"The municipal power systems grow to be more expensive, lower quality, poorer service than commercial power."
City Public Service in San Antonio has the lowest rates of the ten largest cities in the US, and at the same time has generated $2.7 billion in excess revenue which funds city government and contributes to low property tax rates.
I think you don't know what you are talking about.
What's interesting is that on the same album as "Bridge Over Troubled Water" is another song called "The Only Living Boy In New York". Popularity is obviously a factor here.
I'm not an encryption expert but it seems to me that if the government requires everyone to use back-doored encryption then the government's key would become a seriously juicy key for terrorists to get their hands on. If they didn't do it in a fairly low-tech way with a beowulf cluster of Sony Playstations they'd do it in an even lower-tech way by planting moles whose covert job is to get ahold of that key. It's important that we inform our legislators that, given what he's done already, Osama Bin Laden is most likely crafty enough to realize that the hysteria of a Congress motivated by a hysterical public will cause them to inadvertently create even more holes for him or those like him to exploit.
NBC news has just reported that the Administration has credible evidence that both the White House and Air Force One were targeted. The plane that hit the Pentagon first flew over the Pentagon and along the mall towards the White House, then mysteriously circled back and crashed into the Pentagon. Air Force One flew a zig-zag route from Florida towards Barksdale AFB.
Well, all I can say is that I will be monitoring my elected officials on this bill and I will make my voting decisions based on whether they vote for or against it. If it's draconian, then so be it. It's the truth.
California's electric deregulation was passed by a Republican state congress. Don't go blaming Democrats for something that ain't their fault.
BTW, it doesn't take innovation to produce electricity, just capital. As such, consumers get the best deal from government-owned municipal utilities. Don't even try to argue, it's a fact. Did L.A. have blackouts? No. Is L.A. served by for-profit utilities? No. Are L.A. ratepayers getting squeezed? No.
7215 Fernview
San Antonio, TX 78250
September 8, 2001
The Honorable Representative Charlie A. Gonzalez
327 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Honorable Representative Charlie A. Gonzalez,
It has come to my attention that Rep. Fritz Hollings (D-S.C.) will introduce a bill titled the The Security Systems Standards and Certification Act which will make it impossible for me to use the Linux computer operating system on equipment covered by the Act. I regard my right to use Linux to be as inviolate as my right to write you this letter. Indeed, I am using Linux for that purpose right now. I'm a Democrat, but if you do not vote against this bill I will vote for your opponent when your term is up.
I have Road Runner in San Antonio and I can attest to their service.
One time I called to complain about dropped packets. The person who answered the phone asked me for my IP address, pinged me for a few minutes, then told me that my machine was dropping packets, not my cable modem. Turns out this was a known issue with certain 3c905 cards in Linux; I replaced it with an eepro which fixed the problem.
Also, these guys will not hesitate to replace bad cable, even if it's in your yard or home to fix a service issue. They have handheld spectrum analyzers and can haul out a TDR if necessary, and they know how to use them. I can't even imagine this level of service from the phone company.
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I forgot to add that thanks to purchased Texas law it is illegal for City Public Service to provide telecommunications services to its customers.
"The municipal power systems grow to be more expensive, lower quality, poorer service than commercial power."
City Public Service in San Antonio has the lowest rates of the ten largest cities in the US, and at the same time has generated $2.7 billion in excess revenue which funds city government and contributes to low property tax rates.
I think you don't know what you are talking about.
What's interesting is that on the same album as "Bridge Over Troubled Water" is another song called "The Only Living Boy In New York". Popularity is obviously a factor here.
They've been looking for an excuse to ban "Imagine" for years. "Imagine there's no heaven," I mean the NERVE of those pagans.
Come to think of it who would want to kill themselves in an act of terrorism if there wasn't a heaven to go to afterward?
I'm not an encryption expert but it seems to me that if the government requires everyone to use back-doored encryption then the government's key would become a seriously juicy key for terrorists to get their hands on. If they didn't do it in a fairly low-tech way with a beowulf cluster of Sony Playstations they'd do it in an even lower-tech way by planting moles whose covert job is to get ahold of that key. It's important that we inform our legislators that, given what he's done already, Osama Bin Laden is most likely crafty enough to realize that the hysteria of a Congress motivated by a hysterical public will cause them to inadvertently create even more holes for him or those like him to exploit.
NBC news has just reported that the Administration has credible evidence that both the White House and Air Force One were targeted. The plane that hit the Pentagon first flew over the Pentagon and along the mall towards the White House, then mysteriously circled back and crashed into the Pentagon. Air Force One flew a zig-zag route from Florida towards Barksdale AFB.
Well, all I can say is that I will be monitoring my elected officials on this bill and I will make my voting decisions based on whether they vote for or against it. If it's draconian, then so be it. It's the truth.
Thank you for the correction. I was in such haste to get the letter (snail mail, btw) out that I didn't even notice that it was a Senate bill!
California's electric deregulation was passed by a Republican state congress. Don't go blaming Democrats for something that ain't their fault.
BTW, it doesn't take innovation to produce electricity, just capital. As such, consumers get the best deal from government-owned municipal utilities. Don't even try to argue, it's a fact. Did L.A. have blackouts? No. Is L.A. served by for-profit utilities? No. Are L.A. ratepayers getting squeezed? No.
7215 Fernview
San Antonio, TX 78250
September 8, 2001
The Honorable Representative Charlie A. Gonzalez
327 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Honorable Representative Charlie A. Gonzalez,
It has come to my attention that Rep. Fritz Hollings (D-S.C.) will introduce a bill titled the The Security Systems Standards and Certification Act which will make it impossible for me to use the Linux computer operating system on equipment covered by the Act. I regard my right to use Linux to be as inviolate as my right to write you this letter. Indeed, I am using Linux for that purpose right now. I'm a Democrat, but if you do not vote against this bill I will vote for your opponent when your term is up.
Sincerely,
Thomas M. Bruns
Last time I was at a Radio Shack when the clerk asked me for my last name I said:
"Shaq, S-h-a-q"
"And your first name?"
"Rhatt, R-h-a-t-t"
"Your address?"
I then proceeded to give him the address of the store, which I noted before I went in. Only then did he get the joke.
On another occasion I said "This will just be cash" when asked. The clerk entered "cash" for the last name and up came an account named "Johnny Cash"
..whether your lawyer(money) can beat up their lawyer(money)
;)
You forgot your function prototypes
I have Road Runner in San Antonio and I can attest to their service.
:)
One time I called to complain about dropped packets. The person who answered the phone asked me for my IP address, pinged me for a few minutes, then told me that my machine was dropping packets, not my cable modem. Turns out this was a known issue with certain 3c905 cards in Linux; I replaced it with an eepro which fixed the problem.
Also, these guys will not hesitate to replace bad cable, even if it's in your yard or home to fix a service issue. They have handheld spectrum analyzers and can haul out a TDR if necessary, and they know how to use them. I can't even imagine this level of service from the phone company.
BTW, it's 250K, not 250k
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