Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
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From: Miguel Cruz on 3 Aug 2006 18:18 Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: > 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. The generation companies generate a bunch of electricity, and the accounts are settled in arrears. Again, since it's entirely fungible, so long as the aggregate amount being generated covers the demand, the individual players can trade past surpluses and deficits at their leisure. Are you seriously interested in the answers to these questions? I would think someone of your boundless intellect would have little difficulty puzzling out that which is basically obvious. miguel -- Photos from 40 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu Latest photos: Malaysia; Thailand; Singapore; Spain; Morocco Airports of the world: http://airport.u.nu
From: Dave Frightens Me on 3 Aug 2006 18:54 On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:30:15 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Keith W writes: > >> Its also bad English > >It is neither good nor bad English. It all depends on what the >speaker or writer has in mind. Can you remember what the point was? -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- --
From: Dave Frightens Me on 3 Aug 2006 18:58 On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:52:17 +0200, Martin <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:43:43 +0200, Dave Frightens Me ><deepfreudmoors(a)eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote: >>It's gotta be the best value beer I've found around. Good flavour and >>hangover proof. > >I start to think that they are targeting their sale of strong beer at >you. How much can you carry on your scooter? 8 cans tonight, plus a six pack of Perlenbacher Premium Pils, which is good stuff, but suffers from a twist-top lid that will break the skin. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- --
From: Dave Frightens Me on 3 Aug 2006 19:00 On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:28:18 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Dave Frightens Me writes: > >> A professional should make much more than a non professional. There is >> no clear dividing line as to how much, as I have said before. > >Then there is no clear distinction between professionals and >non-professionals, which in turn means that you cannot definitively >put me in either category. As you earn little, I put you in the non-professional category. Am I wrong to do so? -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- --
From: Dave Frightens Me on 3 Aug 2006 19:31
On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 22:58:52 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Stanislas de Kertanguy writes: >> You're certainly not a professional at word games, though - >> you've again lost one. > >Even if that were true, is Zidane not a professional soccer player >because he lost a World Cup? That does not follow. He was part of a team, and the team lost. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- -- |