

Actually I enjoy the EE work better =)



It was just the quickest (and sadly the first) way I could think of to explain browouts. ::laughs::

Greg posted

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