XPost: alt.checkmate, sci.physics   
   From: melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie   
      
   On 1/7/2018 8:29 PM, Checkmate wrote:   
   > Warning! Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles when reading posts by   
   > Checkmate!  In article <_4OdndO4B8uALc_HnZ2dnUU7-   
   > dudnZ2d@scnresearch.com>, pandora@peak.org says...   
   >> On Sun, 07 Jan 2018 14:42:42 -0500, mixed nuts wrote:   
   >>> 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   
      
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