Erik Reuter wrote:
>Does 845 miles qualify as "a few hundred"?
>
It qualifies as next-door here. We have a
relatively small number of
power stations, usually around energy sources such
as coal mines, that
are thousands of miles apart and often thousands
of miles from the
consumers.
We have also
At 10:55 PM 8/15/2003 -0500, you wrote:
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> On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 11:21:
On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 11:21:08PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >From an Op-Ed article in today's NY Times:
>
> "the idea of creating large national markets to buy and sell electricity
> makes more sense as economic theory than as physics, because it consumes power to
> transmit power. 'It'
>From an Op-Ed article in today's NY Times:
"the idea of creating large national markets to buy and sell electricity
makes more sense as economic theory than as physics, because it consumes power to
transmit power. 'It's only efficient to transmit electricity for a few hundred
miles at most,' s
I happened to be in Detroit doing a customer visit when the outage hit.
Detroit was low on the list for places to bring back online. Morning of the
15th it was still offline, and at that point the airport was already
backlogged. Rather than waiting around in a hotel (with no power, food,
water.
On Friday, August 15, 2003, at 05:04 PM, Andrew Crystall wrote:
On 15 Aug 2003 at 11:05, Jon Gabriel wrote:
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On Friday, August 15, 2003, at 02:48 PM, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
I don't know, but Manhattan at least is largely back
on line at the moment. I have internet service, but
not phone at the moment.
Gautam
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> At 11:05 AM 8/15/03 -0400, Jon
On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 10:04:15PM +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote:
> It could allways be worse. One of my friends was on a rollercoaster...
That's interesting. Was he climbing the first hill? Otherwise, the
coaster was coasting, right? Was it computer controlled and automatic
brakes came on to stop
At 11:05 AM 8/15/03 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote:
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> F
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> > Power is restored in Queens. Walking home from the city yesterday
On 15 Aug 2003 at 11:05, Jon Gabriel wrote:
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> > Behalf Of Chad Cooper
> > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 5:12 PM
> > To: Brin-L (E-mail 2)
> > Subject: major
ssage-
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> >Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 4:08 PM
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> >
> >In a message dated 8/14/2003 3:02:07 PM US Mountain
> Stand
Why does Atlas Shrugged keep coming to mind
Nerd From Hell
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>In a message da
At 07:08 PM 8/14/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 8/14/2003 3:02:07 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
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> For all of you not on the Eastern side of the country...
> Head to CNN ...
>
> The Niagra-Mohawk power grid is down...
> A report from Manhattan is t
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Behalf Of Chad Cooper
> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 5:12 PM
> To: Brin-L (E-mail 2)
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> For all of you not on the Eastern side of the
In a message dated 8/14/2003 3:02:07 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> For all of you not on the Eastern side of the country...
> Head to CNN ...
>
> The Niagra-Mohawk power grid is down...
> A report from Manhattan is the Island is completely black...
> Half of our
For all of you not on the Eastern side of the country...
Head to CNN ...
The Niagra-Mohawk power grid is down...
A report from Manhattan is the Island is completely black...
Half of our Manufacturing plants are down, including Auburn Hills in
Michigan
Nerd From Hell
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Nick wrote:
COs have big battery backups and generators with many days of fuel.
Bearing
in mind that among othing things, the 911 emergency phone system depends on
them, they've been required for a long time to have reliable emergency
power. And their power needs are relatively low, at least co
On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 08:52:07PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
> What do the "A" and "M" stand for? Do you know? (Just curious.)
Access Multiplexer. Yes.
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From: "Kevin Tarr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 5:33 PM
Subject: RE: Power outage!
What I know from having worked in phone company buildings and having built a
couple of them plus a few co-locati
Nick Arnett wrote:
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:brin-l-bounces@;mccmedia.com]On
> > Behalf Of Kevin Tarr
>
> ...
>
> > I understand that, but does the telex have full UPS, probably generator
> > based? How big of an outage would there be before you couldn'
At 06:17 PM 11/8/02, Nick Arnett wrote:
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:brin-l-bounces@;mccmedia.com]On
> Behalf Of Kevin Tarr
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> I understand that, but does the telex have full UPS, probably generator
> based? How big of an outage would there be before you cou
In a message dated 11/8/2002 4:47:29 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
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> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:brin-l-bounces@;mccmedia.com]On
> Behalf Of Kevin Tarr
...
> I understand that, but does the telex have full UPS, probably generator
> based? How big of an outage would there be before you couldn't
> send anything?
>
> Wondering if t
e one computer tell all the
> >others to shut down. In theory, I can do it with some software from APC,
> >but it's been a paint to get it working even on one machine.
> >
> >Nick
>
> I understand that, but does the telex have full UPS, probably generator
> base
Whereas the monthly bill from the electric company is frequently a power
outrage . . .
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> Okay, I can understand your house, but unless you are using a
> satellite or
> microwave to transmit, how does the message get out? Maybe be very stupid
> question, but wondering about local telex or cable systems, ect ect.
It's DSL, which is powered by the telephone company. My server, route
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:brin-l-bounces@;mccmedia.com]On
> Behalf Of Kevin Tarr
...
> Okay, I can understand your house, but unless you are using a
> satellite or
> microwave to transmit, how does the message get out? Maybe be very stupid
> question, but wond
At 06:42 PM 11/7/2002 -0800, you wrote:
I'm back, power is on, but it's really storming here. Our first winter
storm of the season is a biggie. There's rain and hail hitting my office
windows at rather high velocity. Not much lightning, though, as is usual
around these parts. The storm knocked
ax: (408) 904-7198
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> Behalf Of Nick Arnett
> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 6:09 PM
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> Subject: Power outage!
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> List folks:
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> P
List folks:
Power just went out here in Santa Clara. I'm working off UPS. Will let you
know when power's back, but until then, no Brin-L... or at least as soon as
I shut down the server.
Nick
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