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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:17 PM Original message |
This is very scary |
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Shilohtd16 (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. Personally i think Avian flu has blown over |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Actually it is spreading in birds |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. The reservoir is wild birds and some mammals |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:37 PM Original message |
Yes, indeed, I can Warpy. |
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Sinti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 05:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
29. It sure would take care of their problems in a hurry ;) n/t |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not so much scary as an excellent marketing opportunity |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. actually, I was thinking it was scary that |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 05:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. Well, I worked there (briefly) in a secretarial role -- |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 09:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. I wonder why he needed to initial the cuffs as well as the shirt pocket... |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 01:56 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. It's one of the questions I don't trouble myself with -- anymore! |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 07:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
34. LOL |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. In other "news," genetic mutations could spawn 50-foot-tall supermonkeys |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. The problem is |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. While I don't think concern about a pandemic is BS.... |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. if the people who run the net are |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. where's the correlation... |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I don't know much about how the internet works |
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Shilohtd16 (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. i doubt it |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Then why do you think |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Maybe because by contriving a phony crisis and making its phony |
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Shilohtd16 (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. probably malicious hackers having a heyday |
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Shilohtd16 (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. plus |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. . |
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Don Claybrook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. this would largely depend on the internet service provider |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. the technical term is "oversubscribe" |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Don't forget CSMA/CD's performance 'knee' at 70% capacity. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. "Telecommunications will likely be overwhelmed early in the pandemic" |
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partylessinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. Why are the polits so damn frightened of the public having the internet? |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 05:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Same reason they fear loitering |
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partylessinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 05:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. I am happy to have given you an opening to get that off your chest! |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 02:34 AM Response to Reply #16 |
38. it's all about power . . . |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
22. Actually, I heard it already hit Florida: |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 05:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. LOL...well played n/t |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 05:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. ... |
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jokerman93 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
24. I think the Avian flu thing is mostly hype but... |
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populistdriven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
25. The net is automated & fault tolerant, I work at a dual OC192 node |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
26. The Houston Chronicle featured a computer simulation of a pandemic.... |
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robertpaulsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
33. Pandemic or not, their desire to take over the internet is no secret. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
35. What do you think |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
37. are Booz Allen Hamilton trustworthy? . . . |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 11:07 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I don't know |
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