Lol.
Wait... where are my battery entitlements? -sc From: Jacob [mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com] Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 10:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: The U in UPS stands for...? Then they would stop shipping you the new "media" when an update comes out and you will be forced to download it from the "licensing" website... From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 6:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: The U in UPS stands for...? They need a "Battery Assurance" program. -sc From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 9:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: The U in UPS stands for...? Perhaps they engage in nefarious engineering, designed to ensure components fail in such a way as to maximize the rate of replacement? On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Steven M. Caesare <scaes...@caesare.com> wrote: Heaven forbid they engineer to actually accommodate that, ya know? -sc > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 5:56 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: The U in UPS stands for...? > > Same here, I've had it happen. Sucks. > Just pulled out a battery this morning that looks like this: > http://i.imgur.com/42gPp.jpg > > Could barely get it out, thought for sure I was going to have to buy another > UPS. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 4:32 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: The U in UPS stands for...? > > I had a "what the heck" moment after reading the first line. It's so ridiculous, > you almost have to think you're misunderstanding something. I guess the > assumption is that the power fails more often than the battery so it's a net > gain for uptime. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 4:17 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: The U in UPS stands for...? > > "The UPS has an automatic self-test feature which periodically tests the > battery. When the battery needs to be replaced, the UPS will indicate this by > dropping the load." > > We lost all phones and networking for a few minutes in one of our buildings > today. The APC Smart-UPS powering the comm rack did a self-test; > apparently it didn't like the battery and dropped the load during the test. > It re-powered itself after, but with "Replace Battery" lit now. This is the > second time this year I've had a Smart-UPS do that. I've had it happen to me > before, too. What's the point of a self-test if the behavior is identical to > failing during operation? > > F'ing APC. I bet the batteries are swollen and stuck in the unit, too. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt- > software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
