Ok, so I checked the speakeasy.net page. I couldn't find any info on the T1 service (without giving them my name, address blah), but I could find on sdsl (which is probably cheaper than t1 anyway, because it doesnt have all those channels and per/min charge)
Anyway, it costs: hardware: 299 install: 225 montly: 299.95
do some fancy math on calc.exe your gonna need $7722.8 I think your better off just finding a storage solution, rather than spending 2 years trying to upload everything to gmail. After all, if you are able to backup everything to gamil, it will take you 2 years at 1.5 mb/sec just go retreive your backup.
but hey! its your money, do what you want with it.
"There is nothing wrong with the planet. The planet is fine . . . been here 4 1/2 billion years. We've been here, what, a 100,000 years, maybe 200,000. And we've only been engaged in heavy industry a little over 200 years. 200 years versus 4 1/2 billion. And we have the conceit to think that somehow we're a threat? The planet isn't going away. We are." -George Carlin
Actually, that calculator stunt was just to get dad to fork over the cc, so i can use it to buy the burners.
Its a little joke...I actually have my own CC (but wouldn't Dad's be so much nicer? After all, I won't have to see the "scarry bill" at the end of the month =P -Grump
Well, true. Its like overclocking too. Sure your 366 celeron runs ok at 550 for a year then go pop on you.
Well, for 80 bucks (and 120 discount) its a friggin bargain. I'm going to talk to my roomate and see if he wants to pitch in something.
Hey Tim! you know that new graphics card that you *want* but don't need? how about spend that on a DL burner instead its *only* 80 bucks? You get it, I'll pay for shipping. ok, i'll stop being a cheap ass and buy some media too. (else a burner with no media is just a beautiful paperweight.
I remember a few years back when southpark was the biggest thing to download. Life was good for a while, then all these sites went down. Thankfully, the sources to download southpark still exist.
Before torrents got big, I thought of setting up a box at my parent's house to encode tv shows, then I would ftp thm to myself at school. Well, I never got around to doing so. But its ok now, we got suprnova.
But who cares? Those corporations don't give the consumer the "good stuff" anyway. I know what it is like being in college and without a car. It makes life difficult to actually rent a movie. So we download them. And to watch a tv show? (yea, the lounge...its always taken by someone else) Suprnova is a student's best friend.
I want a reliable source to get my shows from, something more reliable than a random bum who is kind enough to encode the shows (vcd? crappy analog tv?) I'd gladly pay a small fee to be able to download shows directly from the networks (to offset the cost of "innovation") Hell, leave the ads in! I'll be glad to watch them too.
Rates varry by car model, but they are basically the same from one toyo dealer to the next.
This is because the cost averaged out among all buyers. Thus, it makes a "fair" playing field for the buyers (and it is up to the stealership to determine how much an ass they are)
Different models requre different transport criteria, thus, different transport costs. Some cars (like the 50k+) requre a closed transport, wheras your everyday civic is an open transport. Naturally, closed transports cost more.
The transport cost is a minor thing in the grand scheme of MSRP, invoice and holdback. -Grump
Antivirus!
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· Score: 2, Interesting
"Dabber then installs itself and deletes the registry keys of Sasser and other viruses. It creates a backdoor on infected machines on TCP port 9898 allowing hackers to download additional code, which might be far more malicious than Dabber itself."
sounds like its doing some antivirus while its at it. Good!
DOWN WITH DELL!!! DELL IS NOT AMERICAN! THEY ARE INCOMPITENT OUTSOURCE BULLSHIT! IT HAS TEAKEN ME 3 HOURS WITH INDIA JUST TO GET A REPLACEMENT DVD DRIVE FOR MY LAPTOP!
---story mode on--- It has taken 3 calls (and 1 hr per call) to dell tech support to get a "fixed bay" dvd drive replacemnet sent out to me. The first 2 drives shipped out were modular. ----------------- One glorious afternoon, the left hindge on my display breaks. I lose sanity and call dell tech support. I tell the tech i need a new hindge. Also, i need the fixed-bay dvd replaced because it has read problems. After spending an hour on the phone with India, I feel satisfied and go to dinner with my roomate.
2 days later, a tech shows up at my apartment. Great! replaces the display hindge, then gets this funny look while putting in the DVD drive. uh oh. Turns out he got the modular drive.
Call dell again, spend another hour on the phone with india. This time, I'm being firm with him. I look up my laptop "as shipped" configuration list and READ HIM THE FSCKING PART NUMBER. 2 days later, Airborne express arrives at my door. I pop open the box and WTF?!?!? its a modular drive!
Again, I spend another hour with India. This time I tell the tech "the left one that needs to be screwed in" I get him to read me the part number of what he is shipping me. He tells me "It is a Toshiba drive" Oh great! A Toshiba drive would be wonderful (beause my failed drive was a Hitachi).
Yesterday, I received the replacement drive. I pop open the box and it is the correct drive! PRAISE THE LORD, ITS A MIRACLE, THERE IS GOOD IN OUTSOURCEING!!!
Pop a DVD in the drive, it plays smoothly. Ship the modular and the defective drive back to Dell. ---story mode off--- -Grump.
ok, it runs on a lower voltage. But isn't the reality that they have a lower wattage? Wattage being what really matters when it comes to power consumption and heat displacemnet.
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But how do I know that Anonymous Coward is a female?
From my personal expierence, most AC are male anyway.
I suggest that that AC create an account with the name of SexyFemaleWillingToBeYourWife and try again at me.
-Grump
ok, so when my bride.ru darling finally comes, I'll cancel my sub and dump my mags in the dumpster.
Would that work?
Its "news" coming from a tabloid. How much credibility should I give it?
I would trust Maxim more...but that is only because I have a subscription to it.
-Grump
"The extensive mischief caused by Verisign's new attempts at 'service' have been well documented on Slashdot."
A sad day for justice will come when rantings of us lab monkeys will be used as evidence in court.
-Grump
Ok, so I checked the speakeasy.net page. I couldn't find any info on the T1 service (without giving them my name, address blah), but I could find on sdsl (which is probably cheaper than t1 anyway, because it doesnt have all those channels and per/min charge)
Anyway, it costs:
hardware: 299
install: 225
montly: 299.95
do some fancy math on calc.exe
your gonna need $7722.8
I think your better off just finding a storage solution, rather than spending 2 years trying to upload everything to gmail. After all, if you are able to backup everything to gamil, it will take you 2 years at 1.5 mb/sec just go retreive your backup.
but hey! its your money, do what you want with it.
-Grump
speakeasy residential dsl pricing table: http://speakeasy.net/rescompare
i mean "them" as in macs...
very sexy laptops. They just cost too much.
So I settle for the "discount girl" you know...dell.
-Grump
You use depends?
Shame, my parents raised me on Huggies =P
-Grump
do you believe in magic in a young girl's heart?
Thats why i'm so attracted to them!
-Grump
Oh, and I thought they were going to sell the info to my health insurance company.
This guy primairly buys beer and tv dinners.
HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU RAISE HIS PREMEUM
-Grump
What you need is a router that provides bandwidth priority to some connections and not others
You mean QOS? about qos
"There is nothing wrong with the planet. The planet is fine . . . been
here 4 1/2 billion years. We've been here, what, a 100,000 years, maybe
200,000. And we've only been engaged in heavy industry a little over 200
years. 200 years versus 4 1/2 billion. And we have the conceit to think
that somehow we're a threat? The planet isn't going away. We are."
-George Carlin
Actually, that calculator stunt was just to get dad to fork over the cc, so i can use it to buy the burners.
Its a little joke...I actually have my own CC (but wouldn't Dad's be so much nicer? After all, I won't have to see the "scarry bill" at the end of the month =P
-Grump
Well, true. Its like overclocking too.
Sure your 366 celeron runs ok at 550 for a year then go pop on you.
Well, for 80 bucks (and 120 discount) its a friggin bargain. I'm going to talk to my roomate and see if he wants to pitch in something.
Hey Tim! you know that new graphics card that you *want* but don't need? how about spend that on a DL burner instead its *only* 80 bucks? You get it, I'll pay for shipping. ok, i'll stop being a cheap ass and buy some media too. (else a burner with no media is just a beautiful paperweight.
-Grump
damn 80 bucks...oh im tempted oh im tempted.
Dad! Can I borrow your credit card? The math teacher said I need a graphing calculator for statistics in the fall. =)
-Grump
sadly, they fight this movement too.
I remember a few years back when southpark was the biggest thing to download. Life was good for a while, then all these sites went down.
Thankfully, the sources to download southpark still exist.
Before torrents got big, I thought of setting up a box at my parent's house to encode tv shows, then I would ftp thm to myself at school. Well, I never got around to doing so. But its ok now, we got suprnova.
and where are the good places to look then?
But who cares? Those corporations don't give the consumer the "good stuff" anyway. I know what it is like being in college and without a car. It makes life difficult to actually rent a movie. So we download them.
And to watch a tv show? (yea, the lounge...its always taken by someone else)
Suprnova is a student's best friend.
I want a reliable source to get my shows from, something more reliable than a random bum who is kind enough to encode the shows (vcd? crappy analog tv?) I'd gladly pay a small fee to be able to download shows directly from the networks (to offset the cost of "innovation") Hell, leave the ads in! I'll be glad to watch them too.
I just want to watch my show.
-Grump
Rates varry by car model, but they are basically the same from one toyo dealer to the next.
This is because the cost averaged out among all buyers. Thus, it makes a "fair" playing field for the buyers (and it is up to the stealership to determine how much an ass they are)
Different models requre different transport criteria, thus, different transport costs. Some cars (like the 50k+) requre a closed transport, wheras your everyday civic is an open transport. Naturally, closed transports cost more.
The transport cost is a minor thing in the grand scheme of MSRP, invoice and holdback.
-Grump
"Dabber then installs itself and deletes the registry keys of Sasser and other viruses. It creates a backdoor on infected machines on TCP port 9898 allowing hackers to download additional code, which might be far more malicious than Dabber itself."
sounds like its doing some antivirus while its at it. Good!
Just be sure to block off 9898.
-Grump
It is a threat to the present.
DOWN WITH DELL!!! DELL IS NOT AMERICAN! THEY ARE INCOMPITENT OUTSOURCE BULLSHIT! IT HAS TEAKEN ME 3 HOURS WITH INDIA JUST TO GET A REPLACEMENT DVD DRIVE FOR MY LAPTOP!
---story mode on---
It has taken 3 calls (and 1 hr per call) to dell tech support to get a "fixed bay" dvd drive replacemnet sent out to me.
The first 2 drives shipped out were modular.
-----------------
One glorious afternoon, the left hindge on my display breaks. I lose sanity and call dell tech support. I tell the tech i need a new hindge. Also, i need the fixed-bay dvd replaced because it has read problems. After spending an hour on the phone with India, I feel satisfied and go to dinner with my roomate.
2 days later, a tech shows up at my apartment. Great! replaces the display hindge, then gets this funny look while putting in the DVD drive. uh oh. Turns out he got the modular drive.
Call dell again, spend another hour on the phone with india. This time, I'm being firm with him. I look up my laptop "as shipped" configuration list and READ HIM THE FSCKING PART NUMBER. 2 days later, Airborne express arrives at my door. I pop open the box and WTF?!?!? its a modular drive!
Again, I spend another hour with India. This time I tell the tech "the left one that needs to be screwed in" I get him to read me the part number of what he is shipping me. He tells me "It is a Toshiba drive" Oh great! A Toshiba drive would be wonderful (beause my failed drive was a Hitachi).
Yesterday, I received the replacement drive.
I pop open the box and it is the correct drive! PRAISE THE LORD, ITS A MIRACLE, THERE IS GOOD IN OUTSOURCEING!!!
Pop a DVD in the drive, it plays smoothly. Ship the modular and the defective drive back to Dell.
---story mode off---
-Grump.
God shes good looking
She probably gets around more than a rental car
God shes good looking
I'm going to knock on her door now.
-Grump
With all these chips named after rivers, one has to question:
Is Intel going downstream?
Sadly, the latest sales figures seem to indicate so.
-Grump
ok, it runs on a lower voltage.
But isn't the reality that they have a lower wattage?
Wattage being what really matters when it comes to power consumption and heat displacemnet.
-Grump
damn and I thought I could get a 3GB/s DSL line...
"Rambus believes that RDRAM was not the success it should have been because chip makers did not want to pay their royalties."
Rambus stated its own failure, being the royalties; now they have to go around suing everyone for not using and not paying royalties?
They should roll over and die, but I guess its always romantic to put up one final fight to the death...
-Grump