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It's beginning to thunder - do I pull the plug?

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    It's beginning to thunder - do I pull the plug?

    Me Mam (and now Mr C) always used to insist that we turn off the telly and pull out the aerial cable during a storm.

    Should I do the same with the PC?
    "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
    - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

    #2
    No. Go on a course of basic statistics.
    Hard Brexit now!
    #prayfornodeal

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      #3
      Originally posted by sasguru View Post
      No. Go on a course of basic statistics.
      And end up interesting like sasguru.

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        #4
        Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
        And end up interesting like sasguru.
        Sorry, Mr. Charisma.

        Hard Brexit now!
        #prayfornodeal

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          #5
          Hmm... Mr C is an expert in probabilistic stress analysis in serious engineering thingies...

          I might stick with his assessment.

          Stats is fine until you're the 1 in a million...

          See you in 1/2 an hour....
          "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
          - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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            #6
            Originally posted by cojak View Post
            Hmm... Mr C is an expert in probabilistic stress analysis in serious engineering thingies...

            I might stick with his assessment.

            Stats is fine until you're the 1 in a million...

            See you in 1/2 an hour....
            Luckily for the rest of us Sg is 1 in a million

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              #7
              Originally posted by oracleslave View Post
              Luckily for the rest of us Sg is 1 in a million
              He's certainly "special".

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                #8
                I would wager most people don't disconnect their tellies when there's a storm.
                What are the data like for people who got hurt or killed by lightning strike through their tellies or PCs

                I think you'll find your answer there.
                Hard Brexit now!
                #prayfornodeal

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                  #9
                  I keep an old PCB in my study from a PC of mine that was about 200 yards away from a lightning strike. Where the chip should be is a small black hole... It also blew my Belkin surge protector (and they paid up immediately, bless 'em).
                  Blog? What blog...?

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by cojak View Post
                    Me Mam (and now Mr C) always used to insist that we turn off the telly and pull out the aerial cable during a storm.

                    Should I do the same with the PC?

                    Put a biscuit tin on yer head.
                    It wont protect you from a strike, but statistically, no Briton wearing a biscuit tin, has ever been struck by lightning



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