***BOGO*** Re: spam increasing in mozilla.* newsgroups

[GerardJan <gertjanvinkje@xxxxxxxxx>]

Daniel wrote:
> Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T wrote:
>> squaredancer wrote:
>>> On 26.08.2008 11:38, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused  Daniel to 
>>> generate the following:? :
>>>> 1PW wrote:
>>>>  
>>>>> On 08/23/2008 05:01 PM, Daniel sent:
>>>>>
>>>>> Snip, snip...
>>>>>
>>>>>     
>>>>
>>>> Snip Snip
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>>  I remember the
>>>>> painful downloads, and call disconnects, while on dial-up.
>>>>>
>>>>>     
>>>>
>>>> This is where I am at the moment, fortunately, we've been getting 
>>>> some rain recently, so the 'phone line is fairly reliable!
>>>>
>>>> Daniel
>>>>   
>>>
>>> huh??? Daniel, do you still transmit your messages up-and-down the 
>>> river (which is only shipable after a rainfall) on the mailboat ??
>>>
>>> reg
>>>
>> I think what he is referring to is that:
>>
>> 1. he is still using POTS (Dial up)
>> 2. when the ground get so dry the stake in the ground for ground 
>> connection no longer makes a good connection and cause signal drop out 
>> and Static in the Phone.
>>
> 
> Spot on, Phillip.
> 
>> For a copper grounding rod to work as it should The earth should have 
>> enough moisture in the it to make a good connection. If its Bone dry, 
>> the rod can become loose and the dried earth would actually act like 
>> an insulator.
>>
>> In my area we are about 10-12 " below what we should be for the year 
>> and have went through this cycle for about 5 years or so.
>>
>> For years in our area all grounds were to be to cold water line 
>> because either Cast iron. Galvanized, steel, or coper line were buried 
>> and went all the way to the main supply which was some type of iron 
>> pipe. But lately everything has changed to PVC pipe for mains and 
>> connections in house. Now since there is no longer any deep buried 
>> metal Pipes, they had to switch to 8 foot long solid Copper Rod drove 
>> 7 -1/2 in the Ground as ground return. So now you get the problem of 
>> static in phone lines or Blinking Lights and the possibility of even 
>> if properly grounded getting shocked. When your going through a Drought.
>>
>>
> 
> I can remember, late 70's, early 80's, at the Army camp I worked at, all 
> the outside calls came into the communications control desk. If the call 
> was for another extension, we would press a button on the control panel, 
> butting the caller on hold, dial the extension, then hang up and the 
> caller would be connected to the extension.
> 
> In our long, dry summers, the soil would dry out, the earth connection 
> became high resistance, so the pressing the button bit didn't work and 
> we had to grab a pan of water and go outside and pour the water on the 
> earth stake. Then try again to transfer the call, usually successfully.
> 
> Ahhh!!! the good old days!
> 
> Daniel

at the mathematical center (cwi.nl) we started in the seventies with 
75/1200 baud modems, in the eighties we started with /usenet/ the 
systems administrator, Piet Beertema, got a knight order from our Queen 
Beatrice for that...

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GJ
http://GerardJan.Vinkesteijn.info
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