XPost: alt.checkmate, sci.physics
From: melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie
On 1/7/2018 1:51 PM, Checkmate wrote:
> Warning! Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles when reading posts by
> Checkmate! In article KmdnZ2d@scnresearch.com>, pandora@peak.org says...
>
>
>>
>> On Sat, 06 Jan 2018 22:54:40 -0800, Checkmate wrote:
>>
>>> Warning! Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles when reading posts by
>>> Checkmate! In article >> UudnZ2d@scnresearch.com>, pandora@peak.org says...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 05 Jan 2018 23:01:53 -0800, Checkmate wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Warning! Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles when reading posts
>>>>> by Checkmate! In article , nad318b404
>>>>> @gmail.invalid says...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, 05 Jan 2018 17:12:46 -0800, Checkmate wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Warning! Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles when reading
>>>>>>> posts by Checkmate! In article <4padnRVtzeNLatLHnZ2dnUU7-
>>>>>>> bWdnZ2d@scnresearch.com>, pandora@peak.org says...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 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...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 04 Jan 2018 19:53:24 -0800, Checkmate wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Warning! Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles when
>>>>>>>>>>> reading posts by Checkmate! In article
>>>>>>>>>>> <-YGdnSDd85cOQ9PHnZ2dnUU7- YmdnZ2d@scnresearch.com>,
>>>>>>>>>>> pandora@peak.org says...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 04 Jan 2018 18:53:01 -0700, % wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2018-01-04 6:49 PM, pandora wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 04 Jan 2018 16:57:59 -0800, Checkmate wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Warning! Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles when
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> reading posts by Checkmate! In article
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> greghall@yacht_maester.fake says...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It just take the right person at the right time. One is all you
>>>>>>>> need.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yeah, well as the realtors say, "location, location, location.)
>>>>>>>> My brother's house (in West Vancouver, BC), sold for 2.5 million
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