In a message on Tuesday 12-26-15 Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:   
      
   GE Ed,   
      
   EV> Some product specifications don't have both U.S. and Metric Units   
   EV> listed. I appreciate it when both values are given.   
      
   Same goes here, not for units, but for product names and specifications.   
   All products made/sold in Finland must have the specifications and names   
   in both finnish and swedish, because Finland has two official national   
   languages.   
      
   There's just a small "problem", the text in swedish is invariably   
   printed with much smaller text (types). Apparently the swedish talking   
   humans are supposed to have a much better eyesight.   
      
   EV> The first Metric Value I learned was in the instruction sheet for   
   EV> how to use Kodak Chemicals to develop 35MM Film.   
      
   I have never developed any film, but I have made printed circuit boards,   
   and the procedure is very similar to developing film.   
      
   EV> 20C was a even number and it was easy for me to remember that was   
   EV> the same as 68F when I a young teenager, iirc 14 Years Old then.   
      
   Yes, I know, 32F is a number I remember, and then the Fahrenheit scale   
   goes up/down roughly 2F to 1C. NOTE, I wrote roughly, actually 1.8øF.   
      
   EV> In the early 1960's I bought a Circular Slide Rule and a Weights And   
   EV> Measures Conversion Table from a store in Hong Kong, then A British   
   EV> Crown Colony.   
      
   EV> Their Weights And Measures Conversion Table had Equivalents of   
   EV> Imperial, Metric and Japanese weights and measures.   
      
   OK.   
      
   EV> I have forgotten that the U.S. Units are called Imperial and have   
   EV> thought the Japanese Units were the ones called Imperial, My Mistake   
      
   I think that expression may come from Britain having a lot of colonies   
   around the globe. They were said to belong to the british imperium or   
   commonwealth.   
      
    EV> Of course, You know I turn my UPS Off when I'm done using the   
    EV> computers, I just figure it being plugged in the A.C. Wall Outlet   
    EV> keeps the battery charged up.   
      
   Well, the UPS keeps the battery charged up all the time when you use   
   your computer.   
      
   EV> I still wonder if the Tripp-Lite UPS charges the battery when I have   
   EV> it turned OFF, but without a Schematic I wouldn't know for sure.   
      
   Of course it doesn't.   
      
    HG> If the UPS starts telling me that it is about to be exhausted, I have a   
    HG> handwritten note above the monitor, showing the keystrokes needed to   
    HG> get an orderly close down of the machine.   
      
   EV> The monitor I have is LCD so it gets power from the UPS so I can see   
   EV> what's happening.   
      
   I always turn off the monitor when I'm not using programs. This computer   
   is always on 24/365 because it runs the BBS.   
      
   EV> I tried using Tripp-Lite Power Alert USB software but it had   
   EV> problems with this XP box so I stopped using it.   
      
   Yes, any Windows has problems, that's why I'm running OS/2.   
      
   EV> OS/2 figured out a Better Way than MS has, I'd say.   
      
   That's the truth and is necessary in commercial applications like   
   servers.   
      
    HG> The spike preventing circuit also works constantly even with an empty   
    HG> battery.   
      
    EV> Yep, the Nuvistors do that job.   
      
    HG> Please don't use words/names that you don't know the meaning of.   
      
    HG> The nuvistors are/were low-power triodes, used in UHF amplifiers   
    HG> (6CW4), and UHF oscillators (6DV4) up to 1000 MHz.   
      
   EV> MOV - Metal Oxide Varistor is the ISTOR I should had typed.   
      
   There are many different "istors". Maybe it's hard to know them all.   
      
    HG> MRI XMAS,   
      
   EV> I did have a good one, hope Yours was good also.   
      
   Yes, certainly I did. I received a Dell laptop from my GS. The company   
   he works for has renewed all computers, and I suppose he got it at a   
   good price.   
      
   It came with Windows 10 Pro, upgraded from Win7 pro. I'm now configuring   
   it so that it will withstand any attack.   
      
   Happy New Year!   
      
   73 de Sam, OH0NC   
      
   aka Holger   
      
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