XPost: alt.checkmate, sci.physics   
   From: nad318b404@gmail.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 05 Jan 2018 12:39:47 -0800, Checkmate wrote:   
      
   > Warning! Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles when reading posts by   
   > Checkmate!  In article  QVh4p2d@scnresearch.com>, pandora@peak.org says...   
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   >> On Thu, 04 Jan 2018 19:53:24 -0800, Checkmate wrote:   
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   >> > Warning! Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles when reading posts   
   >> > by Checkmate!  In article <-YGdnSDd85cOQ9PHnZ2dnUU7-   
   >> > YmdnZ2d@scnresearch.com>, pandora@peak.org says...   
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   >> >> On Thu, 04 Jan 2018 18:53:01 -0700, % wrote:   
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   >> >> > On 2018-01-04 6:49 PM, pandora wrote:   
   >> >> >> On Thu, 04 Jan 2018 16:57:59 -0800, Checkmate wrote:   
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   >> >> >>> Warning! Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles when reading   
   >> >> >>> posts by Checkmate!  In article   
   >> >> >>> ,   
   >> >> >>> greghall@yacht_maester.fake says...   
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   >> >> >>>> On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 17:48:38 -0800, Checkmate   
   >> >> >>>>    
   >> >> >>>> wrote:   
   >> >> >>>>   
   >> >> >>>> <...>   
   >> >> >>>>   
   >> >> >>>>   
   >> >> >>>>> You can protect your own system with Faraday cages, but the   
   >> >> >>>>> grid is vulnerable to a very long term outage with an air   
   >> >> >>>>> burst EMP. You must also be isolated from the grid before an   
   >> >> >>>>> EMP, and the only vehicles likely to run afterwards would be   
   >> >> >>>>> old-school Diesels with no electronics.   
   >> >> >>>>> Of course you'll need plenty of fuel on hand, because the   
   >> >> >>>>> pumps won't be working, and everyone is going to want your   
   >> >> >>>>> functioning Diesel transportation.  They're going to want it   
   >> >> >>>>> real bad.   
   >> >> >>>>   
   >> >> >>>> I sure hope there's not EMP attack in my lifetime.   
   >> >> >>>> It will be an unimaginable mess and I might be among those who   
   >> >> >>>> don't survive it now that I'm away from my bote.   
   >> >> >>>   
   >> >> >>> Now we have to worry about The Internet of Things, where someone   
   >> >> >>> might hack their way into your network through your refrigerator   
   >> >> >>> or something.   
   >> >> >>>   
   >> >> >>> My Realtor needed to schedule a telephone conference between me,   
   >> >> >>> my attorney, and herself, so she set up this elaborate bullshit   
   >> >> >>> with the new "Go To Meeting" app, which wins the Stupid Name   
   >> >> >>> prize for new startup useless apps, IMO.  I was supposed to go   
   >> >> >>> through all this rigmarole and install a mic on my computer, set   
   >> >> >>> up an account,   
   >> >> >>> and shit... or I could call a special number and then enter a   
   >> >> >>> code.   
   >> >> >>>  I tried to do that through my Magic Jack number, which lets me   
   >> >> >>> call all over the country for free, but I got a message from   
   >> >> >>> Magic Jack saying I couldn't call that number because it was a   
   >> >> >>> pay-per-minute number.   
   >> >> >>>   
   >> >> >>> I went ballistic, and asked why we needed to go through all that   
   >> >> >>> bullshit, when all we needed to do was set up a 3-way call on   
   >> >> >>> our phones.   
   >> >> >>> My attorney called me back, then connected her, and we talked   
   >> >> >>> about everything we needed to talk about, so what fucking good   
   >> >> >>> is "Go To Meeting," other than to complicate a simple process we   
   >> >> >>> already have other ways of doing, and get paid by the minute   
   >> >> >>> from all three of us? How fucking stupid!   
   >> >> >>   
   >> >> >> There's always someone trying to make a buck outta those who   
   >> >> >> don't know the *old* ways of doing things.   
   >> >> >>   
   >> >> > i told him it wouldn't be a wham bam ,   
   >> >> > this could drag on for years   
   >> >>   
   >> >> Why are you such a negative nelly?   
   >> >   
   >> > I expected the court case to take a year, and it took two.  I   
   >> > expected the house to sit on the market for months, and I got two   
   >> > offers over my asking price in less than a week.  Persent claimed it   
   >> > was all a bunch of lies anyway, and now he's issuing "I Told You   
   >> > So's"?  Whatfuckingever...   
   >>   
   >> Some houses take a while to sell, others don't.  The house my daughter   
   >> is buying was on the market for 9 months, then she and her husband saw   
   >> it and within two months it was theirs.  They had to wait a few weeks   
   >> for the sellers to make some repairs and to move out.  The sellers had   
   >> almost given up.   
   >   
   > I didn't think there'd be a lot of people looking for homes around   
   > Christmas,  My Realtor said there aren't a lot of listings in that area   
   > right now.  Personally, I wouldn't spend over a million bucks to live   
   > there even if I could.  The houses aren't really anything special, it's   
   > the location that makes it expensive.  I'd take that farm in Missouri   
   > any day... a much bigger house, lots of land, and only about 1/4 the   
   > price.   
      
   And crappy or no internet service.   
      
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