Looks like some of the CAT3 I inherited at my $ORK_PLACE. A couple of runs were too short, so the guy who did it spliced additional length onto the end by stripping it, twisting the wires together and encasing the splice in electrical tape. Brrr.
We've got MCSEs here that...make more than the PhD adjunct professors.
Well, who would you want to pay more money to, someone who can beat Minesweeper on the Advanced level in under a minute, or someone who sits around trying to prove that no matter what time it is, 24 hours a day, you can find a Michael Caine or Gene Hackman movie playing on TV?
Could be. Also, the existing cable was probably old enough to cause problems. The installer was probably pissed that he had to run new cable from their box into your house, and just ran it to the modem so he wouldn't have to run it to the rest of your jacks.
Drawing on old-school methods to splice cable TV lines for unauthorized use
What are the "new school" methods of doing this? This is the same way the cable monkeys from $CABLE_MONKEY_CENTRAL (Comcast for me) do it. Is there a new, better way to do this instead of getting a coax splitter, and connecting it to the cable?
hammers and toilet seats...that's where the real money is.
Don't forget the toilet paper. Can't have our boys getting chafed you know. Sure as hell don't want 'em getting splinters from the TP like the $ENEMY_ARMY_OF_THE_DAY does.
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Looks like some of the CAT3 I inherited at my $ORK_PLACE. A couple of runs were too short, so the guy who did it spliced additional length onto the end by stripping it, twisting the wires together and encasing the splice in electrical tape. Brrr.
Neither is that electrical tape.
Quoth Wally to Dilbert: "You're pretty brave in cyberspace, Flame-Boy."
Well, everyone knows that Slashdot is the place to ask if you want to remain unobtrusive.
Milhouse: "Let's post it on the Internet!"
Bart: "No, we have to tell people who actually matter."
But have they tried "bork-bork-bork" yet?
They measure them by weight? I always thought they were measured by lines of code.
There needs to be some sort of an IQ test before people are allowed to moderate.: )
There is. You have to be able to type "slashdot.org" into your browser. It's an IQ test, just not an IQ test for high intelligence.
We've got MCSEs here that...make more than the PhD adjunct professors.
Well, who would you want to pay more money to, someone who can beat Minesweeper on the Advanced level in under a minute, or someone who sits around trying to prove that no matter what time it is, 24 hours a day, you can find a Michael Caine or Gene Hackman movie playing on TV?
ObSimpsons:
Homer: "Do we get to land on an aircraft carrier?"
Pilot: "No, Sir, the closest vessel in the USS Walter Mondale. It's a laundry ship."
Not that great. It should say, "Mad Perund Op", if it's to really look like Taco wrote it.
Even better, replace the seats with chairs...Nice comfy ones.
Homer: "What you guys need...is hammocks!
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Excuse me, Hank? Do you know where I can get some business hammocks?"
a whole new drop from the pole outside my house
Could be. Also, the existing cable was probably old enough to cause problems. The installer was probably pissed that he had to run new cable from their box into your house, and just ran it to the modem so he wouldn't have to run it to the rest of your jacks.
Drawing on old-school methods to splice cable TV lines for unauthorized use
What are the "new school" methods of doing this? This is the same way the cable monkeys from $CABLE_MONKEY_CENTRAL (Comcast for me) do it. Is there a new, better way to do this instead of getting a coax splitter, and connecting it to the cable?
a contest of dick sizes?
Actually, it's a capitalization contest.
Now that I have a toddler who sometimes wakes up in the middle of the night, I understand.
The Teletubbies give your kid nightmares? I can understand that.
No one needs to know how many episodes of Star Trek I've been watching.
I'd be more concerned about Teletubby viewing habits getting out. Not that I do that sort of thing, no sir.
LOL! How many folks will catch that?
GNU/Reich? BlitzGNU? Iron Penguin? Col. Klinkux?
hammers and toilet seats...that's where the real money is.
Don't forget the toilet paper. Can't have our boys getting chafed you know. Sure as hell don't want 'em getting splinters from the TP like the $ENEMY_ARMY_OF_THE_DAY does.
...are there any other "features" that it offers that IE doesn't, or at least doesn't do as well as Opera?
Opera renders www.microsoft.com MUCH faster than IE.
It's funny- the publicity photos of the 15 inch macs really make it look a lot nicer then it is.
The photos make it look nicer, then Taco finds that it truly IS nicer. I am amazed.
Now you'll have to hold your cellphone to your eye and use the keyboard/mouse too! You'll need 3 hands.
And the secret ingredient is....LOVE! OK, who's been screwing with this thing?
"And now, the Gamble-Tron 2000 will tell us the winner, nyahey .... Cincinnati, by 200 points!?!? You stupid piece junk!"