I live in Idaho so it doesn't rain that often here, but it has rained hard before and it does get windy. When I did have cable I had to have the Cable Guy come out at least 3 times (about once a month) to fix my cable because it was fuzzy. With the DirecTV I've had for about 2 years I have only had it have problems about 2 times and it only lasted about 15 minutes each time. (Bonus is I didn't need the "DirecTV Guy" come out to fix it) I'd go DirecTV again without a thought.
I've also got a standalone Tivo and a Replay. I think I would prefer the DirecTivo over the standalone. The MPEG from the reciever is saved right to the HD instead of being reencoded, so it saves space and gives a better picture. Also I don't like the IR Blaster method of changing the channels and the Guide data in the standalone doesn't include the PPV channels. Using a serial connection (which is how my Replay is setup) actually works well, but still the same guide problems.
I just wish I could pick which channels I got, as I only really watch Discovery, Sci-Fi and I'd watch a few of the network stations if I could get them here.
A friend of mine is heavy sleeper. He just went and got 2 alarm clocks. He also has 2 computers. All 4 of them are set to go off at the same time. On top of this the 2 computer must be shut off by entering some command sequence on one of the keyboards, so he actually has to get up and turn on the light and monitor to turn off the alarm. By that time he couldn't really get back to sleep if he wanted it.
As for what he uses for the computer.. heh.. I think it's just mIRC running some script and doing some socket stuff to tell the other one when to go on and off.
I once changed Windows "Fatal Error" sound on a friends computer to a WAV of Nelson from the Simpsons saying "HA HA!" I was possibly one of the funniest things ever when you see it happen to someone else. Anyone that has used Windows should know that the fatal error sound happens a lot, and usually in rapid sucession. I can say though that when it happen to me it was very unfunny!
My senior year in high school there was a new computer lab being installed and they needed student assistants to help the other kids with Word and Excel and the like. They also wanted to get the lab connected to the Internet. So I signed up.
When I got there they had about 15 PCs and a phone line. The hubs and the server were in the mail and the network cards were in a box in the corner. They also purchased 5 Mac's that were delivered later.
Once the server was delivered I basically setup the lab. They wanted NT, so I installed NT server and set it all up. In the process I totally learned how to do a lot of things with profiles and policies that I never would have known about. We also used services on the NT machine to create a shared drive that the Macs and the PC's could both see to help move file between them. I even setup the Proxy server at first so that 5 of those PC's could share the one modem. Before I left they had ISDN installed and all the computers were then online. We even wired the library, a couple other computer labs, and a few of the other rooms in the building. It was the best lab in the entire school district.
I never would have been able to do it without the lab supervisor. He gave me a lot of room to do what I wanted and usually I was able to fix most of the problems on my own. We used to discuss problems that we had in the lab with studets that tried to "hack" the 98 machines and generally we solved most of the problems or found solutions online.
I still to this day go to lunch with him whenever I'm in town and I occasionally help him with any problems he may be having with the lab. I guess they still talk about the "guy that installed the first NT network in the district."
I can also say that after working in the lab I can totally see why teaching is so difficult. The students aren't the problem either, its the administration and all the hoops that constantly have to be jumped through to get anything done.
I can personally say that not all the girls here are snow cows, there's also the ugly catagory. So when there are only 50 or so good looking women on campus to the few thousand guys that go here..not counting the ones with boyfriends from downstate or elsewhere...it doesn't give anyone a very good change of getting one. And I know I'm exaggerating a little...I'd say there's about 100 or so good looking women not 50.
I don't need to have a bug in computer that lets people see what appliances are turned on over the Internet... just what I need...some robber can just check to see if I'm home by watching what appliances are turned on.
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I live in Idaho so it doesn't rain that often here, but it has rained hard before and it does get windy. When I did have cable I had to have the Cable Guy come out at least 3 times (about once a month) to fix my cable because it was fuzzy. With the DirecTV I've had for about 2 years I have only had it have problems about 2 times and it only lasted about 15 minutes each time. (Bonus is I didn't need the "DirecTV Guy" come out to fix it) I'd go DirecTV again without a thought.
I've also got a standalone Tivo and a Replay. I think I would prefer the DirecTivo over the standalone. The MPEG from the reciever is saved right to the HD instead of being reencoded, so it saves space and gives a better picture. Also I don't like the IR Blaster method of changing the channels and the Guide data in the standalone doesn't include the PPV channels. Using a serial connection (which is how my Replay is setup) actually works well, but still the same guide problems.
I just wish I could pick which channels I got, as I only really watch Discovery, Sci-Fi and I'd watch a few of the network stations if I could get them here.
A friend of mine is heavy sleeper. He just went and got 2 alarm clocks. He also has 2 computers. All 4 of them are set to go off at the same time. On top of this the 2 computer must be shut off by entering some command sequence on one of the keyboards, so he actually has to get up and turn on the light and monitor to turn off the alarm. By that time he couldn't really get back to sleep if he wanted it.
As for what he uses for the computer.. heh.. I think it's just mIRC running some script and doing some socket stuff to tell the other one when to go on and off.
I once changed Windows "Fatal Error" sound on a friends computer to a WAV of Nelson from the Simpsons saying "HA HA!" I was possibly one of the funniest things ever when you see it happen to someone else. Anyone that has used Windows should know that the fatal error sound happens a lot, and usually in rapid sucession. I can say though that when it happen to me it was very unfunny!
My senior year in high school there was a new computer lab being installed and they needed student assistants to help the other kids with Word and Excel and the like. They also wanted to get the lab connected to the Internet. So I signed up.
When I got there they had about 15 PCs and a phone line. The hubs and the server were in the mail and the network cards were in a box in the corner. They also purchased 5 Mac's that were delivered later.
Once the server was delivered I basically setup the lab. They wanted NT, so I installed NT server and set it all up. In the process I totally learned how to do a lot of things with profiles and policies that I never would have known about. We also used services on the NT machine to create a shared drive that the Macs and the PC's could both see to help move file between them. I even setup the Proxy server at first so that 5 of those PC's could share the one modem. Before I left they had ISDN installed and all the computers were then online. We even wired the library, a couple other computer labs, and a few of the other rooms in the building. It was the best lab in the entire school district.
I never would have been able to do it without the lab supervisor. He gave me a lot of room to do what I wanted and usually I was able to fix most of the problems on my own. We used to discuss problems that we had in the lab with studets that tried to "hack" the 98 machines and generally we solved most of the problems or found solutions online.
I still to this day go to lunch with him whenever I'm in town and I occasionally help him with any problems he may be having with the lab. I guess they still talk about the "guy that installed the first NT network in the district."
I can also say that after working in the lab I can totally see why teaching is so difficult. The students aren't the problem either, its the administration and all the hoops that constantly have to be jumped through to get anything done.
I can personally say that not all the girls here are snow cows, there's also the ugly catagory. So when there are only 50 or so good looking women on campus to the few thousand guys that go here..not counting the ones with boyfriends from downstate or elsewhere...it doesn't give anyone a very good change of getting one. And I know I'm exaggerating a little...I'd say there's about 100 or so good looking women not 50.
-Jeff
I don't need to have a bug in computer that lets people see what appliances are turned on over the Internet... just what I need...some robber can just check to see if I'm home by watching what appliances are turned on.
I think Connectix is in the right here. Emulators are great and I know I would rather play a Playstation game on my 19" monitor rather than my 13" TV.
If Sony does win, I hope the source gets "leaked."
-Jeff