@bmoc, yeah I think I got mixed up on who was commenting & who was movin . What part of the country are you in? Very cool it's fiber directly to you versus a node near. A bit disconcerting they have a delicate glass strand chilling outdoors. I had an outdoor rated, buried coax cut once by a construction crew next door. Would hate to see what they would've done to fiber...
The company I work for extends demarcs & I'm quoting them often. I'd say at the enterprise level in my market, only half of customers are actually getting fiber directly into their MDF. Usually breaks off to copper at some point. Not a huge deal as long as you're getting your advertised SLA speeds though, all a fiber backbone.
@fastbilly, niceee. Do you currently resell rack space and/or your own cloud or is this a future business endeavor idea?
In today's episode of Henderson Drama, I found out that two of my students' mom (they're twins) has been arrested on accessory to murder charges for a murder committed over the summer. Evidently what happened was that their older sister (who has been more or less out of their lives since they were born) was dating a guy who abused the shit out of her (kept her chained up in the basement like a dog, beat her, raped her, etc), and she and three of her friends jumped him. She shot him and blew his jaw off, but he survived, so one of her friends shot him point blank with shotgun to finish him off. The third friend was the driver and helped them get the body in the car. They drove to a fourth friend's trailer and buried the body under 15 feet of concrete (that last part is what I'm hearing through the grapevine; last I heard, the police hadn't found the body yet).
Anyway, they don't give a shit about their sister, but what he told me was that her sister asked her mom for help cleaning the car, but she didn't know that someone had been murdered and moved in the car. I don't know if that's part true (I wasn't about to tell the kid "You're mom's a liar, and she needs to go to prison), but my students are, understandably, very upset. It was the boy who came to talk to me about it (he and his sister are fraternal twins), I just let him tell me what was going on and what he was feeling, and then he asked me for my input and my take on it. He said that his aunt lied to the police about their mom's involvement to make it sound like she didn't knowingly commit any crimes.
What I told him was that it's important that people remember that the foundation of the criminal justice system in America is "Innocent until proven guilty," but it's also important that, if she DID help cover up a murder, she needs to take responsibility for her crime and accept her punishment. I also told him that he should urge his mother to cooperate with the police and the district attorney and be fully truthful with them no matter whether she did it or not, and that he needs to make sure that he doesn't do anything that will get himself in trouble and ruin his future no matter how understandable his anger towards his aunt may be.
My take on the situation, based on what he told me, what I've heard through the grapevine, and what I've read in the newspaper, is that his mom probably wasn't involved in any way with the murder itself but that she most likely did help her daughter cover it up in an attempt to keep her out of prison. If what I'm hearing about her late ex-boyfriend is true, then I can't say that he didn't deserve to die, but it's not for us to take the law into our own hands. We're a nation of laws, and the law must be upheld, not usurped by a vigilante mindset. I guess that wasn't really a "ticked you off" sort of thing, but it was distressing to know that my students are only 14, and one (maybe both if their dad gets implicated) of their parents is facing prison time if convicted.
Anyway, for those of you who do pray, I'd ask that you keep my students, Jordan and Samantha, in your prayers. Regardless of what their mother did or didn't do, they're going to have a hell of a time for the foreseeable future with their mother's charges. They're extremely poor to begin with even without legal issues.
Elkin, I agree with everything you wrote, except this:
ElkinFencer10 wrote:I also told him that he should urge his mother to cooperate with the police and the district attorney and be fully truthful with them no matter whether she did it or not.
This woman is being charged with a very serious crime, and she should not speak to police or prosecutors without an attorney. At this point in the process, they are focused on obtaining a conviction. They most definitely are not on this woman's side, and speaking to them without an attorney will not help her in any way.
prfsnl_gmr wrote:Elkin, I agree with everything you wrote, except this:
ElkinFencer10 wrote:I also told him that he should urge his mother to cooperate with the police and the district attorney and be fully truthful with them no matter whether she did it or not.
This woman is being charged with a very serious crime, and she should not speak to police or prosecutors without an attorney. At this point in the process, they are focused on obtaining a conviction. They most definitely are not on this woman's side, and speaking to them without an attorney will not help her in any way.
prfsnl_gmr wrote:Elkin, I agree with everything you wrote, except this:
ElkinFencer10 wrote:I also told him that he should urge his mother to cooperate with the police and the district attorney and be fully truthful with them no matter whether she did it or not.
This woman is being charged with a very serious crime, and she should not speak to police or prosecutors without an attorney. At this point in the process, they are focused on obtaining a conviction. They most definitely are not on this woman's side, and speaking to them without an attorney will not help her in any way.
Sorry, I worded that poorly. I didn't mean speak with them without an attorney. Obviously she should take her attorney's advice. I just meant that she shouldn't do what the norm around here is and refuse to cooperate at all no matter what her attorney says. Henderson's really big into the "don't snitch" bullshit. I meant that she shouldn't let that keep her from cooperating to get herself a better deal.
That was my fault for not clarifying that in my post, but I think I was clear with that when I spoke to him. I hope, anyway.
Some broke into our building and into the two apartments opposite ours. The fact they managed to get into 2 and they don't look forced is concerning - it seems like someone could have a master key.
. What part of the country are you in? Very cool it's fiber directly to you versus a node near. A bit disconcerting they have a delicate glass strand chilling outdoors. I had an outdoor rated, buried coax cut once by a construction crew next door. Would hate to see what they would've done to fiber...
Some broke into our building and into the two apartments opposite ours. The fact they managed to get into 2 and they don't look forced is concerning - it seems like someone could have a master key.