[Rhodes22-list] Happy New Year & Other Stuff

[Michael D. Weisner]

Brad,

The best part of the Internet failure due to cable damage is that the spam 
levels diminish until the cable is repaired, especially if it affects Asia. 
It can't be too bad since I am still receiving a fair amount of spam as of 
this morning.  Oh, well Happy New Year 4706 (see: www.happyratyear.com)

Mike
s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
       Nissequogue River, NY

From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com> Saturday, February 02, 2008 10:05 
AM
> Happy New Year!  I'm going to celebrate a bit at the hangar this morning 
> and
> then go to the Chinese festival at the U of M later in the day.  Fan 
> called
> her parents this morning (Saturday morning ritual) to see how they were
> coping with global warming (China has had the worst winter weather in six
> decades the last week and the worst civil unrest since Tiananmen square).
> The cost of a call to Beijing?  One point eight cents per minute ($.018).
> Here's why.
>
> http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Technology/Pix/pictures/2008/02/01/SeaCableHi.jpg
>
> In other news, three, count'em, three undersea cables have been cut in the
> Middle East this week.  The first one the cable company (Indian) said a 
> ship
> dropped an anchor on the cable.  The second one, uh, they dunno.  The 
> third
> one?  They quit talking.  Much of the Middle East is operating on limited
> bandwidth and most of Iran is in Ethernet darkness.
>
> Those silly spooks at the CIA, they'll do anything for a good laugh.
>
> Brad
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