Until you've seen a pole pig aka power transformer explode on a pole. All I saw was this huge flash of light and then could see the transformer itself launched through the sky.

That was immediately followed by watching the connections arc until the circuit breakers kicked in.

I wonder that too. I can recall the heady days of Windows where smart admins would test updates on a system with all their software to see what it broke and how to fix it.
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But the versioning can't be an worse than Ubuntu lately. Constant updates. I understand it's to correct functional and security issues. But perhaps once every couple weeks?

I'm tangentially working for a defense contractor. The whole business is awash in money.

Because every state pretty much requires and emissions test annually or bi-annually. It involves plugging a reader into the OBD-II port and downloading any condition codes, and then the standard tailpipe sniff.

What makes it so gross polluters are still out there is because after failing said emissions check, a waiver can be obtained.

Several years ago why would I want any Microsoft pseudo product on my Linux servers?

Not as if Linux doesn't already have a Power Shell called BASH or Bourne Again SHell for you noobs.

12.04LTE to 14.04LTE no thank you. I had a Dell laptop with 12.04LTE on it and one day it asked if I wanted to go to 14.04. So it downloaded everything and when it came back up it was command line only, no gui whatsoever. I had to download and install Gnome manually. That has soured me a bit on Ubuntu.

I guess we've found the one guy who didn't embrace broadband. Were I the guy I'd go after AOL for switching the dialup site.

That said, how much time did he spend online to rack up that much of a charge. From what I can find during peak hours it's 42 cents a minute, off peak 36.5 cents a minute which I still find extortion.

If we average the two we get 39.25 cents a minute we get 61906 minutes - 1031 hours - or 42 days of constant online activity.

I am a sub-contractor for a project that burns data onto encrypted FIPS compliant hard drives. If the FBI gets their way that puts us in breach of contract with another government agency.

Will my baggage have a better probability of following me to my destination in the same time frame.

I completely concur with you. The current system dates back to the 16th century and we really need to move forward. THe Montessori system has it's benefits but I think critical thinking skills need to be pushed too.

Just buy your own battery pack and cut off the grid connection completely. Problem solved. That's what I plan to do because National Grid is mostly bandits now - with double digit rate increases annually lately. They claim it's a natural gas shortage because there are only two pipelines in the state. I call bullshit because I know regular LNG shipments come in via big boats.

And I can say that I've only had to restart the phone only once every couple months. Part of it is because I know how to kill an offending app on the phone.

I also have a Kind Fire HD6. That pretty much works the same way as the phone as it runs a later version of Android.

This isn't a slam to all the Apple fanboys and fangirls - its just that Apple perpetuates this myth that it just works. When that is far from the truth.

Prices on solar have been dropping like the proverbial rock - and the panels are getting more and more efficient as time goes on.

When I buy a place I intend to sever the electric connection, generate my own power via solar and wind, and store what I don't use in a storage array. Problem solved and no need for the grid.

You can get a DELL XPS 13 with Ubuntu on it for about $1K. Good machine, ssd, the whole nine.

In my case I have FIrefox, Chrome and IE in fairly regular usage. Firefox for RSS under Sage, IE for access to OWA, and Chrome for everything else.