[clug] Spreading the joy!

[Peter Barker]

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Nigel Cunningham wrote:

> I maintain a computer in Geelong (10 hours?), so I know the issue in
> general. I don't see, however, how flushing the rules could deny you
> access to the box you're maintaining (wouldn't it make it unprotected
> and therefore easier to access?).

As someone else has pointed out, just the small matter of the table
policy.

Annoying thing /there/ is that we have perfectly serviceable remote power
switches on those boxes. /behind/ the firewall....

So... has anybody done the maths in their hosting environment, mobile
phone connected to serial port vs standard phone line + modem? I've only
really done 1/2 that equation; $300ish for mobile phone, $5/month plan.

> Nigel

Yours,
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Thu Jan  8 12:27:35 2004  	nigelw - Comments added
[pbarker - Wed Jan  7 18:23:13 2004]:
> You are in a maze of twisty semantics. You have: a hammer.
You miss the semantic. \The semantic hits you. \You are permenantly confused.