On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 08:25:49PM -0700, Sean Donelan wrote:
I recall 3.2 million people losing power, some for over a month, a few years ago in Canada. Canadians were importing and stealing backup generators from the states so fast, Customs Canada still doesn't know how many generators crossed the border.
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Having been caught in an ice storm in Maryland which killed the power for several days, I have to say they suck. Besides, you can't fault Canada for having worse weather then California. Canada does manage to get a lot of things right, the theory I heard from a canadian friend was that they wait for the US to try something out then find out where they screwed it up. But as for datacenters, I have also heard the theory that canadian customs inspects every packet crossing the border, and that one I tend to believe. :P -- Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net> http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras PGP Key ID: 0x138EA177 (67 29 D7 BC E8 18 3E DA B2 46 B3 D8 14 36 FE B6)