[geeks] Background Noise and old homes

[Jonathan Katz]

Dave once responded:
>    I don't think many people here would actually put big machines in
> their living rooms.  My big machines (for example) are in the computer
> room where they belong.  Just try to watch movies or relax on the couch
> with a Cray J90 rumbling in the background.  You can't hear yourself
> think next to one of those.

That's the most intelligent thing I've heard in a while. The E3000 and 
A5000 have their home in the basement, where eventually they'll have 
their own room complete with real-life punch-down block for the 
telephones. Then again, my wife wouldn't let me have it any other way. 
Until a real computer room is built the DSL modem and WAP hide in the 
entrance-way under a table. It's concealed and works well enough that 
we get wireless to most of the house.

Anyone have tips on how to run a length of conduit two-to-three 
stories? I want to re-wire (and also run video coax) into the attic for 
the second floor bedrooms from the basement (it's always good practice 
to replace 79 year-old knob-and-tube wiring with romex.)

-Jon
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