Comments on: X X X X X X X 71 X X72 http://www.geekandproud.net/archives/2003/05/20/172/x-x-x-x-x-x-x-71-x-x72/ Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:53:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Don http://www.geekandproud.net/archives/2003/05/20/172/x-x-x-x-x-x-x-71-x-x72/#comment-72 Don Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.geekandproud.net/archives/2003/05/20/172/x-x-x-x-x-x-x-71-x-x72/#comment-72 Lastly, there was a power outage in my apartment while I was gone, and my stupid cable box doesn't turn itself back on when the power comes back. This means my Tivo, instead of recording two new episodes of the Simpsons and two new episodes of Malcolm in the Middle, recorded two hours of an empty black screen. Stupid cable box. It's now plugged into a UPS. Yeah, you read that right. I have battery backup for my cable box. Oh yeah, it missed an episode of Farscape, too. Oh, that has happened to me bunches of times. The UPS doesn't sound like such a bad idea, come to think of it... Lastly, there was a power outage in my apartment while I was gone, and my stupid cable box doesn't turn itself back on when the power comes back. This means my Tivo, instead of recording two new episodes of the Simpsons and two new episodes of Malcolm in the Middle, recorded two hours of an empty black screen. Stupid cable box. It's now plugged into a UPS. Yeah, you read that right. I have battery backup for my cable box. Oh yeah, it missed an episode of Farscape, too.
Oh, that has happened to me bunches of times. The UPS doesn't sound like such a bad idea, come to think of it...

]]> By: nanda http://www.geekandproud.net/archives/2003/05/20/172/x-x-x-x-x-x-x-71-x-x72/#comment-73 nanda Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.geekandproud.net/archives/2003/05/20/172/x-x-x-x-x-x-x-71-x-x72/#comment-73 "Lastly, there was a power outage in my apartment while I was gone, and my stupid cable box doesn't turn itself back on when the power comes back. This means my Tivo, instead of recording two new episodes of the Simpsons and two new episodes of Malcolm in the Middle, recorded two hours of an empty black screen. Stupid cable box." uh. maybe it was a sign that you shouldn't watch so much TV? :) "Lastly, there was a power outage in my apartment while I was gone, and my stupid cable box doesn't turn itself back on when the power comes back. This means my Tivo, instead of recording two new episodes of the Simpsons and two new episodes of Malcolm in the Middle, recorded two hours of an empty black screen. Stupid cable box."

uh.

maybe it was a sign that you shouldn't watch so much TV? :)

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