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Re:Ask HN: How do you backup your linux system? on Friday July 07, 2017 @05:38PM (#14722335)
No test to ensure proper copy?
Re:Tesla owners should pay more for insurance, AAA says on Sunday June 04, 2017 @04:04PM (#14483226)
I can answer that. I am not rich, and when the company that insured my car raised it rates a lot I went looking elsewhere.

The new company got my car insurance, and when my truck insurance was due they got that too. Later that year I added my house insurance and since I was getting discounts I also added my cabin up at Parry Sound.

So the result of having a cheaper car insurance is they sold me four policy not just one.

Re:A look at my BBS Software from '93 on Thursday April 20, 2017 @03:33PM (#14160025)
I loved how relaying got around long distance charges.

Bowmanville would call Oshawa which was a local call.

Oshawa would call Pickering which was a local call.

Pickering would call Scarborough again a local call.

Scarborough would call Toronto and Toronto would call Mississauga.

All the message relays would just use local calls, but if you left any of the stop out you would need a long distance call. So all our local message did not cost us.

And what make this really bad is that there are electric snowmobiles available that are quieter and non-polluting.
In-fact people in Iceland probably get a lot of fish oils.

Plus, their green houses grow a lot plant products that go directly to market.

The freshest food and short delivery lines may be the important factors.