Re: METROCAST BLOCKS RESIDENTIAL E-MAIL

2006-03-11 Thread Fred
On Tuesday 07 March 2006 16:43, Ed Lawson wrote: On Tue, 7 Mar 2006 16:20:40 -0500 Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sending an email through your own/alternate server should not be prevented. I understand your sentiment, but should has nothing to do with it. Should is not a factor. There

Re: METROCAST BLOCKS RESIDENTIAL E-MAIL

2006-03-11 Thread Fred
On Tuesday 07 March 2006 21:12, Jeff Kinz wrote: On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 05:52:53PM -0500, Ben Scott wrote: On 3/7/06, Neil Joseph Schelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This isn't something to get so bent out of shape for really. Sure it is. Didn't you know that Internet access is a

Re: OT: Forum legalish question

2006-03-11 Thread Fred
On Monday 06 March 2006 23:40, Ben Scott wrote: ... I didn't mean that you one has to follow the law (the only thing one *has* to do is die), just that you have to accept it as being the current state of affairs. Reality, and all that. Since you bring it up: I also feel that law-breaking

Re: OT: Forum legalish question

2006-03-11 Thread Jeff Kinz
On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 06:55:01AM -0500, Fred wrote: On Monday 06 March 2006 23:40, Ben Scott wrote: Since you bring it up: I also feel that law-breaking is a poor first choice for effecting change,... Tell that to Rosa Parks. Ben said it was a poor first choice. You ignored

Re: METROCAST BLOCKS RESIDENTIAL E-MAIL

2006-03-11 Thread Jeff Kinz
On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 06:17:10AM -0500, Fred wrote: On Tuesday 07 March 2006 16:43, Ed Lawson wrote: Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sending an email through your own/alternate server should not be prevented. I understand your sentiment, but should has nothing to do with it.

Re: METROCAST BLOCKS RESIDENTIAL E-MAIL

2006-03-11 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 09:43:14AM -0500, Jeff Kinz wrote: On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 06:17:10AM -0500, Fred wrote: On Tuesday 07 March 2006 16:43, Ed Lawson wrote: Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sending an email through your own/alternate server should not be prevented. I

Re: METROCAST BLOCKS RESIDENTIAL E-MAIL

2006-03-11 Thread Jeff Kinz
On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 06:39:59AM -0500, Fred wrote: On Tuesday 07 March 2006 21:12, Jeff Kinz wrote: On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 05:52:53PM -0500, Ben Scott wrote: On 3/7/06, Neil Joseph Schelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This isn't something to get so bent out of shape for really.

Gov't , economics and technology (was Re: METROCAST BLOCKS RESIDENTIAL E-MAIL)

2006-03-11 Thread Kuni Tetsu
--- Jeff Kinz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since when has the government been interested in delivering service to us at the lowest cost? At the level of abstract goals government is interested at being efficient. The real obstacle to creating an efficient government service is that there

Re: Gov't , economics and technology (was Re: METROCAST BLOCKS RESIDENTIAL E-MAIL)

2006-03-11 Thread Jeff Kinz
On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 09:40:50AM -0800, Kuni Tetsu wrote: --- Jeff Kinz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Several paragraphs of agreement deleted :-) One example - still not much known today, the great crime rate drop of the 80' and 90's was caused not by burgeoning economic times or great social

Re: Gov't , economics and technology (was Re: METROCAST BLOCKS RESIDENTIAL E-MAIL)

2006-03-11 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:40:50 -0800 (PST) Kuni Tetsu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gov't employees (at least at the uncivil servant level) are all union members. Not true. In many government jobs, you do not have to join the union. I worked for the IRS as a tax examiner, and we were given a choice of

The Dismal Science's Freaky Side?

2006-03-11 Thread Jeff Kinz
On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 09:40:50AM -0800, Kuni Tetsu wrote: Um. That is not the sum total. Freakonomics is hardly real science, let alone good data. Yes, I have read it. I have also read what real economists thing about it. That is a whole other thread and I will not bring it in here. Quoted:

Re: The Dismal Science's Freaky Side?

2006-03-11 Thread Kuni Tetsu
On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 09:40:50AM -0800, Kuni Tetsu wrote: Um. That is not the sum total. Freakonomics is hardly real science, let alone good data. Yes, I have read it. I have also read what real economists thing about it. That is a whole other thread and I will not bring it in here. Here

SLUG Meeting Monday 3/13 7pm: Introduction to CSS

2006-03-11 Thread Robert E. Anderson
Who: All are welcome to attend. What: Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets When: Monday, March 13 at 7:00pm Where: Morse Hall rm 301 (Directions available on http://slug.gnhlug.org) Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets The web has evolved a lot since it's inception. Originally