I haven't gotten any notices of that type (yet), but I have maxed out my NNTP xfer amount with Speakeasy quite often lately. What am I downloading? Why, TV shows, of course! I don't currently have enough $ for both my DSL connection & a decent TV service, so I'm relying on through the air broadcast for my TV viewing habits. Which, unfortunately, doesn't work too well for me where I'm at. So, I download the eps I miss off of UseNet. Many of these are straight digital sat feed recordings, too, and many are even from areas where they're broadcast before I could've watched them here. Neato. So, I just got down downloading the widescreen PAL version of 7x12 & 7x13 of Stargate SG-1. Nifty. But also quite bandwidth intensive. I blew right past a gigabyte yesterday just downloading those two things.:( I also download Angel, Enterprise, and other shows, so yeah, I chew through a lot of bandwidth on a weekly basis. If I could find them via a non-UseNet source, I'd be much happier, though I may run into that excessive use policy if I do.:)
Broadband is mainly marketed as FASTER, not as 'unlimited downloaded bits available'.
There's a difference between speed & bandwidth consumed, and that's the sticky point - since your ISP has to pay for bandwidth consumed, so should you. Right?
Okay, so "back in the day" (Amiga!), I got this really spiffy new floppy disk copying program, and decided that would be a good time to make backups of all my floppies (no HD back then). So I fired up the new copying program, and made backups of all my floppies.
Unfortunately, I hadn't taken quiiiiiite enough time to learn how this new copy program worked - it LOOKED pretty easy to use, but, well...no.
Instead of making backups of all my floppies, it had reformatted each of the floppies I put in to make backups OF, and formatted the 'copies' I thought I was making, thus wiping out my entire floppy collection.
That's almost as amazing as finding one's "hand twin!" I know I'd pay good money to see twin stars showcased in some type of entertainment venue. Gosh.
What I want: an mp3/aac/ogg player that has a nice (as in many characters) backlit display, easy controls, has a good FM tuner, and for storage - nothing but a CF (type II if possible) slot. I'll supply the storage, thanks.
Oh, also, FW400 & USB2.0 ('hi-speed') interfaces. Oh, and the ability to use it as portable storage, like the iPod. Voice recording & the ability to record from the FM tuner would be nice, too, whilst I'm dreaming.
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Nah, it'll be a true science when you can install nitrous boost. I can see the movie now, "Too Equine, Too Furious!" I just hope it doesn't star Edward Furlong, or anyone named Ed. (of course)
That was for "Internet in a Box," you punk kids. Back when we had to piece together our uuencoded porn bits by HAND before we could decode them! BY HAND!!!
Tech support question #1: Have you called the right company? Tech support question #2: Have they called the right department? Tech support question #3: Is it plugged in? Tech support question #4: Are you SURE? Tech support question #5: Is it turned on? Tech support question #6: Are you SURE? (educate user about having to turn on the monitor separately from the CPU box) Tech support question #7: Have they rebooted? (educate caller about what 'reboot' means & instruct user to call back after machine has rebooted)
Average Call Time: 1.4 minutes = Tech Support Rep of the Month again, booya!:)
Laughing when one of Jerry Pournelle's lackeys calls for help AGAIN = priceless.
("No, sir, being one of "Jerry's kids" doesn't get you a special tech support number to call." Ugh.)
> This means no more workplace Macs (except maybe the art department) and no Macs purchased by people who need to take their work home.
Yes, such a huge percentage of Mac sales, I'm sure. Also, 'MS Office' file formats don't always necessitate.doc - you can use.rtf just fine with most things, and the importer/exporter features of many MS Office competitors work just fine for the vast majority of files.
I say that Apple should learn their lesson from IBM and OS/2 - don't go for a 'compatible' solution - go for an ALTERNATIVE solution. Ditch MS and go your own way! OS/2's biggest problem was trying to work WITH Windows, and it killed them. Noone wanted to make OS/2-native software when OS/2 could run Windows software. Why have crappy MS software for the Mac when it doesn't gain them any noticable marketshare?
Yeah, and look how it 'devastated' the Mac community.:) I'd say MS needs Apple more than the other way around - I've heard the Mac business unit at MS is among the most profitable, compared to how much they spend on development. Probably a lot less piracy going on in Mac-land.
Okay, set up a site for potential spammers to buy one of these CDs. Require they give correct contact information to purchase.
Once lots of them have purchased, send out the CDs with the list of people who purchased the CD.
Profit and the joy of justice, all in the same business plan!
"Oh yeah." - The Duffman
"Evil's no good. Ya just don't cotton to it. You've gotta whack it on the nose with the rolled-up Newspaper of Justice, and say, 'Bad dog...bad dog!'" - The Tick (as best I can remember)
"1 Unleash vigilante justice on spammers One activist has proposed filters that launch distributed denial-of-service attacks back at spammers. Great. Just make sure we have the right addresses first."
Yeah, that's a real smart idea. *sigh* Do I dare even read the rest of the list if THAT is #1?... continuing down list...
I think some of these things are ideas by someone who doesn't understand technology. Check this one out:
12 Make email addresses portable
Yeah, whatever. I've taken my email address with me through several ISPs. Are they suggesting something stupid like taking your @aol.com address with you to some other ISP? Ugh. There's so many things wrong with that one I won't even bother listing them.
Many of the ideas contradict each other, also, which is interesting.
#92 should the the One Rule for Everyone who sends email. Everyone. Yes, this means YOU!
D-Link is what I'd recommend. They, like other Aetheros (sp?) -based equipment, has 'turbo-g' mode at double the normal rate of 54mbps. Just as long as you aren't within interference range of another turbo-g network, of course.:)
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Ahh...job security. :)
Maybe I can meet Delux_247 if I go! :)
Just as you shouldn't live in a desert, or in a flood plain, you shouldn't live where there's no broadband access. It's just that simple. :)
I haven't gotten any notices of that type (yet), but I have maxed out my NNTP xfer amount with Speakeasy quite often lately. What am I downloading? Why, TV shows, of course! I don't currently have enough $ for both my DSL connection & a decent TV service, so I'm relying on through the air broadcast for my TV viewing habits. Which, unfortunately, doesn't work too well for me where I'm at. So, I download the eps I miss off of UseNet. Many of these are straight digital sat feed recordings, too, and many are even from areas where they're broadcast before I could've watched them here. Neato. So, I just got down downloading the widescreen PAL version of 7x12 & 7x13 of Stargate SG-1. Nifty. But also quite bandwidth intensive. I blew right past a gigabyte yesterday just downloading those two things. :( I also download Angel, Enterprise, and other shows, so yeah, I chew through a lot of bandwidth on a weekly basis. If I could find them via a non-UseNet source, I'd be much happier, though I may run into that excessive use policy if I do. :)
Broadband is mainly marketed as FASTER, not as 'unlimited downloaded bits available'.
There's a difference between speed & bandwidth consumed, and that's the sticky point - since your ISP has to pay for bandwidth consumed, so should you. Right?
Okay, so "back in the day" (Amiga!), I got this really spiffy new floppy disk copying program, and decided that would be a good time to make backups of all my floppies (no HD back then). So I fired up the new copying program, and made backups of all my floppies.
Unfortunately, I hadn't taken quiiiiiite enough time to learn how this new copy program worked - it LOOKED pretty easy to use, but, well...no.
Instead of making backups of all my floppies, it had reformatted each of the floppies I put in to make backups OF, and formatted the 'copies' I thought I was making, thus wiping out my entire floppy collection.
*sigh*
That's almost as amazing as finding one's "hand twin!" I know I'd pay good money to see twin stars showcased in some type of entertainment venue. Gosh.
Way to kill a joke. :(
Turtles, eh?
African or European?
(And why do I find myself asking this question so often lately?)
_Still_ no FM Tuner? Whisky-Tango-Foxtrot?!
What I want: an mp3/aac/ogg player that has a nice (as in many characters) backlit display, easy controls, has a good FM tuner, and for storage - nothing but a CF (type II if possible) slot. I'll supply the storage, thanks.
Oh, also, FW400 & USB2.0 ('hi-speed') interfaces. Oh, and the ability to use it as portable storage, like the iPod. Voice recording & the ability to record from the FM tuner would be nice, too, whilst I'm dreaming.
No, the key question is, "African or European?"
Nah, it'll be a true science when you can install nitrous boost. I can see the movie now, "Too Equine, Too Furious!" I just hope it doesn't star Edward Furlong, or anyone named Ed. (of course)
The real worry here is that they'll start tracking how fast I ride my rental horse, and charge me extra for going too fast.
...that's South Dakota.
"Never underestimate the power of a Pentium-90 with a grudge to settle."
:)
Nice.
That was for "Internet in a Box," you punk kids. Back when we had to piece together our uuencoded porn bits by HAND before we could decode them! BY HAND!!!
Tech support question #1: Have you called the right company?
:)
Tech support question #2: Have they called the right department?
Tech support question #3: Is it plugged in?
Tech support question #4: Are you SURE?
Tech support question #5: Is it turned on?
Tech support question #6: Are you SURE?
(educate user about having to turn on the monitor separately from the CPU box)
Tech support question #7: Have they rebooted?
(educate caller about what 'reboot' means & instruct user to call back after machine has rebooted)
Average Call Time: 1.4 minutes = Tech Support Rep of the Month again, booya!
Laughing when one of Jerry Pournelle's lackeys calls for help AGAIN = priceless.
("No, sir, being one of "Jerry's kids" doesn't get you a special tech support number to call." Ugh.)
> This means no more workplace Macs (except maybe the art department) and no Macs purchased by people who need to take their work home.
.doc - you can use .rtf just fine with most things, and the importer/exporter features of many MS Office competitors work just fine for the vast majority of files.
Yes, such a huge percentage of Mac sales, I'm sure. Also, 'MS Office' file formats don't always necessitate
I say that Apple should learn their lesson from IBM and OS/2 - don't go for a 'compatible' solution - go for an ALTERNATIVE solution. Ditch MS and go your own way! OS/2's biggest problem was trying to work WITH Windows, and it killed them. Noone wanted to make OS/2-native software when OS/2 could run Windows software. Why have crappy MS software for the Mac when it doesn't gain them any noticable marketshare?
Yeah, and look how it 'devastated' the Mac community. :)
I'd say MS needs Apple more than the other way around - I've heard the Mac business unit at MS is among the most profitable, compared to how much they spend on development. Probably a lot less piracy going on in Mac-land.
The Internet-Enabled Remote Bitchslap(patent pending) will be the biggest thing EVAR!
Oh yeah, and an addition to CallerID called CallerIQ.
Okay, set up a site for potential spammers to buy one of these CDs. Require they give correct contact information to purchase.
Once lots of them have purchased, send out the CDs with the list of people who purchased the CD.
Profit and the joy of justice, all in the same business plan!
"Oh yeah."
- The Duffman
"Evil's no good. Ya just don't cotton to it. You've gotta whack it on the nose with the rolled-up Newspaper of Justice, and say, 'Bad dog...bad dog!'"
- The Tick (as best I can remember)
"1 Unleash vigilante justice on spammers One activist has proposed filters that launch distributed denial-of-service attacks back at spammers. Great. Just make sure we have the right addresses first."
... continuing down list ...
Yeah, that's a real smart idea. *sigh* Do I dare even read the rest of the list if THAT is #1?
I think some of these things are ideas by someone who doesn't understand technology. Check this one out:
12 Make email addresses portable
Yeah, whatever. I've taken my email address with me through several ISPs. Are they suggesting something stupid like taking your @aol.com address with you to some other ISP? Ugh. There's so many things wrong with that one I won't even bother listing them.
Many of the ideas contradict each other, also, which is interesting.
#92 should the the One Rule for Everyone who sends email. Everyone. Yes, this means YOU!
The third format in China won't matter, since they'll be too busy pirating Western stuff anyway.
"Always keep your optics clean."
And remember that revenge is a moral imperative.
D-Link is what I'd recommend. They, like other Aetheros (sp?) -based equipment, has 'turbo-g' mode at double the normal rate of 54mbps. Just as long as you aren't within interference range of another turbo-g network, of course. :)