From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 12 07:48:37 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBEAB106566C for ; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:48:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from ethic.thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D97B8FC19 for ; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:48:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by ethic.thought.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o0C7mYgV015916 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:48:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:48:34 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:48:34 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100112074834.GB96462@thought.org> References: <20100112043849.GA96088@thought.org> <4B4C0657.3010806@radel.com> <20100112065934.GA24686@ayn.mi.celestial.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100112065934.GA24686@ayn.mi.celestial.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 23 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, FH_DATE_PAST_20XX autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on ethic.thought.org Subject: Re: partly offtopic, but need feed back now. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:48:37 -0000 On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 10:59:34PM -0800, Bill Campbell wrote: > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010, Jon Radel wrote: > > Gary Kline wrote: > > > ... > > Hmmmm....if you're doing the standard thing, and porting your phone > > number to the cable company, they'll have to put some equipment of their > > own on or in your house. They don't really take ownership of the > > "line", just the number. > > One thing to be aware of with the cable company -- when we had a > week-long power outage a year or so ago, it took Comcast another > week to get the cable back up and running after the power came > back on. Our T1 and other phone lines were fine, and our > generator kept the computers up and running throughout. hehehehehe. I mean: "oh no, oh my heavens." well, I tried to caution my family, but .... seriously, I'm not anything remotely gleeful or even smiling. the past few months has burned me out gary ps: if my domain suddenly become un-pingable, you'll know the score. > > Bill > -- > INTERNET: bill@celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC > URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way > Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 > Fax: (206) 232-9186 Skype: jwccsllc (206) 855-5792 > > The laws that forbid the carrying of arms ... disarm only those > who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crime.... Such > laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the > assailants; they serve to encourage rather than to prevent > homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater > confidence than an armed one. -- Cesare Beccaria > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.79a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php