Holy Crap ! Part 2..

[George Toft]

Synchronicity

Destiny

Devine Intervention

Guides

Miracle

Coincidence

Pick one.  

I'm sure I can speak for all of us - we're glad you were home.

George



"Steven M. Klass" wrote:
> 
> Alright I have to share this one with you all..
> 
> I am a workaholic into work at 6, done at 5ish..  Every day.  Finally a much
> needed break is on the horizon - I have next week off.  So today on the eve
> of my vacation, I figured I'd go in late.  So I sit down and am trolling the
> plug-threads when out of the blue my main linux box shuts off and on. Huh?
> It's backed-up by a UPS and the whole nine yards.  It's got xfs so I'm not
> worried, and I swtich screen to see whats up.  Then guess what??
> 
> The friggin thing starts a fire!!  I have flames and smoke coming from my
> power supply..  Holy shit! I hit the power.. ..nothing.  Pulled the plug, ahh
> that worked..  The verdict, my power supply cap started spewing goo all over
> the metal enclosure, which caused a short, which caused cap to overheat, and
> pow flames..  Picture a scene from CSI..
> 
> The real story here is I am NEVER home..  This was a one in million shot that
> I was actually home..  This is unbelievable!
> 
> Later, I have to go buy a power supply..
> 
> --
> 
>  Steven M. Klass
>  Physical Design Manager
> 
>  National Semiconductor Corp
>  15210 S. 50th Street
>  Suite 120, Mail Stop AZ4
>  Phoenix, AZ 85044
> 
>  Ph:480-629-2503
>  Cell:480-239-0563
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> 
>  steven.klass@nsc.com
>  http://www.nsc.com
> 
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