$1/kWh?! That's seven times typical midwest US rates. Shudder to think of summer A/C bills...

I fail to understand just why so many here want federal solutions to their local market problem, which greatly stems from your local gov't (PUCo and such)

Yep, that's what the FCC intends to mandate ...along w/ more oddball, this & that taxes. That's just for starters, just wait for the content regulation to begin.

Tues 17 Feb. 2015? 2026? slid on 2009.

Statistically graded meta-moderation w/ gamification for volume pumping. Cool, just cool.

the equilibrium point will be roughly at the dew_pt or wet_bulb_temp of the ambient environment. The wet_bulb_temp will approach ambient temp as the % humidity rises, hence, the quick-warming pitchers in the average crowded college watering hole.

we have resolved many tough issues peacefully.

heheh, I take it you weren't here for the '60s...

Denial is the problem... folks refuse to ascribe guilt to the fella pulling the trigger.

Aspergers does not directly lead to downright violent, evil actions.

Quite perhaps the mother was negligent, but the kid pulled the trigger--the kid did it.

For Pete's sake, what is so hard about accepting that?
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"We must reject the idea that every time a law is broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions." --R Reagan

Yeah, it was a struggle to deploy, tho' not much worse than compiling your own KDE 2.x->3.0 days. :o
Good ole Ivan. Guess he hasn't changed much ;-)

Before our small ISP smalled-out, we were converting to FreeSide, a FOSSy sol'n, from WinNT-based Platypus. Had all the goods for user self-provisioning (RADIUS and such), billing, reporting; Nice perly hooks for places you needed a more custom fit.

Might be worth a look-see...

I expected all '70s stoners would know this.

And don't forget to compile a bespoke, static kernel.

To "Tax like cigarettes", the tax would need to be closer to 5cents per ounce.

Not likely... line surge protection sprang from protecting the transmission infrastructure investments, not some bureaucrat in a cube wondering how to justify his job.

Absolutely.