I needed to replace the battery on an old Pentium 133. It had the old soldered-on battery, but the motherboard had the pins to add the square lithium replacement battery. In fact, it had two sets of pins that looked like where the replacement battery goes. I had to go to the computer repair shop to get the battery, so I took the computer along to see if they knew which was the battery pins. The guy pointed out the correct pins, sold me a battery, and sent me on my way. When I got back to the office, I put installed the battery and booted up the system. All seemed to work fine, so I shutdown and put the case back on. I booted the computer again and was talking to the guy who uses this computer. After about ten minutes, there was an explosion. I don't mean just a loud pop, I mean pictures off the walls, room filled with green smoke explosion. The front of the case was blown off and even caused damage to the file cabinet that was in front of it. The sides of the case were expanded except where the screws were. Evidently the pins I connected to were not for the battery, but were running straight off the power supply. The battery couldn't handle it. The repair shop replaced the computer since they had pointed out the wrong pins. One of the other guys in the office said when he was in the army they used to make bombs out of lithium. Quite an experience.
They don't want to alienate us too much- it could cost them everything. And, as it was put earlier, what in the hell do they propose that we call the distribution, pray tell?
How about "the distribution formerly known as RedHat"?
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I needed to replace the battery on an old Pentium 133. It had the old soldered-on battery, but the motherboard had the pins to add the square lithium replacement battery. In fact, it had two sets of pins that looked like where the replacement battery goes. I had to go to the computer repair shop to get the battery, so I took the computer along to see if they knew which was the battery pins. The guy pointed out the correct pins, sold me a battery, and sent me on my way. When I got back to the office, I put installed the battery and booted up the system. All seemed to work fine, so I shutdown and put the case back on. I booted the computer again and was talking to the guy who uses this computer. After about ten minutes, there was an explosion. I don't mean just a loud pop, I mean pictures off the walls, room filled with green smoke explosion. The front of the case was blown off and even caused damage to the file cabinet that was in front of it. The sides of the case were expanded except where the screws were. Evidently the pins I connected to were not for the battery, but were running straight off the power supply. The battery couldn't handle it. The repair shop replaced the computer since they had pointed out the wrong pins. One of the other guys in the office said when he was in the army they used to make bombs out of lithium. Quite an experience.
They don't want to alienate us too much- it could cost them everything. And, as it was put earlier, what in the hell do they propose that we call the distribution, pray tell?
How about "the distribution formerly known as RedHat"?