How many Thinkpads? (Re: [ltp] Valence Technology battery update: the replacement arrives, and runs.)

[Eben King]

On Sat, 11 Dec 2004, pub@wigginghaus.de wrote:

> On Saturday 11 December 2004 17:44, Eben King wrote:
> > On Sat, 11 Dec 2004, Winsley von Spee wrote:
> > > >  ...who will have to pay electricity bills himself...
> > >
> > > You don't need an USV
> >                     ^^^
> >
> > Is that something different than a UPS, or simply its acronym in Dutch or
> > whatever?
> 
> It _is_ the German translation of UPS (= Uninterrutible Power Supply). In
> German it translates to "Unterbrechungsfreie Stromversorgung" = USV.

OK.  I didn't know where Winsley von Spee was from, but I guessed based on 
the name.  Wrongly, as it turns out.  Sorry Winsley.

> I have no idea whatsoever what the Dutch call it! :-)

Probably something roughly similar, from an American POV.

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