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You should send them a proposal to oil the string every three weeks or so. The 0's get through most of the time, but the 1's are a problem, as they have sharp edges and tend to hang on sharp corners or rough string segments. Regular lubrication should help to increase bandwidth. You might also consider offerring a proposal to replace the entire infrastructure with 8 lb test monofilament fiber. Fishing line has much greater environmental resistance, yet retains the excellent signal transmission characteristics of kite string. As a bonus, you can use steel washers for terminations instead of plastic buttons - they're far more durable...;) Heard in Bullhead City - "You haven't lost your girl -
you've just lost your turn..." [sigh] So true...Roger Wright wrote: The 0's get through most of the time, but the 1's are a problem, as they have sharp edges and tend to hang on sharp corners or rough string segments :laugh:
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Listen here, whippersnapper. It was an old timer, Colin Davies, who brought w00t!* into our lives. * And I believe he used many variations from wOoT! to woot! to wOOT to WOOT. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Christopher Duncan quoted: "All Corvettes are red. Everything else is just a mistake." Crikey! ain't life grand? Einstein says...
Good mnemory Paul. :-) I'll remind my kids so that it can become an epitath on my headstone when I'm gone. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies
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David Stone wrote: All you oldtimers don't follow proper internet conduct very well. What, exactly, do you mean by that statement? What is proper Internet conduct to your mind? I'm older than Mike, and I helped to invent a lot of what you today take fpr granted... His post was entirely appropriate, and quite humorous to those of us who remember when being able to talk to a neighbor using a couple of tin cans and a piece of string seemed miraculous. Bear in mind, young pup, that all that you use today would not exist if not for the pioneering efforts of your elders. Mike and I may not be current in our knowledge, but we helped to create all that you depend upon for your living today and in the near future. Without our efforts over the past 20 years the best you could hope to achieve in life might be as chief burger-flipper at McD's. Heard in Bullhead City - "You haven't lost your girl -
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Ryan Binns wrote: I'm still on 56k :(( :~ I can't afford anything more at the moment. Just tell the folks out there in CP land that the entire Perth telecommunications infrastructure is 2 tin cans and a piece of string. They won't point and laugh too much. Michael Martin Australia "I suspect I will be impressed though, I am easy." - Paul Watson 21/09/2003
Might this be a good time to mention that Australian broadband is still in the stone ages? :) Every Australian ISP that I'm aware of (and I do follow Australian broadband news) has draconian download limits. Just surf around this site to see what I'm talking about The Whirlpool[^]. I became a Bigpond subscriber in June 1999, ran a chat server on Bigpond until February 2000. My January 2000 bill for bandwidth was about A$2000. Anyone want to guess why I moved my chatserver to a US ISP who charged me A$235 a month for ten times the bandwidth? Rob Manderson **Paul Watson wrote:**What sense would you most dislike loosing? Ian Darling replied. Telepathy Then I'd no longer be able to find out everyones dirty little secrets The Lounge, December 4 2003
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Might this be a good time to mention that Australian broadband is still in the stone ages? :) Every Australian ISP that I'm aware of (and I do follow Australian broadband news) has draconian download limits. Just surf around this site to see what I'm talking about The Whirlpool[^]. I became a Bigpond subscriber in June 1999, ran a chat server on Bigpond until February 2000. My January 2000 bill for bandwidth was about A$2000. Anyone want to guess why I moved my chatserver to a US ISP who charged me A$235 a month for ten times the bandwidth? Rob Manderson **Paul Watson wrote:**What sense would you most dislike loosing? Ian Darling replied. Telepathy Then I'd no longer be able to find out everyones dirty little secrets The Lounge, December 4 2003
Rob Manderson wrote: Every Australian ISP that I'm aware of (and I do follow Australian broadband news) has draconian download limits. Not all of them any more, most if not all have some form of unlimited plan. I'm on one that I think is AUD$80 per month but as the company I work for as a second job is also an ISP I wouldn't know as I don't pay for it. Michael Martin Australia "I suspect I will be impressed though, I am easy." - Paul Watson 21/09/2003
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Ryan Binns wrote: I'm still on 56k :(( :~ I can't afford anything more at the moment. Just tell the folks out there in CP land that the entire Perth telecommunications infrastructure is 2 tin cans and a piece of string. They won't point and laugh too much. Michael Martin Australia "I suspect I will be impressed though, I am easy." - Paul Watson 21/09/2003
Michael Martin wrote: the entire Perth telecommunications infrastructure is 2 tin cans and a piece of string. I've heard we can actually get 3-way conference calls here, so it must be 3 tin cans :) I've got a top-of-the-range tin can though - it's gold-plated :rolleyes:
Ryan
"Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"
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:| cheers, Chris Maunder
Chris Maunder wrote: :| Well said :rolleyes:
Ryan
"Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"
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You lucky bugger :) :really-really-really-jealous: I'm still on 56k :(( :~ I can't afford anything more at the moment.
Ryan
"Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"
I don't have a connection at home but I do have a ridiculously fast connection in college and in work... but still... nothing at home :(( :(( I'm thinking of connection to one of the Wireless networks that are available around my area... €20 a month for a wireless connection to a 1MBit line.. only problem is I might have to get an antenna for my house and my landlord mightn't leave me put it up.... hmmm.. decisions decisions. Regards, Brian Dela :-) http://www.briandela.com IE 6 required.
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You took that statement out of context, Rog. ;P I was merely referring to his improper spelling of the word w00t. I mean, come on...he used "o"s instead of 0s and capitalized the w. ;) And I fully appreciate all that everybody that's come before me has done. Thanks guys. :)
I don't know whether it's just the light but I swear the database server gives me dirty looks everytime I wander past. -Chris Maunder
From now on WOOT shoudl be considered acceptable IMHO. As should shoudl, woudl, teh and all those other little mistakes I constantly don't see when I'm posting. Regards, Brian Dela :-) http://www.briandela.com IE 6 required.
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Ryan Binns wrote: I'm still on 56k :(( :~ I can't afford anything more at the moment. Just tell the folks out there in CP land that the entire Perth telecommunications infrastructure is 2 tin cans and a piece of string. They won't point and laugh too much. Michael Martin Australia "I suspect I will be impressed though, I am easy." - Paul Watson 21/09/2003
Michael Martin wrote: 2 tin cans and a piece of string Brag it up. You've got string. :-D
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Paul Watson wrote: Listen here, whippersnapper. It was an old timer, Colin Davies, who brought w00t!* into our lives. Y'know, one of these decades I'm going to finally understand what w00t meanz :) Rob Manderson **Paul Watson wrote:**What sense would you most dislike loosing? Ian Darling replied. Telepathy Then I'd no longer be able to find out everyones dirty little secrets The Lounge, December 4 2003
What the hell does it actually mean? Regards, Brian Dela :-) http://www.briandela.com IE 6 required.
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Michael Martin wrote: 2 tin cans and a piece of string Brag it up. You've got string. :-D
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What the hell does it actually mean? Regards, Brian Dela :-) http://www.briandela.com IE 6 required.
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http://www.briandela.com/rss/newsrss.xml RSS FeedBrian Delahunty wrote: What the hell does it actually mean? w00t? It's leet-speak for "hooray", IIRC.
Ian Darling "The different versions of the UN*X brand operating system are numbered in a logical sequence: 5, 6, 7, 2, 2.9, 3, 4.0, III, 4.1, V, 4.2, V.2, and 4.3" - Alan Filipski
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Brian Delahunty wrote: What the hell does it actually mean? w00t? It's leet-speak for "hooray", IIRC.
Ian Darling "The different versions of the UN*X brand operating system are numbered in a logical sequence: 5, 6, 7, 2, 2.9, 3, 4.0, III, 4.1, V, 4.2, V.2, and 4.3" - Alan Filipski
I actually do know what it means... I just don't know why people use it anymore... it seems a little outdated to me.. so does the whole l33t thingy.... We need a new l33t language. Regards, Brian Dela :-) http://www.briandela.com IE 6 required.
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Paul Watson wrote: Listen here, whippersnapper. It was an old timer, Colin Davies, who brought w00t!* into our lives. Y'know, one of these decades I'm going to finally understand what w00t meanz :) Rob Manderson **Paul Watson wrote:**What sense would you most dislike loosing? Ian Darling replied. Telepathy Then I'd no longer be able to find out everyones dirty little secrets The Lounge, December 4 2003
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First of all...very nice. :cool: Second, it's w00t! All you oldtimers don't follow proper internet conduct very well. ;P
I have also lived some years in Spain, and there people don't accept that you speak bad spanish. I usually compensate by speaking loud and accusing people of being stupid because they don't understand me. It usually works quite well. -jhaga on non-native languages
David Stone wrote: Second, it's w00t! All you oldtimers don't follow proper internet conduct very well Oldtimers!? Oldtimers!!??
Oldtimers!!!???
I resemble that remark! ;) :laugh: Redemption[^] is sweet. ;P ;P ;P Please allow me to introduce myself - I’m a man of wealth and taste. I’ve been around for a long, long year - Stole many a man’s soul and faith
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Just recieved an e-mail from my ISP (Comcast) stating that they've doubled my broadband speed at no additional cost! :omg: All I have to do is reboot my cable modem. *Mike unplugs his modem... :suss: *Mike unplugs his router (just in case)... :~ *Mike waits about 60 seconds... :zzz: *Mike powers up both devices... :cool: *Mike is now surfing at 3Mbps... :-D :jig: :beer:
Woot!
Please allow me to introduce myself - I’m a man of wealth and taste. I’ve been around for a long, long year - Stole many a man’s soul and faith
Mike, Call me cynical (I am) but I too have Comcast and fully expect the price increase to come soon. I am enjoying the boost, however, in the mean time. Success is measured by ones ability to mask complexity with simplicity.
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You took that statement out of context, Rog. ;P I was merely referring to his improper spelling of the word w00t. I mean, come on...he used "o"s instead of 0s and capitalized the w. ;) And I fully appreciate all that everybody that's come before me has done. Thanks guys. :)
I don't know whether it's just the light but I swear the database server gives me dirty looks everytime I wander past. -Chris Maunder
When did we standardize how to spell w00t? Dang, I must have slept in that day!:-D Heard in Bullhead City - "You haven't lost your girl -
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Roger Wright wrote: I helped to invent a lot of what you today take fpr granted The wheel, for example? :-D;)
In amongst the statues Stare at nothing in The garden moves...
KaЯl wrote: The wheel, for example Yup. And you should have seen Rev. 1.0! First we tried to make it perfectly round, but no one had invented the compass yet. So a couple of us suggested that if we cut a lot of straight lines we could get close enough. That worked out fine, but then Accounting got into it and insisted that 300 cuts were wasteful and inefficient. After much haggling they knocked us down to only 4 cuts per wheel by the time we released the first beta version. Customer feedback was less than enthusiastic, of course, as the ride was extraorinarily bumpy. We argued and fought with the bean counters and got them to allow us to use 12 cuts, which made for a somewhat improved ride, and then sold the rights to Microsoft before the final release. Heard in Bullhead City - "You haven't lost your girl -
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Roger Wright wrote: we helped to create all that you depend upon for your living today Hmmm... working closely with Al Gore at the time? :-D:laugh: nyuk nyuk nyuk
LunaticFringe wrote: working closely with Al Gore at the time? :laugh::laugh::laugh: As far as I know, the only thing Al Gore ever created was a headline. Everyone here is working every day to create what future techies will take for granted - that's the nature of the business. The clever algorithm you program tomorrow may well become the standard protocol for something as yet unimagined by 2010. That's part of why we do this stuff!:-D Heard in Bullhead City - "You haven't lost your girl -
you've just lost your turn..." [sigh] So true...