26 May
2007
26 May
'07
8:54 p.m.
On Sat, 26 May 2007, Michael B. Brutman wrote:
I understand that the nickname is 'Grumpy Old
Fred', but it is necessary
to YELL because I got the existence/non-existence of the twist in the
cable backwards?
Sorry
my emphasis was not intended to offend you
If I had said that the cause of the drive ID weirdness
was because I
have my US electrical socket installed with the grounding pin facing
downward then I could understand the caps lock for emphasis, but in the
grand scheme of things that was really a minor nit.
a number of years ago, I saw why some insist on putting the ground prong
up. A colleague was measuring the room (for new equipment), using a tape
measure. The tape slid down the wall, and right into the tiny gap between
a plug and its socket
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com