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This is narcimund's company. _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

Single mode fiber with gigabit ethernet? Seems a bit much for monitoring electricity. It seems like maybe you have some progressive thinkers on that PUD that saw the potential for broadband competing with the lamo local phone company and cable company. They also set up the business exectly right. They just put in the fiber and resell it, letting the retailers provide all the services competitvely (ie cheaply and well). They also talk about the fact that there are rural residents who don't even have phone. Nice jump to lightspeed for them! Seems like they may be violating the Prime Directive there. So what kind of choice in ISPs do you have, and did you get lit or dark fiber? _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

Oh, when you said "chewing", I thought you meant "gnawing". This is a total cat sex thing. When cats mate, the male does that biting thing on the back of the females neck. If you've ever seen cats "do it", you'll know that it seems pretty violent, a lot of hissing and biting, but they love it. I have no idea why female cats do this also... _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

Free fiber installation next to the power meter. I pulled my own CAT5. http://www.gcpud.org/ Damn. I hope this takes off in a major way! Well, here's a wireless story that looked interesting before I saw your post. _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

Jinx, owe me a Coke! _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

Hey, Sis! It's a leftover behavior from when they were kittens, kneading the mother's belly to get more milk out. They love you.

I know. It's like when your dad let's you use the old family car when you turn sixteen. "Oh, thanks, Dad. I think" But I love my Racer. He's not getting it. _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

How much was the installation, and who is doing this? _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

enraptured Feeling great rapture or delight. _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

Hence the name of the show. Jackass _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

I'm really sorry about this. I can't help it, I'm under the influence of a mind-altering drug. Love. (awwwwwwww!!!!!!!!)

\ Just the top part, who cares? _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

Damn, it's a good night for the physicists! _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

This is going to bug me if I don't respond. Not like shooting dogs bugged, or undirected nightmares, but anyway... The Internet was actually not designed around PSTN, it just happened to be the only appropriate plant in place at the time it was being built out. It was actually designed to be independent of media. I have a perfectly functioning IP network in my house that is a combination of wireless and ethernet, not a PSTN in sight. In fact, here is the traceroute from my laptop to dropzone.com: traceroute to dropzone.com (64.69.64.39), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 firewall-in.int.simpli.com (192.168.0.1) 1.161 ms 1.078 ms 1.112 ms 2 10.2.48.1 (10.2.48.1) 9.846 ms 11.666 ms 14.698 ms 3 68.9.8.61 (68.9.8.61) 11.888 ms 14.637 ms 14.711 ms 4 68.9.8.197 (68.9.8.197) 29.566 ms 20.916 ms 27.598 ms 5 provdsrc02-gew0304.rd.ri.cox.net (68.9.14.17) 13.955 ms 13.988 ms 10.971 ms 6 provbbrc02-pos0101.rd.ri.cox.net (68.1.0.48) 10.402 ms 11.919 ms 15.319 ms 7 provdsrc02-gew03010999.rd.ri.cox.net (68.1.0.51) 23.592 ms 23.779 ms 23.069 ms 8 68.1.1.3 (68.1.1.3) 23.138 ms 23.258 ms 23.108 ms 9 68.1.1.17 (68.1.1.17) 29.050 ms 24.699 ms 24.310 ms 10 WASHDC5LCE1.3.0.wcg.net (206.223.115.83) 25.539 ms 45.290 ms 24.097 ms 11 hrndva1wcx3-oc48.wcg.net (64.200.95.117) 25.947 ms 24.905 ms 24.228 ms 12 hrndva1wcx2-oc48.wcg.net (64.200.95.73) 115.020 ms 130.112 ms 115.140 ms 13 nycmny2wcx2-oc48.wcg.net (64.200.240.45) 113.729 ms 142.690 ms 115.534 ms 14 nycmny2wcx3-oc48.wcg.net (64.200.87.74) 119.146 ms 116.356 ms 116.935 ms 15 chcgil1wcx3-oc48.wcg.net (64.200.240.37) 210.912 ms 125.113 ms 197.642 ms 16 sttlwa1wce2-oc48.wcg.net (64.200.240.14) 117.832 ms 118.484 ms 117.790 ms 17 sttlwa2wce1-pos5-1.wcg.net (64.200.135.97) 117.192 ms 115.367 ms 118.349 ms 18 sttlwablce1-pos3-0.wcg.net (64.200.135.110) 114.306 ms 114.944 ms 116.333 ms 19 sttlwablhx1-yipes.wcg.net (64.200.134.30) 133.728 ms 114.411 ms 114.858 ms 20 ge1-3-0-202.sea001jp01.yipes.com (66.7.162.182) 100.585 ms 99.027 ms 98.071 ms 21 209.120.213.2 (209.120.213.2) 126.249 ms 115.465 ms 112.264 ms 22 OC12ATM3-0.van-gsr-b.peer1.net (64.69.67.153) 115.969 ms 119.285 ms 118.563 ms 23 64.69.85.67 (64.69.85.67) 118.618 ms 115.523 ms 118.017 ms 24 dropzone.com (64.69.64.39) 148.083 ms 118.593 ms 131.522 ms Now, you didn't mention Williams on your list, and there are probably some links in this list that are lines sourced from one of those five, but I bet we could dig around and find a path or two that don't pass through any of their plants. Or are you saying something different (it's late here )? _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

I'm not sure how we got in this subject, I was bitching about the incompetence of the cable and local phone companies. Maybe Verizon's backbone people know what they are doing, I don't know, I've never had the pleasure. I do know that they play major f*cking games with the CLECs for provisioning T-1s, etc., like saying they can't get into a demark for several weeks, but magically being able to do it sooner if you buy from them. Of course, then its down to an amazing two weeks, and we're supposed to think that's magical. I'm glad you appreciate the avitar, unlike some people. _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

Well, no. But that's not really who I am talking about. I meant the legacy LEC's who are providing local DSL service. In my case, Verizon, nee Bell Atlantic, nee NYNEX, nee AT&T. Did I miss any? _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

How about this: "Damn, I've been out-anal-retentivated!" _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

OK, here's a topic for you. Most people are going to take one or the other standard positions, Creationists deny Evolution, Evolutionists may deny a Creator, or have him kick-starting and/or managing the process. Go totally outside. Rather than arguing that God created Evolution, turn it around and argue that Evolution, when it goes far enough, must eventually create God! And, perhaps it already has! But not in the "God exists in the mind of man, evolution created man" sense, but in a literal, God as (formerly?) coporeal being evolved from lesser forms on Earth. How's that for the "arrogance of man"? _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

Yum, wireless! Watch how fast DSL and cable prices drop, and how many providers eat dust when that rolls out! Oh, what I wouldn't give for a few million $ right now! Anyone out there using DirectPC (satellite broadband)? That's my only other existing option (too far from CO for DSL), but I don't want to go from one hell to another... _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

Phhhhssst! He should be OK now, Jim. Thanks, Bones. _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

I'm married, I get whipped all the time, anyway... _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

Those bastards are going to rot in the same hell. They just raised our rates, and the last four days have had 2-3 hour downtimes at least once a day. I call to find out what's going on and the simpleton on the other end wants me to reboot my PC, etc., etc. Look, I can see the traceroutes failing on YOUR EQUIPMENT! How the f*ck are there all these great networking people out of work, and this cheese-head has a job? "Keep an eye on it, and if it's still not working tomorrow, call back", like I have no life. Oh, the last two days I call and there's a recording "many customers throughout New England may be experienceing outages, we have technicians working...", yads yada yada. Fuckers either didn't realize there was a problem for a couple of days, or didn't bother to tell their front-line support people. This is classic monopoly ass-fucking. Bandwidth prices and tech salaries are plumetting, and they have the gall to raise rates when they STILL haven't figured out how to run a damn network. If they were in the Web Hosting business, or anywhere upstream, they'd be deader than shit right now. The phone and cable companies are fucking dinosaurs and have no right to be in the ISP business. But I'm not letting it get to me at all. _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

Mind if I picture this with girls instead? _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

It looks like people are still freaked out over 9/11. I'd file this under "misdirected anger", like Chaney/Rumsfeld going after Iraq... _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?

Hey, whoa, hey. I resemble that remark. _________________________________________________ If you hadn't read this, would it have made a sound?