On 08/26/15 20:58, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 08/26/2015 06:48 PM, fred roller wrote: >> My mistake, apologies. Set a physical VOM on the USB outlet. Get the >> temp monitoring from repo. Lesson in clear response ;). Again, my apologies. > > I remember about ten years ago or so, I was doing tech support for a > small company. In my notes on one case, I used the term VOM because I > couldn't think of the more modern "multimeter." There was an > astonishing kerfuffle over it because nobody else at the company knew > what a VOM was and it didn't occur to any of them to ask me. Later, I > almost made the mistake of causing another fuss by using the term "pilot > light," but managed to dodge that bullet. > . you should told them 'M' meant multimeter. to be more exact, dVOM, "digital Volt Ohm Multimeter". in early days VOM was actually Volt Ohm Milli-amp. i have 2 meters that are multi meters. 1st measures ac/dc volts, ohms, milli-amps, diodes, conductance, inductance, capacitance, ppm, and frequency. 2nd measures ac/dc volts, ohms, milli-amps, diodes, dwell, rpm. -- peace out. If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows crashes... ...oh, wait. He does. THAT explains it! -+- in a world with out fences, who needs gates. CentOS GNU/Linux 6.6 tc,hago. g . -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
