Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts
Mike Hammett
nanog at ics-il.net
Mon Feb 22 19:48:04 UTC 2021
I can argue about this all day on Facebook or Twitter (and sometimes do, whether trolling or serious depends on the day). Let's reign it back in to network operations concerns.
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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX
http://www.midwest-ix.com
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From: "Brandon Svec via NANOG" <nanog at nanog.org>
To: "Mel Beckman" <mel at beckman.org>
Cc: "Rich Kulawiec" <rsk at gsp.org>, nanog at nanog.org
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2021 1:43:22 PM
Subject: Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 11:37 AM Mel Beckman < mel at beckman.org > wrote:
Either weather events are getting worse, or they aren’t.
No, nothing is so black and white. Certainly not science.
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I provided solid evidence that they are diminishing.
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No, you didn't. You shared an opinion piece written by the president of a science denying lobbying group funded by Exxon Mobil
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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.
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That I can partially agree with. I would say even if science is 100% wrong about climate change and what is causing it, it is still a good investment to prepare for the unexpected and unprecedented when it comes to building and supporting resilient systems.
Best
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> On Feb 22, 2021, at 10:23 AM, Rich Kulawiec < rsk at 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
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