[12:53:49] <artaxerxes> hi all
[12:54:06] <artaxerxes> anyone else affected by power outage?
[12:55:32] <DarkeZzz> Not that I know of. Even all the folks I know who live up in the .us/.ca missed out on it. *grin*
[12:56:27] <artaxerxes> I was touched for sure!
[12:56:52] <DarkeZzz> Heh.
[12:57:15] <artaxerxes> walked from downtown Toronto to home: about 3 hours
[12:57:35] <DarkeZzz> So all this fuss about a massive power outage, and you were the only one affected? Gee... there really can't be all that many people living up there after all... *grin*
[12:58:39] <artaxerxes> ;-)
[12:59:08] <artaxerxes> it was getting dark when we walked through the worst part of town!
[12:59:30] <artaxerxes> fortunately, there were so many ppl walking nothing could have happened
[13:01:04] <DarkeZzz> Heh. One of the benefits I find living in the city down here. It's supposed to be 'the most dangerous part of town', but if you keep to the main streets, the only time there's no one around after dark is in the wee hours of the morning, compared to out in the suburbs if someone mugs you, you aren't likely to be noticed 'til morning, if then. *grin*
[13:03:03] <olivieryk> great to have the energy providers private guys isn't it?
[13:03:06] <olivieryk> :)
[13:03:45] <DarkeZzz> Completely nuts, it is. Of course our government thought this was *such* a brilliant idea of the .us, the decided to sell off our power companies a few years ago too.
[13:04:14] <olivieryk> that's what is going to happen more or less in france too, so we'll be in the same shit
[13:04:33] <artaxerxes> pile up on candles while you have time! :-)
[13:05:26] <DarkeZzz> I must admit one benefit of .au, is we lack any nuclear power plants, so it's quite *impossible* that they can screw up maximally badly. *grin*
[13:07:03] <artaxerxes> I think a power plant rebooted after MSBlaster! :-)
[13:07:45] <DarkeZzz> Thankfully MSWindows isn't licenced as a platform to run nuclear reactors. Battleships, atm networks, yes, reactors, no. *grin*
[13:44:48] <artaxerxes> hi
[13:45:07] <Colourless> hi
[13:47:41] <olivieryk> hi
[13:48:27] <artaxerxes> gotta go pick up my wife downtown... power is still fragile and there is some blackouts happening
[13:48:35] <artaxerxes> see you all later1