Hasn't Rogers throttled torrent traffic during peak time for a while now? You max out at 30kb/s.
Oh and WoW's shitty torrent client does not play well with slower dsl lines. We used to have a 3mb/768k line and the client would max out my upload and then strangle the download speed to almost nothing. Large updates could take days. I found a program that runs on Windows 7 called Netlimiter where you can throttle bandwidth for individual applications. Now the updater gets limited to 10k up, fuck 'em.
Seagate used to be top of the line as far as hard drives were concerned but these past few years have shown a drop in quality. My 1.5 Tb Seagate started acting flakey last summer so I ordered a Hitachi as a replacement while Seagate sent me a refurb drive. We'll see how long the Hitachi lasts.
Back when 80Gb drives first came out I ordered one from Maxtor. Months later it started acting up and they sent me a replacement, which died not long afterward. A few drives later they sent me a brand new retail kit. At this point I knew enough to run the Maxtor diags before even formatting the drives. Well the diags said this drive was also bad. Yes I did run diags on different boxes to rule out a bad motherboard or cable. I decided it wasn't worth the $8 to send back drive number 6 (yes SIX) and bought a Seagate instead which is still in use today.
I remember wanting to rent the game because of the gold colored cartridge. When I finally did rent it damn what a let down. After 5 minutes I got bored and turned it off. Now keep in mind I loved the King's Quest/Space Quest series of games from Sierra but Zelda, wtf?
I have the $25/mo plan from Virgin Mobile, 300 talk minutes plus unlimited text and data. No contract and the only extra is the sales tax on $25. They do have an entry level Droid phone for $150 but its way beyond my needs for just the occasional phone call.
Code to a 4 year old anti virus app, whats that going to be worth? Kaspersky was great until a few years ago. Then one release made my parents older p4 system near unusable. It went from firefox loading in a few seconds to close to 30 seconds. Forums were filled with the same complaints and no real fixes. I changed to Avast and its been great.
So using a system you already have access to but not following workplace policy is cracking? You sound like one of those people who refuses to have a bank account and then wonders why nobody will hire you.
You mean to tell me that the companies who designed or licensed this chip plus the chip fabs themselves have no information on how they were manufactured?
Ok this I don't understand. A GUI can clean things up a lot. Instead of wading through a 1000 line config file all the options are in front of you. They are better organized and can prevent things like conflicting options or flags. I've seen NFS stop working because there was a space used instead of a tab in the config. At least apache was nice enough to finally split up httpd.conf into different parts.
and finally realize the amount energy stored in a ton (literally) of even the latest batteries is nowhere close to a gallon of gasoline. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Until we get cold fusion there will be no widespread use of electric cars.
If by "legal means" you are saying millions in campaign contributions then legal means have not been exhausted. Maybe if the RIAA/MPAA ceased donations they could stop claiming lost sales?
I guess replacing a head gasket is a normal occurrence on a domestic vehicle. Yes I do consider that an engine failure due to the amount of labor involved.
When real crimes happen like a break in, you'll be lucky if the cops show up in a few hours or even at all. Good luck explaining that someone else logged into your facebook account. Now if they heard you had an ounce of weed then its a different story...
Right now every one of you is literally in a sea of radio and magnetic fields. Every TV, radio, cordless phone, cell phone, police radio, satellite signal, and WIFI is travelling through your body. Now all of those things are fine but suddenly WIFI just goes to far? I can expect such bullshit from this country with a team of lawyers waiting to sue, but Canada?
A few years ago the LaserDisc rips of the Starwars movies were available on bittorrent. Although it looks like most of the torrents are no longer seeded.
Trust me, you won't see fully electric cars replacing gasoline until we develop cold fusion. Just google how many Joules you get in a pound of gasoline versus a pound of anything else. The technology simply does not exist and will not for a long time. The stuff you see now is just small incremental improvements. Oh and you math geeks, figure out how many pounds of coal was burned to charge that battery halfway.
Because it scares the old and technology illiterate people we call politicians. Half the supreme court doesn't know the difference between a pager and a cell phone.
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Hasn't Rogers throttled torrent traffic during peak time for a while now? You max out at 30kb/s.
Oh and WoW's shitty torrent client does not play well with slower dsl lines. We used to have a 3mb/768k line and the client would max out my upload and then strangle the download speed to almost nothing. Large updates could take days. I found a program that runs on Windows 7 called Netlimiter where you can throttle bandwidth for individual applications. Now the updater gets limited to 10k up, fuck 'em.
Seagate used to be top of the line as far as hard drives were concerned but these past few years have shown a drop in quality. My 1.5 Tb Seagate started acting flakey last summer so I ordered a Hitachi as a replacement while Seagate sent me a refurb drive. We'll see how long the Hitachi lasts.
Back when 80Gb drives first came out I ordered one from Maxtor. Months later it started acting up and they sent me a replacement, which died not long afterward. A few drives later they sent me a brand new retail kit. At this point I knew enough to run the Maxtor diags before even formatting the drives. Well the diags said this drive was also bad. Yes I did run diags on different boxes to rule out a bad motherboard or cable. I decided it wasn't worth the $8 to send back drive number 6 (yes SIX) and bought a Seagate instead which is still in use today.
Thanks for fucking up the market for the rest of the world. This image comes to mind..
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3014/2907411559_117ac480b5.jpg
I remember wanting to rent the game because of the gold colored cartridge. When I finally did rent it damn what a let down. After 5 minutes I got bored and turned it off. Now keep in mind I loved the King's Quest/Space Quest series of games from Sierra but Zelda, wtf?
We don't like High Frequency Trading because it fucks up the economy for everyone else.
I have the $25/mo plan from Virgin Mobile, 300 talk minutes plus unlimited text and data. No contract and the only extra is the sales tax on $25. They do have an entry level Droid phone for $150 but its way beyond my needs for just the occasional phone call.
Code to a 4 year old anti virus app, whats that going to be worth? Kaspersky was great until a few years ago. Then one release made my parents older p4 system near unusable. It went from firefox loading in a few seconds to close to 30 seconds. Forums were filled with the same complaints and no real fixes. I changed to Avast and its been great.
So using a system you already have access to but not following workplace policy is cracking? You sound like one of those people who refuses to have a bank account and then wonders why nobody will hire you.
Scanning files with ClamWin is about as fast as reading them yourself with a hex editor. I use Avast.
You mean to tell me that the companies who designed or licensed this chip plus the chip fabs themselves have no information on how they were manufactured?
Men and women are different?
This should be modded (un)funny but its insightful. Who is really that dense?
Ok this I don't understand. A GUI can clean things up a lot. Instead of wading through a 1000 line config file all the options are in front of you. They are better organized and can prevent things like conflicting options or flags. I've seen NFS stop working because there was a space used instead of a tab in the config. At least apache was nice enough to finally split up httpd.conf into different parts.
and finally realize the amount energy stored in a ton (literally) of even the latest batteries is nowhere close to a gallon of gasoline. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Until we get cold fusion there will be no widespread use of electric cars.
If by "legal means" you are saying millions in campaign contributions then legal means have not been exhausted. Maybe if the RIAA/MPAA ceased donations they could stop claiming lost sales?
I guess replacing a head gasket is a normal occurrence on a domestic vehicle. Yes I do consider that an engine failure due to the amount of labor involved.
This really isn't good. The monster that is airport security is too big to control. Not even high profile politicians can seem to escape it.
When real crimes happen like a break in, you'll be lucky if the cops show up in a few hours or even at all. Good luck explaining that someone else logged into your facebook account. Now if they heard you had an ounce of weed then its a different story...
An item hit stores friday and you post a review monday afternoon? Seriously why even bother at this point?
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/170/392215547_bf0e298327.jpg
Right now every one of you is literally in a sea of radio and magnetic fields. Every TV, radio, cordless phone, cell phone, police radio, satellite signal, and WIFI is travelling through your body. Now all of those things are fine but suddenly WIFI just goes to far? I can expect such bullshit from this country with a team of lawyers waiting to sue, but Canada?
A few years ago the LaserDisc rips of the Starwars movies were available on bittorrent. Although it looks like most of the torrents are no longer seeded.
GE has deeper pockets than the other company.
If by "some people" you mean a majority.
Trust me, you won't see fully electric cars replacing gasoline until we develop cold fusion. Just google how many Joules you get in a pound of gasoline versus a pound of anything else. The technology simply does not exist and will not for a long time. The stuff you see now is just small incremental improvements. Oh and you math geeks, figure out how many pounds of coal was burned to charge that battery halfway.
Because it scares the old and technology illiterate people we call politicians. Half the supreme court doesn't know the difference between a pager and a cell phone.