[tech] power

[James Devenish]

On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 09:27:44PM +0800, James Andrewartha wrote:
> I've moved the entire west wall over to the new mains circuits. There's
> only one power cord per GPO (except for two piggybacks), which fits
> perfectly. Any temporary power can be obtained from the old circuit behind
> nautilus. I freed up five power boards (4x 4-plug, 1x 6-plug) in the
> process.

The expression 'GPO', which was in such wide-spread use that it often
got confused with 'Gun Plot Officer' or 'General Post Office' in the
context of AS/NZS 3112 three-flat-pin 10A sockets, has been superceded
around here by less general term 'SO', meaning 'Sales Order', 'Security
Officer', 'Significant Other', 'Shared Object' and 'Serial Output'. And
'Socket Outlet', too. 

PS. Okay, maybe there's good reason for this (like the standards
changed recently, or even not so recently). Fryers?