Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts

[Ben Cannon <ben () 6by7 net>]

You guys build how you want. At 6x7 we are building to prepare for possible climactic shifts.  The origin need not be 
anthropogenic, but that doesn’t look good.

“Doing nothing” isn’t really an option, and “doing what republicans want because they say so and they’re my dad” isn’t 
a good argument.


Nor is it a personality.

Ms. Lady Benjamin PD Cannon, ASCE
6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC 
CEO 
ben () 6by7 net
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> On Feb 22, 2021, at 11:35 AM, Mel Beckman <mel () beckman org> wrote:
>
> Rich,
>
> Calling my opposing argument “trash”, and then falsely linking it to unrelated theories on vaccines, evolution, moon 
> landings, and dietary supplements, is intellectually dishonest and professionally rude. Why don’t you respond to the 
> facts raised in the article? Does your religion not permit that?
>
> Either weather events are getting worse, or they aren’t. I provided solid evidence that they are diminishing. 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. 
>
> -mel
>
> > 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