*** Quoting Michiel van der Vlist from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

MvdV>  MvdV>> the D for the main leg of your connection with your uplink.

 CS> BTW, forgive if this is a duplicate reply.  My laptop on the ship died

MvdV> Laptops are still quite vulnerable and much more difficult to repair t
MvdV> desktops. I hope you can get it fixed or replace it.

 CS> and I'm not sure if the answer got out.

MvdV> It did, but I don't mind commenting again.;-)

Hehe saw it later but my pointers are a mess and i dont see a good way to
fix ¨that with me hopping between feed types and such (at sea and at home).

 CS> I'm transiting some 50k at average a day for the BBSing habits.

MvdV> *Very* modest....

Yes.  Reasonable usage of the overhead.  Comparied to 'Seaman Timmy' who
gets a ¨2GIG set of pics sent by his wife (who refuses to stop even whenb
he asks her ¨to) of 'Baby Seaman Timmy' every day.


MvdV> Of course. But every employer that I have worked for allows modest per
MvdV> use of facilities. Be it taking tools home for the weekend or communic
MvdV> facilities...

I've seen allowances for checking out laptops for taking home for work
reasons ¨at times.  Though I have never needed such, it's a reasonable
solution when the ¨need fits.  Thats as applicable to any other job as
mine.

MvdV>  MvdV>> be part of the fringe benefits.

 CS> Grin, thanks and yes, they are allowable but you'll track possibly a
 CS> trend of my responses that I keep it minimal for personal use.

MvdV> Of course.

 CS> We all do.  That way, there's enough to go around for all 1,200 of us
 CS> on the ship (3,000 or so when the Marines are onboard).

MvdV> I can see that with so many even an apparemntly
"infinite" resource ca
MvdV> become scarce.

Yes.  Thats why I keep things simple.  Works for us all.

 CS> and are sold at the ship's store.  Email is free though!

MvdV> Hmmm...

MvdV> They are not as liberal with information as they used to be so I do no
MvdV> know about the guys now going to Uruzgan, but the Dutch battalion that
MvdV> went to some problem region in Africa a couple of years back had their
MvdV> own cell phone cell on the camp that directly plugged into the Dutch t
MvdV> system via a satellite link. So that the guys could make calls to thei
MvdV> family and friends with their own cell phone at the cost of a
"local"
MvdV> call. They could also be called on their own cell phones.

That would be sweet and reasonable!  I can guess they have to pay for the
line ¨even when not in use, so letting it stay idle just makes no sense.

                                       xxcarol

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