For Once, the Rich White Man Has All The Power :)

At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. The wise, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep."At midnight the cry rang out: 'Here's the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!'"Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. The foolish ones said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out." 'No,' they replied, 'there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.'"But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut."Later the others also came. 'Sir! Sir!' they said. 'Open the door for us!'"But he replied, 'I tell you the truth, I don't know you.'"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour. Matthew 25:1-13

The Internet died here this morning and it's looking like it won't be repaired for a solid ten days to two weeks. There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth on this morning, but it barely affects me. I have had my own internet, DanNet, for a few months now. Yesterday, it was TIP Net, ChinaNet and DanNet. Now it's only DanNet. Effective this morning, I own a full monopoly on Internet services for this campus.

"Excellent...."

People soon realized that I had nternet, so they were saved! Of course I was happy to help them...for a nominal fee. I may not have a master's in international economics but there is a few things I have learned...among them being Supply and Demand. Since this break in service occurs on Thanksgiving Week, I am giving people one free hour during ideal American calling hours to contact home. It got so bad that earlier the Dean of the entire campus was in my room, asking (and paying) to use DanNet. However, most people can't seem to understand why I don't just set up my router for everyone to use. After all, be a nice person and all that. The answer comes from the Gospel According to Dan:


"At that time, TIP will be like ten facilitators who turned on their computers and went out to check their email. Nine of them were foolish and one of them was wise. The foolish ones depended on the campus for their Internet, the one who was wise bought his own equipment. The email was a long time in loading, and they all became impatient and did other things. At noon, the cry rang out: “Here is the proxy to load your email, come out and install it!”Then all the facilitators got back to their computers. The foolish ones said to the wise “Give us some of your bandwidth, for ours is really slow.”“No” he replied, “there may not be enough for both you and me. Instead, go to those who sell wi-fi and buy some for yourselves.”But while they were off campus, the router broke. And the one who was wise, turned on his own equipment and checked his email, and updated his blog. And the internet was password protected.Later, the others also came. “Sir! Sir!” they said, “Unlock the internet for us!” But he replied, “I tell you the truth, I will not.”Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour when the router shall break."