Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
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From: Jim Ley on 3 Aug 2006 17:24 On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:53:00 +0200, Martin <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:38:15 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> >wrote: > >>Miguel Cruz writes: >> >>> If you switch suppliers from A to B, there is no "change in wiring". >>> Supplier B simply pumps a little more electricity into the grid, and >>> supplier A a little less. >> >>If you have supplier A, what prevents you from using electricity from >>supplier B? > >Each watt has a packet header. :-) Is that why the internet over power never came around, the packets were getting mixed up in their addressing? Jim.
From: dgs on 3 Aug 2006 17:11 The Reid wrote: > Following up to Mxsmanic > >>>Simply not true. More than one provider can use the same wires. >> >>How does each provider keep its power separate from the others? > > are you 4? Are you iquiring about IQ or age? -- dgs
From: Keith Willshaw on 3 Aug 2006 17:55 "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:91p4d299u2jujm78toi7gjrejt5lbkfg15(a)4ax.com... > Keith W writes: > >> If you use 200 kw hours , your meter records it, they push that >> much onto the grid and you pay them for it. > > How can they do that in time to cover your usage? > They dont have to, as long as it averages out thats fine Keith
From: Keith Willshaw on 3 Aug 2006 17:56 "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:k3p4d213t46fl8cmpec9alg4t28kuu7ooi(a)4ax.com... > Miguel Cruz writes: > >> So when 100 Main St uses 5000kw/h, and 209 Pleasant Lane uses 1000kw/h, >> the distribution agency makes sure that Hatfield Electric has injected >> 5000kw/h into the grid and McCoy Electric has injected 1000kw/h. > > How can consumption be covered after the fact? It's like filling the > tanks of an aircraft with fuel after it has landed. > You know they tend to do just that, I've seen em do it at the airport. Sheesh Keith
From: Jim Ley on 3 Aug 2006 18:17
On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 22:15:51 +0800, Miguel Cruz <spam(a)admin.u.nu> wrote: >Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Miguel Cruz writes: >>> When I lived in Washington DC a few years ago there were two local >>> loop providers that had reached my street. The incumbent (Verizon) >>> and someone else, I forgot who. They can just go into the manhole >>> and switch your drop. >> >> So you can only have one provider at a time? That's a monopoly. > >How many restaurants can you eat in at a time? 2 if you mistakenly arrange dinner with the vicar and your new girlfriend at the same time, normally you end up with "hilarious results" though. Jim. |