Federal law needs to be enacted that states a private corporation cannot a) prevent you from seeking redress in a court of law and b) cannot even suggest that they can prevent you from doing so. I say this as a small business owner as well. The customer may not always be right, but damn it, you can't starting trying to take people's rights away just because it may cost you more to do business.
Get a generator. Get an inverter. Get a decent sized battery bank. Make sure the inverter produces a true sine wave if you have computer/av equipment. The battery bank keeps everything running until the generator starts, the generator keeps everything running until the mains come back on, and your battery bank will get topped off when the mains return.
Believe your friends electric costs. I live in the western suburbs of Chicago (near St Charles/South Elgin) and have ComEd (just as your friends would). The current residential cost for power is 7 cents/KwH for power (cheaper if you use it for heat; different rate schedule with ComEd). Since power is nuclear up here, depending on what you're using it for, it's cost-competitive with natural gas from Nicor or People's Gas.
Don't forget wood stoves that heat water which is then used for baseboard heat. My father-in-law lives in the middle of Pennsylvania, and installed a wood furnace box mated to a fuel oil furnace. If he's home, he throws logs in the wood furnace every couple of hours, which heats the house (via water pumped through coils in the floor/baseboards) and the water for the shower/sink/etc. If he isn't home, the fuel oil furnace kicks in and burns diesel to heat the house (wood is free, diesel was $2/gal when I was out there in the beginning of December. He has two 600 gallon tanks for the fuel oil).
One of my best friends is a linemen in Northern Illinois. When he's on storm duty the first thing they do is cruise the neighborhood listening for generators to see if anyone is backfeeding. I'd be pretty damn pissed if he was killed because some schmoe was dumb enough to not use a transfer switch or used a male to male cord with their generator. You can't legislate common sense.
Ahh, that's the rub. I get HE from Equinix, and then shoot it about 10 miles away using wireless on their roof =( On the other hand, you could always tunnel IPv6 over IPv4. I've done that in some situations where IPv6 was a must. Works well, but it ain't native:(
I've hassled Comcast excessively to get my native IPv6 on business connections. Both me poking them and my posts on NANOG regarding the same fell on deaf ears. So I switched to Hurricane Electric. Native IPv6 FTW!
Disclaimer: Just a very, very satisfied transit customer.
I'm moving an installation from telco-owned to a carrier neutral facility (Equinix). I was able to get a/20 without a problem (although justification was necessary). Justification is ALWAYS necessary with ARIN, as they're strict with the IP space (as they should be).
Wait long enough and you'll see them borrow a page from GE's play book and start their own financing division.
I was just reading a book about Microsoft written by an ex-employee years ago, and I believe they mentioned Microsoft had written it's own application to manage their huge cash reserves. They're well on their way to becoming another GE. It usually happens when your innovation slows down, but you have a mountain of cash from said earlier innovation to do something with.
You *can* guarantee QoS as an ISP/NSP if you control almost all of the connectivity end to end. Case in point: Comcast's IBONE network. They're slowly moving away from using Tier 1/2 providers for a lot of traffic and pushing those packets across their own nationwide network.
The CN deal just went through. I'm both a resident of the western Chicago suburbs and a rail enthusiast. I'm not bitching. The rail was here first. Suck it up whiners.
Actually, I would think now more then ever is the time for the US to buy up right of ways. Land is cheap because of the recession and the construction bubble popping, and treasury notes have been sold at almost 0% in the last couple of weeks (which means the US gov. has been able to borrow money for FREE). Cheap land + cheap borrowing costs = right time to do it, before the economy picks back up.
Google for Mediamall PlayOn. It's totally worth the $30, since it'll stream Netflix and Hulu (the PS3 browser sucks, especially the Flash integration).
I can stream content from Hulu.com to my Playstation 3, Xbox360, Popcornhour Box, etc. with a $30 media server package from Mediamall. Roku is pushing firmware out in the next 3 months to allow Youtube, Hulu, etc. to be played on their media box. I no longer pay Comcast for video, only internet. If they decide to lower my bandwidth cap from 250GB/month to prevent video over IP, I will push my local city towards municipal fiber.
This is the future of Television. Anytime, anywhere, over IP.
Besides, the big problem isn't building the individual rail cars. It's building the infrastructure.
THIS! If you want someone to build out rail infrastructure, have someone like Union Pacific or Canadian Northern do it. They have experience maintaining millions of miles of rail.
Amazon should be less concerned about 1-click (how many people honestly use Amazon for one click?) and more about price aggregation/comparison apps for mobile devices. Everyone shops based on price in this economy.
No one does pensions anymore (except state/federal government) and you'd be stupid as a business to offer a pension. It's a black hole you have to keep feeding, as you don't know what your costs are going to be. 401ks (defined contribution) are the way to go, as you know what your costs are going to be upfront.
ATC communication having to be in english is not like forcing french canadian to go to english speaking schools, forcing them to speak english in court, or forcing them file their taxes in english.
Whoa chief, this is french-speaking Candians we're talking about. Don't get all logical and practical on us here.
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AC = Me. Why the hell did I click Post Anonymously? Ahh, because it's 3:30am and I've been up 26 hours.
I assume the lessons and software used for these two rovers will be incorporated into future Mars missions?
Federal law needs to be enacted that states a private corporation cannot a) prevent you from seeking redress in a court of law and b) cannot even suggest that they can prevent you from doing so. I say this as a small business owner as well. The customer may not always be right, but damn it, you can't starting trying to take people's rights away just because it may cost you more to do business.
So this is really a problem with physics/RF characteristics. Well damn it, I want to sue the fabric of spacetime then! =)
Get a generator. Get an inverter. Get a decent sized battery bank. Make sure the inverter produces a true sine wave if you have computer/av equipment. The battery bank keeps everything running until the generator starts, the generator keeps everything running until the mains come back on, and your battery bank will get topped off when the mains return.
Believe your friends electric costs. I live in the western suburbs of Chicago (near St Charles/South Elgin) and have ComEd (just as your friends would). The current residential cost for power is 7 cents/KwH for power (cheaper if you use it for heat; different rate schedule with ComEd). Since power is nuclear up here, depending on what you're using it for, it's cost-competitive with natural gas from Nicor or People's Gas.
Don't forget wood stoves that heat water which is then used for baseboard heat. My father-in-law lives in the middle of Pennsylvania, and installed a wood furnace box mated to a fuel oil furnace. If he's home, he throws logs in the wood furnace every couple of hours, which heats the house (via water pumped through coils in the floor/baseboards) and the water for the shower/sink/etc. If he isn't home, the fuel oil furnace kicks in and burns diesel to heat the house (wood is free, diesel was $2/gal when I was out there in the beginning of December. He has two 600 gallon tanks for the fuel oil).
One of my best friends is a linemen in Northern Illinois. When he's on storm duty the first thing they do is cruise the neighborhood listening for generators to see if anyone is backfeeding. I'd be pretty damn pissed if he was killed because some schmoe was dumb enough to not use a transfer switch or used a male to male cord with their generator. You can't legislate common sense.
Ahh, that's the rub. I get HE from Equinix, and then shoot it about 10 miles away using wireless on their roof =( On the other hand, you could always tunnel IPv6 over IPv4. I've done that in some situations where IPv6 was a must. Works well, but it ain't native :(
I've hassled Comcast excessively to get my native IPv6 on business connections. Both me poking them and my posts on NANOG regarding the same fell on deaf ears. So I switched to Hurricane Electric. Native IPv6 FTW!
Disclaimer: Just a very, very satisfied transit customer.
I'm moving an installation from telco-owned to a carrier neutral facility (Equinix). I was able to get a /20 without a problem (although justification was necessary). Justification is ALWAYS necessary with ARIN, as they're strict with the IP space (as they should be).
Damn, I almost Raughed Out Roud at that.
Agreed. Grandparent has never had to admin Lotus Notes. Killbots come with it because of how well it kills you.
Wait long enough and you'll see them borrow a page from GE's play book and start their own financing division.
I was just reading a book about Microsoft written by an ex-employee years ago, and I believe they mentioned Microsoft had written it's own application to manage their huge cash reserves. They're well on their way to becoming another GE. It usually happens when your innovation slows down, but you have a mountain of cash from said earlier innovation to do something with.
You *can* guarantee QoS as an ISP/NSP if you control almost all of the connectivity end to end. Case in point: Comcast's IBONE network. They're slowly moving away from using Tier 1/2 providers for a lot of traffic and pushing those packets across their own nationwide network.
The CN deal just went through. I'm both a resident of the western Chicago suburbs and a rail enthusiast. I'm not bitching. The rail was here first. Suck it up whiners.
Actually, I would think now more then ever is the time for the US to buy up right of ways. Land is cheap because of the recession and the construction bubble popping, and treasury notes have been sold at almost 0% in the last couple of weeks (which means the US gov. has been able to borrow money for FREE). Cheap land + cheap borrowing costs = right time to do it, before the economy picks back up.
The post, "Internal combustion = 25% efficiency tops vs EV efficiency 85-95% efficiency" would also have been accepted.
Google for Mediamall PlayOn. It's totally worth the $30, since it'll stream Netflix and Hulu (the PS3 browser sucks, especially the Flash integration).
After a while, you'll see you don't need cable =)
I can stream content from Hulu.com to my Playstation 3, Xbox360, Popcornhour Box, etc. with a $30 media server package from Mediamall. Roku is pushing firmware out in the next 3 months to allow Youtube, Hulu, etc. to be played on their media box. I no longer pay Comcast for video, only internet. If they decide to lower my bandwidth cap from 250GB/month to prevent video over IP, I will push my local city towards municipal fiber.
This is the future of Television. Anytime, anywhere, over IP.
Besides, the big problem isn't building the individual rail cars. It's building the infrastructure.
THIS! If you want someone to build out rail infrastructure, have someone like Union Pacific or Canadian Northern do it. They have experience maintaining millions of miles of rail.
Amazon should be less concerned about 1-click (how many people honestly use Amazon for one click?) and more about price aggregation/comparison apps for mobile devices. Everyone shops based on price in this economy.
No one does pensions anymore (except state/federal government) and you'd be stupid as a business to offer a pension. It's a black hole you have to keep feeding, as you don't know what your costs are going to be. 401ks (defined contribution) are the way to go, as you know what your costs are going to be upfront.
ATC communication having to be in english is not like forcing french canadian to go to english speaking schools, forcing them to speak english in court, or forcing them file their taxes in english.
Whoa chief, this is french-speaking Candians we're talking about. Don't get all logical and practical on us here.
Not bad considering it costs $450 million per shuttle launch.
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/information/shuttle_faq.html
Q. How much does it cost to launch a Space Shuttle?
A. The average cost to launch a Space Shuttle is about $450 million per mission.