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  • N Nish Nishant

    PIEBALDconsult wrote:

    Did Ghandi have the slowest fast?

    No, but Gandhi definitely has the most commonly mis-spelt name among well known people in history :-)

    Regards, Nish


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    PIEBALDconsult
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    Up there with Gurta and Neechee? :-D

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      The interesting bit about the ad is that there's absolutely no mention of the speeds :-) Just saying "fast" or "fastest" or "fastest fast (sic)" is all nice, but it'd be nice if they mentioned some actual mbps numbers.

      Regards, Nish


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      PIEBALDconsult
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      I've been getting a bunch of flyers from some ISP (I forget which); the flyers and the Website give the speeds but not the technology. I assume it's neither cable nor fiber, so I'm not interested, but I'd like to know.

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      • J John M Drescher

        Now I did think the video was funny, quite funny at that.. However my involvement in the discussion about speeds is because I do not believe a darn word that they say. There is no other company that I have business with that I trust less. And most of this is distrust is generated by the constant barrage of false adverts / borderline lies that I see every single day as a customer. Eventually, when I call them to disconnect my service this will be one of the reasons I mention. The other will be the rate hikes and service changes (moving popular channels to different packages forcing upgrades).

        John

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        John M. Drescher wrote:

        The other will be the rate hikes and service changes (moving popular channels to different packages forcing upgrades).

        I've discussed this with many people here in my office as well. My rates just went up, and the wife and I decided to downgrade to their lowest basic package, because we're sick of their B.S. FYI - I was also guilty of speed discussions, I just find it funny that none of us can seem to escape our nerdism.

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        • N Nish Nishant

          PIEBALDconsult wrote:

          Did Ghandi have the slowest fast?

          No, but Gandhi definitely has the most commonly mis-spelt name among well known people in history :-)

          Regards, Nish


          Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
          My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com link

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          Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

          No, but Gandhi definitely has the most commonly mis-spelt name among well known people in history

          I can also never remember if it's Khan or Kahn.


          He said, "Boy I'm just old and lonely, But thank you for your concern, Here's wishing you a Happy New Year." I wished him one back in return.

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          • P PIEBALDconsult

            Up there with Gurta and Neechee? :-D

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            Nish Nishant
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            PIEBALDconsult wrote:

            Up there with Gurta and Neechee?

            I assume Gurta is a misspelling for Gupta (an Indian name). I've never heard of NeeChee.

            Regards, Nish


            Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
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            • N Nish Nishant

              dan neely wrote:

              Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

              Well a lot of Indians would mis-spell that too I'd think. Sadly for me, a lot of Indians mis-spell my name as "Nishanth" :-( Luckily no westerner has done that to me yet.

              Regards, Nish


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              Rama Krishna Vavilala
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              Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

              Sadly for me, a lot of Indians mis-spell my name

              Alternatively, May be it was mis-spelled by your parents and you came to think of mis-spelling as the real spelling.

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              • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

                Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                Sadly for me, a lot of Indians mis-spell my name

                Alternatively, May be it was mis-spelled by your parents and you came to think of mis-spelling as the real spelling.

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                Nish Nishant
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                Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:

                Alternatively, May be it was mis-spelled by your parents and you came to think of mis-spelling as the real spelling.

                Google has 5 times the search results for "Nishant" as it has for "Nishanth" - so I doubt if that is so. Even assuming that they misspelled my name originally, people who reply to my posts should know to use the right spelling.

                Regards, Nish


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                • J John M Drescher

                  Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                  I am already on Comcast and I think I get 8 Mbps (or perhaps only 6 Mbps).

                  That is what I got the last time I checked with speedtest. http://www.speedtest.net/[^]

                  John

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                  Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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                  Do you know how slow my internet connection is compared to the rest of the globe? Its faster than 1% of other connections worldwide, and I have a decent connection to the internet. Sad.

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                  • D Dan Neely

                    maybe, OTOH outside of india; I suspect almost everyone who knows of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar misspells his name.

                    Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

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                    Daniel Turini
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                    You'd be astonished by how many people misspells my name... :omg:

                    I see dead pixels

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                    • D Douglas Troy

                      Because ... it's just funny. Comcast High Speed Field Test[^]

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                      Can't wait for El Corazon to meet one of those critters, whilst out on the range.

                      Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                      • N Nish Nishant

                        PIEBALDconsult wrote:

                        Up there with Gurta and Neechee?

                        I assume Gurta is a misspelling for Gupta (an Indian name). I've never heard of NeeChee.

                        Regards, Nish


                        Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
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                        Intentional manglings of German philosophers.

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                        • H Henry Minute

                          Can't wait for El Corazon to meet one of those critters, whilst out on the range.

                          Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                          PIEBALDconsult
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                          Unlikely to be any ice there, but the rest is feasible.

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                          • D Daniel Turini

                            You'd be astonished by how many people misspells my name... :omg:

                            I see dead pixels

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                            Dan Neely
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                            Given the damage that my name takes no I wouldn't...

                            Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

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                            • P PIEBALDconsult

                              Unlikely to be any ice there, but the rest is feasible.

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                              Henry Minute
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                              PIEBALDconsult wrote:

                              Unlikely to be any ice there

                              Are you sure? My local supermarket has a large section for Frozen Desserts.

                              Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                              • H Henry Minute

                                PIEBALDconsult wrote:

                                Unlikely to be any ice there

                                Are you sure? My local supermarket has a large section for Frozen Desserts.

                                Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                                PIEBALDconsult
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                                Henry Minute wrote:

                                Frozen Desserts

                                Yes, but what about frozen deserts? (Though we have had a few hail storms in recent months...)

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                                • P PIEBALDconsult

                                  Henry Minute wrote:

                                  Frozen Desserts

                                  Yes, but what about frozen deserts? (Though we have had a few hail storms in recent months...)

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                                  PIEBALDconsult wrote:

                                  Yes, but what about frozen deserts

                                  Well Coyotes, Camels and Scorpions don't have fur coats for nothing. So it must get cold there sometimes?

                                  Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                                    PIEBALDconsult wrote:

                                    Yes, but what about frozen deserts

                                    Well Coyotes, Camels and Scorpions don't have fur coats for nothing. So it must get cold there sometimes?

                                    Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                                    PIEBALDconsult
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                                    Yeah, I was gonna say that Scorpions wear Spandex.

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                                    • J John M Drescher

                                      If you follow the link below the advertisement and enter in your address they will tell you the speeds available to you. Mine was 16MBit and I am pretty sure 30MBit FIOS is in my neighborhood so not the fastest where I live..

                                      John

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                                      logicaldna
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                                      John M. Drescher wrote:

                                      If you follow the link below the advertisement and enter in your address they will tell you the speeds available to you.

                                      And if it is not in your area, they ask you to move in new area where you get comcast, :-D also providing link to a realestate site, great work !!!! :)

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                                        John M. Drescher wrote:

                                        If you follow the link below the advertisement and enter in your address they will tell you the speeds available to you.

                                        And if it is not in your area, they ask you to move in new area where you get comcast, :-D also providing link to a realestate site, great work !!!! :)

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                                        John M Drescher
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                                        My first reaction is where do they get off with a suggestion like that.

                                        John

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