[mythtv-users] I've finished my serial port IR receiver!

Scott Alfter mythtv at salfter.dyndns.org
Tue Apr 4 16:51:30 UTC 2006


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Brian Wood wrote:
> On Apr 3, 2006, at 5:31 PM, Phill Edwards wrote:
>>>>I think it's rather cute. :)
>>>
>>>I would have used a black Ty-Wrap for better color coordination.
>>
>>Now that's cruel :)
>
> An old boss of mine at WWOR *insisted* that we use only black ties,
> because they held up better under UV. Of what possible consequence
> that might be in an inside room with no windows I never did figure out.

Fluorescent lighting spits out UV.  Whether it produces enough to cause white
zipties to degrade significantly more rapidly than black is up for debate, but
your boss might not have been completely out in left field.

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