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Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts
From: Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 13:48:04 -0600 (CST)
I can argue about this all day on Facebook or Twitter (and sometimes do, whether trolling or serious depends on the day). Let's reign it back in to network operations concerns. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brandon Svec via NANOG" <nanog () nanog org> To: "Mel Beckman" <mel () beckman org> Cc: "Rich Kulawiec" <rsk () gsp org>, nanog () nanog org Sent: Monday, February 22, 2021 1:43:22 PM Subject: Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 11:37 AM Mel Beckman < mel () beckman org > wrote: Either weather events are getting worse, or they aren’t. No, nothing is so black and white. Certainly not science. <blockquote> I provided solid evidence that they are diminishing. </blockquote> No, you didn't. You shared an opinion piece written by the president of a science denying lobbying group funded by Exxon Mobil <blockquote> The truth of this issue is important to NANOG, because we build the infrastructure that runs the Internet, and we can’t afford to waste finite resources on alarmist claims. </blockquote> That I can partially agree with. I would say even if science is 100% wrong about climate change and what is causing it, it is still a good investment to prepare for the unexpected and unprecedented when it comes to building and supporting resilient systems. Best <blockquote>
On Feb 22, 2021, at 10:23 AM, Rich Kulawiec < rsk () gsp org > wrote: On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 05:48:06PM +0000, Mel Beckman wrote:Sorry Global Warmists,Right. Sure. Also, the earth is 6,000 years old (and flat), the moon landings were faked, creationism is real, dinosaurs and humans co-existed, vaccines cause autism, Elvis is alive, and...how does that line go? Oh, right: artificial sweeteners are safe, WMDs were in Iraq, and Anna Nicole married for love. [shout-out to Levon Helm] This trash doesn't deserve rebuttal: it deserves ridicule. ---rsk
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Current thread:
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts, (continued)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Rod Beck (Feb 22)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Mel Beckman (Feb 22)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Mel Beckman (Feb 22)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Brandon Svec via NANOG (Feb 22)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Mel Beckman (Feb 22)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Rich Kulawiec (Feb 22)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Saku Ytti (Feb 22)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Rich Kulawiec (Feb 23)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Mel Beckman (Feb 22)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Brandon Svec via NANOG (Feb 22)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Mike Hammett (Feb 22)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Ben Cannon (Feb 22)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Stephen Satchell (Feb 22)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Yang Yu (Feb 16)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Carsten Bormann (Feb 16)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Mark Tinka (Feb 17)
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- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Mark Tinka (Feb 17)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts John Von Essen (Feb 16)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Brandon Svec (Feb 16)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Miles Fidelman (Feb 16)
- Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts Mark Tinka (Feb 17)