"I have an above average understanding of computers..."

[Crono]

What the hell are people printing that is so important you want to print when the power is out?

I didn't even considering plugging my printer into my UPS... But clearly I'm not the reviewer.

It's more important that you have your PC on a UPS so that it can be safely shut down incase the power actually goes off for any long period of time. I thought that's all a UPS in a home environment was ever for? A workplace/server is another story obviously.

I could see it being useful if power goes out at the wrong time and you need to print a document for school or for work.

Although really if I had power on my computer, I'd just copy the doc to flash drive and also email it to myself and print at work...

 

[xSauronx]

Printers are peripherals. It's possible to have "above average knowledge" (it doesn't take much knowledge of computers to be above average, by the way) of computers and not know a lot about printers or networked copiers.

I don't see how he's the "tard".

agreed. i fucking hate printers and dont know more about them then I have to.

but god damn, i DO know a laser printer draws a shitload of power
i ALSO know my coffee maker does, as well, and that they could manage to put a FUCKING BATTERY in it to keep the clock.
/grrr

 

[tfinch2]

If the reviewer considers his knowledge "above average" yet doesn't understand printers, then he's overestimating his knowledge. How can you exclude the most common peripheral from your claimed 'expertise?'

lulz

 

[Crono]

agreed. i fucking hate printers and dont know more about them then I have to.

but god damn, i DO know a laser printer draws a shitload of power
i ALSO know my coffee maker does, as well, and that they could manage to put a FUCKING BATTERY in it to keep the clock.
/grrr

I hear you. Stupid cheap coffee maker annoyed me so much that I said to hell with the auto brew and just set my alarm clock and use a french press. Better result, anyway.

 

[Throckmorton]

Anyone else didn't know a laser printer uses a huge amount of energy? Are you supposed to assume that just because it uses omglasers?

 

[Tsavo]

I could see it being useful if power goes out at the wrong time and you need to print a document for school or for work.

Although really if I had power on my computer, I'd just copy the doc to flash drive and also email it to myself and print at work...

Flash drives pull more power than laser printers.

Everyone knows this!

 

[xSauronx]

Anyone else didn't know a laser printer uses a huge amount of energy? Are you supposed to assume that just because it uses omglasers?

i dont remember which, but either the warning for the printer or the UPS said that the laser printers use so much power you DO NOT use them on the battery backup side of the UPS

 

[PieIsAwesome]

Anyone else didn't know a laser printer uses a huge amount of energy? Are you supposed to assume that just because it uses omglasers?

I didn't know until I was looking for one and read reviews.

 

[Crono]

Flash drives pull more power than laser printers.

Everyone knows this!

Elitist pig!

 

[thepd7]

I don't know of any laser printer that will not draw power in heaps to keep its fusers at the proper temperature. The UPS is clicking because its transfer relay is engaging because of the line sag watchdog is activating when it sees a sudden dip in line voltage. Some of these are adjustable and need to have their sensitivity (low voltage threshold) lowered in order to prevent this un-necessary activation. As long as the PC's PSU is of decent quality the momentary drops in line voltage should not affect stability.

<- "above average" [sic] understanding of computers.

Did this get anyone else hot?

 

[Crono]

Did this get anyone else hot?

Rubycon's posts always make me hot.

That might just be my brain overheating in a futile attempt to understand what she posted, though. My CPU is too slow in comparison :hmm:

 

[guyver01]

I used to work ISP support, and would deal with the "systems administrators" all the time... this was the best example i could remember:

User: I cant get onto the internet... i know my network works fine... your service must be broken...

Me: Ok.. we're going to run thru some troubleshooting steps first...

User: Skip all that.. i'm an engineer and an admin.. i know what i'm doing..

Me: Ok.. do me a favor... ping your loopback and let me know what you get..

User: ....

Me: Ok... did you finish? what are the results?

User: What's a loopback.

Me: Ok... lets go to start.... then run...

 

[Tsavo]

I used to work ISP support, and would deal with the "systems administrators" all the time... this was the best example i could remember:

User: I cant get onto the internet... i know my network works fine... your service must be broken...

Me: Ok.. we're going to run thru some troubleshooting steps first...

User: Skip all that.. i'm an engineer and an admin.. i know what i'm doing..

Me: Ok.. do me a favor... ping your loopback and let me know what you get..

User: ....

Me: Ok... did you finish? what are the results?

User: What's a loopback.

Me: Ok... lets go to start.... then run...

I split my trousers the last time I tried to ping my loopback.

I also got fired too, but that's a story for another day.

 

[Rubycon]

Did this get anyone else hot?

If it's getting hot that means your wire is too thin.

What does PC load letter mean?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ8SefiNEcs&