And so It came...
What a Brave New World....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Stahl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 2:59 AM
Subject: Re: Cable Repairs Delayed
>
> Not to change the subject, but did anyone hear what Bill Gates was
unveiling
> the other day just before the earthquake struck in Seattle. Supposedly
just
> before the earthquake he looked down at his laptop, pressed a button and
> said "And this button controls the Earth's core"
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Norberto Osvaldo Di natale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 9:31 PM
> Subject: RE: Cable Repairs Delayed
>
>
> >
> > well, we're becoming TOOOOO dependant. I think my grandfather didn't get
a
> > telephone until he was fifty, and that didn't bother him too much.
> >
> > He used to write letters, I guess.
> >
> > I took advantage of the outage and pressed the big red switch. My
machine
> > was resting for a couple of days. It looks younger.
> >
> > Be nice with our planet and save some energy til Sunday
> >
> > Norberto
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 9:25 PM
> > Subject: Cable Repairs Delayed
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Communication & Network Services (CNS) at the University of
California,
> > > Berkeley (UCB) posted the following update to outage affecting
> SETI@home:
> > >
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > Fiber cut silences SETI@Home, Lawrence Hall of Science
> > >
> > > 2 March 2001
> > >
> > > At about 3:30 AM PST on 27 February an optical fiber cable connecting
> the
> > > U.C. Berkeley campus with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
was
> > cut,
> > > apparently by vandals trying to "salvage" copper from other nearby
> cables.
> > >
> > > The broken fiber carries data and voice connections for LBNL and also
> for
> > > the Space Sciences Lab and the Lawrence Hall of Science. SSL is where
> the
> > > SETI@Home project is located, so the millions of participants helping
to
> > > analyze data have been unable to contact the SETI@Home servers ever
> since.
> > >
> > > Repairs were supposed to be completed late today, but have been
delayed
> > due
> > > to the rain last night. Apparently the rain, mud, and steep terrain
> > combined
> > > to prevent the contractors from bringing their equipment to the repair
> > site.
> > > We are now being told that the contractors will somehow be able to
reach
> > the
> > > site tomorrow morning, 3 March, and should finish the repair late in
the
> > > day.
> > >
> > > For more information, please visit the newsgroups sci.astro.seti and
> > > alt.sci.seti.
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > >
> > > CNS cable repair status reports can be viewed @
> > > http://www.net.berkeley.edu/setiathome/ .
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jeffrey Ottie
> > >
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