From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.5 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24, DMARC_MISSING,INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RDNS_NONE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from [213.11.85.133] (helo=titane.novadeck.net) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14fi7M-0004Kz-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Wed, 21 Mar 2001 05:53:38 -0700 Received: from cerberus ([213.11.85.132]) by titane.novadeck.net (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f2LDqCG31641 for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2001 14:52:12 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Philippe Namias Organization: Novadeck To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] power outage X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: <20010320132140.B15351@cvs.gentoo.org> <20010320185331.A14059@cvs.gentoo.org> <3AB80CBA.BA9E426E@gottinger.de> In-Reply-To: <3AB80CBA.BA9E426E@gottinger.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01032113573100.31817@cerberus> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Reply-To: pn@novadeck.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Wed Mar 21 05:54:01 2001 X-Original-Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 13:57:31 +0100 X-Archives-Salt: 9ed94145-b78e-47c2-9026-f0622545ed9a X-Archives-Hash: 55f9170e8b88cc09f11b750d8f511a90 On Wednesday 21 March 2001 03:06, you wrote: > drobbins@gentoo.org wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 02:10:27AM +0100, Achim Gottinger wrote: > > > > It's always exciting in New Mexico, and today was no exception. We > > > > had an extended power outage; however, cvs.gentoo.org is back online > > > > now. Also, we seem to be having DSL service interruptions on a > > > > regular basis -- I'm going to start looking into a longer-term > > > > solution to this problem. > > > > > > I saw a short note in tv about that today, it seems to have been a > > > real big power out. > > > > That was probably the one in California, which is being caused by strange > > state (not national) bureaucratic regulations. The one in New Mexico was > > apparently caused by a couple of blown transformers. > > Thought it was exciting? Blown transformers seem to be common in new > mexico. :-) > > > However, all the power problems in California have had the unpleasant > > effect of raising my utility bills (natural gas and electricity) to > > $300/month :((((((((( That's what happens when California buys tons of > > electricity and gas from other states -- the price goes crazy. > > In Europe it is a normal thing to buy electricity from other countries. > You can > even choose a private provider for electricity (company that resells > electricity from germany and other countries). > I buy about $100/month here for electricity and I don't need gas. Here in France we don't have any electricity/gas problem as it's a state company. They have the monopole so there is no choice here but i only paid 42$ by month for electricity. > > > Be careful when your state/country starts regulating the utilities... a > > few stupid laws can create major problems. > > Do they care about my care? > > Have you tested the docbook stuff? Yesterday I found a few documents > that can be converted to man/info pages too. > So the perl stuff seems to work too and it is just a document question. > I'll try to make a docbook from my > ebuild man pages as an example. > Additionaly I will look how kde customized their docbook system and try > to make one for gentoo. > To finish up the docbook system I will add ldp (Linux docbook) and > gnome-docbook stuff. > > bye achim~ > > > Best Regards, > > > > -- > > Daniel Robbins > > President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org > > Gentoo Technologies, Inc. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gentoo-dev mailing list > > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > > http://www.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev > > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://www.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev