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RE: [OPINION] Best place in the US for NetAdmins
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kenneth M. Chipps Ph.D.)
Sun Jul 27 15:20:41 2014
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From: "Kenneth M. Chipps Ph.D." <chipps@chipps.com>
To: "'NANOG'" <nanog@nanog.org>
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Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 14:20:32 -0500
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Use this:
http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20140512-drone-of=
fers-wi-fi-signal.ece
-----Original Message-----
From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Jack Bates
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2014 2:05 PM
To: Matthew Petach; Owen DeLong
Cc: NANOG (nanog@nanog.org)
Subject: Re: [OPINION] Best place in the US for NetAdmins
On 7/27/2014 12:41 PM, Matthew Petach wrote:
> You wouldn't like it here in the Bay Area. It's horrible, there's=20
> pollution all the time, the traffic is terrible, there's no reasonable =
> public transportation, there's no late-night eateries for when you=20
> finish that maintenance window at 2am. You definitely don't want to=20
> live here. :D
Well, definitely not. I'll stick to my ranch in rural Oklahoma. Since I =
was young, I've always wanted to have a high speed connection to a house =
in the middle of nowhere. Originally, I liked the mountain ranges my =
great grandmother used to live on. These days, I'm happy with my crop =
fields and trees, even if it is a bit flat. Turns out, it's easier to =
bury fiber when you don't have to go through a mountain. :)
I know I'm not alone in my duality; the need to balance my geek and my =
need for nature. It generally does hurt the ability to drive into an =
office daily, though. Then again, it's over a mile as the crow flies to =
my nearest neighbor. Still working on a good wireless repeater system to =
get me from the house to a good resting place in the forest. Trees and =
wifi not friendly. lol
Jack
