The hospital I work at was where most of the Pentagon wounded ended up going to. They needed bodies helping with triage, so they
grabbed me.(later,I was also grabbed to help with a bomb threat...Being 5 feet from a supposed bomb, trying to keep people away for the bomb squad
just isn't fun..btw...The bomb ended up being a bag of pretzels...but I digress....)...
I ended up riding the elevator up with a seargent with pretty badly burned legs. Someone turned to the seargent and said, 'Bad day, huh?...' And the seargent just smiled and said....'Bad day?! This is the best day of my life....I'm sitting here with you, aren't I?'...
I don't know about anyone else, but I've had nothing but smooth sailing with PatriotNet's DSL, after installation.....I've had a 768K connection for around 9/10 months now. Their residential DSL gets you to AboveNet's backbone within 1-2 jumps, and they provide you with a static IP from the beginning. They are also a somewhat-knowledgeable- about-linux/*NIX shop, so that helps, too. There have been some 3 downtimes that I've seen, all only about 10-15 minutes long in the time I've had them. So their uptime is great, too....I also get near projected speed (the afore mentioned 768 K), and was ACTUALLY downloading Debian disk images once at 768 EXACTLY!!:)
My only concerns/problems/complaints have been: 1) expense...It's 80 bucks a month (plus expenses of install and purchase of dsl modem...Which I elected to pay for in monthly installments, so it brings me to over $120/month), which is over double BS er BA er Verizon....But I think it's worth the expense (unlike my mobile phone), 2) Stinginess with extra IPs....They would be expensive, and 3) install time....But that's more BA's (they were still called BA then) and Covad's fault than there's....But when I'd call Patriot to complain, I'd get a call from BA and/or Covad fairly quickly:).
So, all in all...Better than expected....And the best part: it's A LOT better here, in Northern VA than the speed I was getting in Northeast PA (try 5.9 bps...Yuck -- don't ask, long story;>)....
Ah well, my arguments never hold up any good anyway. should have read My arguments never hold up any well anyway.
HuH?? Who are you kidding?? There is no such phrase as "hold up any well"...Unless you want to hold up any oil well in the couny, but that's beside the point. My point happens to be that the correct English for that phrase is:"My arguments never hold up VERY well..."
Thank you!! I thought Jefferson was going to be missed again! I mean, how can you forget such an all-around geek! He was a politician, an inventor, scientist, author, the list goes on. The man was WAY ahead of his time. Other geeks missed: George Washington and Thaddeus Kusciusco (but, he's always missed in everything).
No, no....Lucas wasn't in the Muppet Show!(At least, not that I know of) Luke, Chewy, R2D2 and C3P0 were. And Gonzo was dressed as Darth Vader (Or was it Darth Gonzo??)
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The hospital I work at was where most of the Pentagon wounded ended up going to. They needed bodies helping with triage, so they
grabbed me.(later,I was also grabbed to help with a bomb threat...Being 5 feet from a supposed bomb, trying to keep people away for the bomb squad
just isn't fun..btw...The bomb ended up being a bag of pretzels...but I digress....)...
I ended up riding the elevator up with a seargent with pretty badly burned legs. Someone turned to the seargent and said, 'Bad day, huh?...' And the seargent just smiled and said....'Bad day?! This is the best day of my life....I'm sitting here with you, aren't I?'...
I don't know about anyone else, but I've had nothing but smooth sailing with PatriotNet's DSL, after installation.....I've had a 768K connection for around 9/10 months now. Their residential DSL gets you to AboveNet's backbone within 1-2 jumps, and they provide you with a static IP from the beginning. They are also a somewhat-knowledgeable- about-linux/*NIX shop, so that helps, too. There have been some 3 downtimes that I've seen, all only about 10-15 minutes long in the time I've had them. So their uptime is great, too....I also get near projected speed (the afore mentioned 768 K), and was ACTUALLY downloading Debian disk images once at 768 EXACTLY!!:)
My only concerns/problems/complaints have been: 1) expense...It's 80 bucks a month (plus expenses of install and purchase of dsl modem...Which I elected to pay for in monthly installments, so it brings me to over $120/month), which is over double BS er BA er Verizon....But I think it's worth the expense (unlike my mobile phone), 2) Stinginess with extra IPs....They would be expensive, and 3) install time....But that's more BA's (they were still called BA then) and Covad's fault than there's....But when I'd call Patriot to complain, I'd get a call from BA and/or Covad fairly quickly:).
So, all in all...Better than expected....And the best part: it's A LOT better here, in Northern VA than the speed I was getting in Northeast PA (try 5.9 bps...Yuck -- don't ask, long story;>)....
LITHUANIAN BIRDS GO PPPPLLLLAAAH!!
Hey...how do you fix a sig f....
HuH?? Who are you kidding?? There is no such phrase as "hold up any well"...Unless you want to hold up any oil well in the couny, but that's beside the point. My point happens to be that the correct English for that phrase is:"My arguments never hold up VERY well..."
Okay, so I'm anal.:) Pppplahman:)
Thank you!! I thought Jefferson was going to be missed again! I mean, how can you forget such an all-around geek! He was a politician, an inventor, scientist, author, the list goes on. The man was WAY ahead of his time. Other geeks missed: George Washington and Thaddeus Kusciusco (but, he's always missed in everything).
I think it's Nicholas from 8 is enough
There were THREE Ewoks specials?? Anyone know of this?? I remember two....And an Ewoks cartoon.....
I have WAY too much time on my hands;>.