[registrars] Directnic - An Example of Resolve

[Donny Simonton]

John,
We have!  And we thank everybody who has offered to help us.  Last not we
acquired more diesel that should last us 7-14 days.  It' been an interesting
72 hours, so I would like to thank everyone and hopefully nobody has to go
through this.

Donny

-----Original Message-----
From: John Berryhill [mailto:john at johnberryhill.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 1:35 PM
To: 'Donny Simonton'; 'Registrars Constituency'
Subject: RE: [registrars] Directnic - An Example of Resolve


Donny,

Monte over at Moniker.com is ready to back up and run anything you have.  If
you haven't heard from him yet, try to reach him.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Donny Simonton
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 7:45 PM
To: 'John Berryhill'; 'Registrars Constituency'
Subject: RE: [registrars] Directnic - An Example of Resolve

John,
Yeah, we are not sure how much longer we will be able to stay up in our data
center.  We will run out of diesel in probably about 24-48 hours.  We are on
the 10th floor of a building, but who knows what will happen when we have 10
feet of water tomorrow morning.

Donny Simonton
Intercosmos Media Group dba directNIC.com


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of John Berryhill
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 6:24 PM
To: 'Registrars Constituency'
Subject: [registrars] Directnic - An Example of Resolve



Many of you may not have been aware that Directnic is located in New
Orleans.  

If anyone has experience in field efficiency tuning of diesel generators,
your help is needed.

>From the blog:

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6:04 pm 	
Diesel
We're gonna need a supply of it -- steady supply. Does anyone have the means
to deliver some to New Orleans? We have the means to pay for it -- we're
thinking $10/gallon? Is this doable?
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5:04 pm 	
One of our employee's uncle has some kind of huge boat and he donated his
diesel reserves to our cause. We're set for the time being as far as that
goes.

I can't believe no one has told us they have great news -- they just saved a
bunch of money on their car insurance by switching... ;)

Ok, the looting is getting nuts out there. The water is creeping, but very
very very slowly. I've got the feed aimed at the street where it's coming
from, and you can sort of see it. It looks like a shadow on the street right
now.

I heard I was on CNN and it was mentioned that my tone is no longer
optimistic. Let me just say that I am very optimistic. The city can descend
into chaos for a little while, but eventually order will develop. Sure, it
looks bleak, but we'll work through it.

I have a lot of people telling us to abandon ship and get out. Guys, that's
not gonna happen. I'll eat roaches and drink the funky Quarter sludge in the
gutters of Bourbon Street long before I abandon my city. I've got resources
and will and so does my team, and we're here until this is over.

There's not a whole lot else to report at this time. I'm still on ICQ, still
doing the feed, and I'll update as needed.
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2:44 pm 	
Update
Will be away for a few. Found some diesel. Directnic is not going anywhere.

Back in a bit.


9:48 am 	
Need Some Help: Engineer Types
We are running on a diesal generator, specifically:

    Cummins Onan 750dfha
    844
    serial 800065069
    It's a 750 Kw generator



Current draw is 210 volts. 20% load, down from 30%. We're gonna try to get
it to 10%.

What I need to know is what should we do to make it consume diesel at the
lowest rate?

Also, does anyone know what options are available to get more diesel in New
Orleans?

Maybe someone could contact the company for us and get us some info?

We need to slow it down, we need to conserve consuption, etc. People are
telling us that if we try to slow it down, it won't work right... We need
some info that will help us in our situation. We can cut off some of the ACs
we're running, and we're going to....

Thanks in advance.
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John B. Berryhill, Ph.d. esq.
4 West Front St.
Media, PA 19063
(610) 565-5601 voice
(267) 386-8115 voicemail/fax
john at johnberryhill.com