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So this is how Middle Ages looked like...
Vodnik
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Warszawa, Poland
Member Since: March 26, 2003
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Posted: Monday, November 22, 2004 - 06:17 AM UTC
There was some major power failure in Warsaw twenty minutes ago. More then half of the city does not have power now. I have a few candles lit and about an hour of battery power in my laptop. I was building my Bushmaster Humvee for Project X when lights went out and now I can't continue...

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Jurjen
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Groningen, Netherlands
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Posted: Monday, November 22, 2004 - 06:45 AM UTC
Arghhhh, not good news Pawel. Back to the basics I would say
Marty
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Massachusetts, United States
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Posted: Monday, November 22, 2004 - 07:46 AM UTC

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So this is how Middle Ages looked like


No, not really. In Middle Ages you would not have had a laptop with 1/2 hour of battery life left. :-) #:-)
mikeli125
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England - North West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Monday, November 22, 2004 - 08:02 AM UTC
look on the bright side (unintentional joke) at least you dont have plague or pestilence to worry about
Henk
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England - South West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Monday, November 22, 2004 - 03:56 PM UTC
In the Dark Ages the ability to communicate with people you couldn't see would have been a one way ticket to the stake........ :-) :-)

Hope you powercut doesn't last to long.

Cheers
Henk
Tarok
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Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Monday, November 22, 2004 - 06:09 PM UTC

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In Middle Ages you would not have had a laptop with 1/2 hour of battery life left


True, you'd probably have an IBM mainframe or an XT home pc... maybe an Apple Mac... at least it's not BC... Bfore Computers... :-) :-) :-) :-)

SpiritsEye
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Singapore / 新加坡
Member Since: May 09, 2004
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Posted: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 - 01:29 AM UTC
some time ago, there was a major power failure here too...

came home at about 11 pm and had to use my handphone light to guide me through the streets

the elevators were down and i live in an apartment.... not so bad...only 11 storeys high...i pity the suckers that stay up on the 20th storeys :-) :-)
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Provincia de Lugo, Spain / Espaņa
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Posted: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 - 08:11 PM UTC
There have been a plague of similar power cuts here in Spain in the last week as well.... Last week, Madrid - 500,000 affected. Two days ago, Andalucia - 1 million without power...

What seems to be happening, is, as happened in California, the Utility Companies are holding a large, loaded gun at the head of the government..

I have been stocking up on candles and ammunition for the shotgun...Jim :-)
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