By MotherNatureMustDie - 27/10/2009 12:32 - South Africa

Today, my telephone line was hit by lightning. I discovered that not only will lightning fry a router, it will also destroy any PCs connected to that router via network cables. I also discovered that a $10 phone line surge protector would have saved nearly $3,000 worth of PC equipment. FML
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stunty_fml 0

You lucky you. Surge protector worth 10 bucks would probably set your house on fire.

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Fop 6

HAH. YDI for not getting one though. This one was actually good. Also, I like the OPs name.

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Fop 6

HAH. YDI for not getting one though. This one was actually good. Also, I like the OPs name.

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champanawa 0

Mother Nature Must Die , and she will die . I'll make sure of it .

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Luv_my_life 0

Indeed he could've known that before... Though insurances could pay all your loss back.

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greenltrn2003 0

yeah he could have known....but my bet is that he didnt. not completely your fault this almost happened to me...shocked the **** outta my hands but my laptop still works :-)

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skullbashd 3

um how did he post this then

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itsmeppl 0

iPhone-iPod!?

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LoveDemon 19

wow man ... amazing discovery ... :D

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hoschiadedodi 0

Hehe, yeah some people learn basic knowledge the hard way.

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spoo 24

en en en en dont pee on de emetrik fents, it hurts bad

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stunty_fml 0

You lucky you. Surge protector worth 10 bucks would probably set your house on fire.

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postaltubealex 0

this is the chief reason for me using laptops and wireless. i can continue to work during a storm, risking only my (relatively) cheap $90 wifi router. cheaper than $3k, anyway.

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smump 0

The only problem with that is you can't you a laptop for a lot of gaming now. They just don't have the power that desktops have.

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renasaurus 17

more to life than games.

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HotSauce_fml 0

No shit sherlock.

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Maxine17 8

Ah, bad luck. Happened to my friend a few years ago, had to pay like £1000 for a new, state of the art laptop she needed for work.

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Truthbringer 0

you shouldn't buy expensive pieces of technology if you don't know how to maintain them

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blalien 0

YDI for using dial-up.

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freakdiablo 0

Considering it went through a router, chances are it was DSL/ADSL and not straight dialup.

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TheManBoy 0

Telephone lines can carry DSL or dial-up connections. Plus, using dial-up is it's own punishment. Don't be mean.

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lrb081 0

I thought that was common knowledge? YTDI

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ozymandias_fml 0

YDI for using DSL or dial-up. YDI for not using common sense and protecting your computers.

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deaditegirl 0

YDI for not using a surge protector. Duh.

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