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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Xan » Sat Aug 29, 2020 10:36 pm

Libertarian666 wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 9:57 pm
Mountaineer wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 5:53 pm
Kriegsspiel wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 4:48 pm
I've lived... yeesh, over 7 years of my adult life without home internet. You spend less time fucking around on it, that's for sure.
Sheeeeeeesh you youngsters. I made it fo 50 years w/o Al Gore’s invention. 8)
So you're over 100 years old? Wow!
He didn't address when it was invented, just when he started using it.
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Libertarian666 » Sat Aug 29, 2020 11:57 pm

Xan wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 10:36 pm
Libertarian666 wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 9:57 pm
Mountaineer wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 5:53 pm
Kriegsspiel wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 4:48 pm
I've lived... yeesh, over 7 years of my adult life without home internet. You spend less time fucking around on it, that's for sure.
Sheeeeeeesh you youngsters. I made it fo 50 years w/o Al Gore’s invention. 8)
So you're over 100 years old? Wow!
He didn't address when it was invented, just when he started using it.
Yes, I was just being silly.
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Mountaineer » Sun Aug 30, 2020 4:57 am

Libertarian666 wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 11:57 pm
Xan wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 10:36 pm
Libertarian666 wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 9:57 pm
Mountaineer wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 5:53 pm
Kriegsspiel wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 4:48 pm
I've lived... yeesh, over 7 years of my adult life without home internet. You spend less time fucking around on it, that's for sure.
Sheeeeeeesh you youngsters. I made it fo 50 years w/o Al Gore’s invention. 8)
So you're over 100 years old? Wow!
He didn't address when it was invented, just when he started using it.
Yes, I was just being silly.
Well, I might have exagerated a little as to the 50 years of non-use, it's more like ~40. But what's a decade or so among friends? And, 50 (half a century) is such a nice round number; plus, when one has a chance to gore Gore, or is that credit Gore for his wisdom and awesome invention ....... ;)
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by shekels » Sun Aug 30, 2020 9:45 am

Mountaineer wrote:
Sun Aug 30, 2020 4:57 am
Libertarian666 wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 11:57 pm
Xan wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 10:36 pm
Libertarian666 wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 9:57 pm
Mountaineer wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 5:53 pm
Kriegsspiel wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 4:48 pm
I've lived... yeesh, over 7 years of my adult life without home internet. You spend less time fucking around on it, that's for sure.
Sheeeeeeesh you youngsters. I made it fo 50 years w/o Al Gore’s invention. 8)
So you're over 100 years old? Wow!
He didn't address when it was invented, just when he started using it.
Yes, I was just being silly.
Well, I might have exagerated a little as to the 50 years of non-use, it's more like ~40. But what's a decade or so among friends? And, 50 (half a century) is such a nice round number; plus, when one has a chance to gore Gore, or is that credit Gore for his wisdom and awesome invention ....... ;)
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Libertarian666 » Sun Aug 30, 2020 10:12 am

shekels wrote:
Sun Aug 30, 2020 9:45 am
Mountaineer wrote:
Sun Aug 30, 2020 4:57 am
Libertarian666 wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 11:57 pm
Xan wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 10:36 pm
Libertarian666 wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 9:57 pm
Mountaineer wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 5:53 pm
Kriegsspiel wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 4:48 pm
I've lived... yeesh, over 7 years of my adult life without home internet. You spend less time fucking around on it, that's for sure.
Sheeeeeeesh you youngsters. I made it fo 50 years w/o Al Gore’s invention. 8)
So you're over 100 years old? Wow!
He didn't address when it was invented, just when he started using it.
Yes, I was just being silly.
Well, I might have exagerated a little as to the 50 years of non-use, it's more like ~40. But what's a decade or so among friends? And, 50 (half a century) is such a nice round number; plus, when one has a chance to gore Gore, or is that credit Gore for his wisdom and awesome invention ....... ;)
300 BAUD was Fast
Yes, it was. Then 1200 baud was like lightning, but when I got to 9600 baud for my Compuserve access, I was in heaven!
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by shekels » Sun Aug 30, 2020 10:28 am

Libertarian666 wrote:
Sun Aug 30, 2020 10:12 am
shekels wrote:
Sun Aug 30, 2020 9:45 am
Mountaineer wrote:
Sun Aug 30, 2020 4:57 am
Libertarian666 wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 11:57 pm
Xan wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 10:36 pm
Libertarian666 wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 9:57 pm
Mountaineer wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 5:53 pm
Kriegsspiel wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 4:48 pm
I've lived... yeesh, over 7 years of my adult life without home internet. You spend less time fucking around on it, that's for sure.
Sheeeeeeesh you youngsters. I made it fo 50 years w/o Al Gore’s invention. 8)
So you're over 100 years old? Wow!
He didn't address when it was invented, just when he started using it.
Yes, I was just being silly.
Well, I might have exagerated a little as to the 50 years of non-use, it's more like ~40. But what's a decade or so among friends? And, 50 (half a century) is such a nice round number; plus, when one has a chance to gore Gore, or is that credit Gore for his wisdom and awesome invention ....... ;)
300 BAUD was Fast
Yes, it was. Then 1200 baud was like lightning, but when I got to 9600 baud for my Compuserve access, I was in heaven!
I still have several Floppy Discs, one may be for CompuServe if you want to try out a New subscription.
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Libertarian666 » Sun Aug 30, 2020 10:39 am

shekels wrote:
Sun Aug 30, 2020 10:28 am
Libertarian666 wrote:
Sun Aug 30, 2020 10:12 am
shekels wrote:
Sun Aug 30, 2020 9:45 am
Mountaineer wrote:
Sun Aug 30, 2020 4:57 am
Libertarian666 wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 11:57 pm
Xan wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 10:36 pm
Libertarian666 wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 9:57 pm
Mountaineer wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 5:53 pm
Kriegsspiel wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 4:48 pm
I've lived... yeesh, over 7 years of my adult life without home internet. You spend less time fucking around on it, that's for sure.
Sheeeeeeesh you youngsters. I made it fo 50 years w/o Al Gore’s invention. 8)
So you're over 100 years old? Wow!
He didn't address when it was invented, just when he started using it.
Yes, I was just being silly.
Well, I might have exagerated a little as to the 50 years of non-use, it's more like ~40. But what's a decade or so among friends? And, 50 (half a century) is such a nice round number; plus, when one has a chance to gore Gore, or is that credit Gore for his wisdom and awesome invention ....... ;)
300 BAUD was Fast
Yes, it was. Then 1200 baud was like lightning, but when I got to 9600 baud for my Compuserve access, I was in heaven!
I still have several Floppy Discs, one may be for CompuServe if you want to try out a New subscription.
Believe it or not, Compuserve still exists, at least as a web site. I'm pretty sure they don't have the dial-up BBS any more, though.
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by WiseOne » Tue Sep 01, 2020 4:01 pm

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Sat Aug 29, 2020 5:58 pm
(Starbucks has closed their bathrooms.)
Seriously??? What on earth is the rationale for that? Is COVID somehow now an STD or something??

Of course here in NYC the restaurants are forbidden to allow customers inside, and there's no indication that inside dining will ever be allowed again - and a hint that this state of affairs will continue for at least another year. (It's just one of our dear mayor's many tactics for killing this city off.) So the bathroom issue is moot here.
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Smith1776 » Tue Sep 01, 2020 6:54 pm

WiseOne wrote:
Tue Sep 01, 2020 4:01 pm
Smith1776 wrote:
Sat Aug 29, 2020 5:58 pm
(Starbucks has closed their bathrooms.)
Seriously??? What on earth is the rationale for that? Is COVID somehow now an STD or something??

Of course here in NYC the restaurants are forbidden to allow customers inside, and there's no indication that inside dining will ever be allowed again - and a hint that this state of affairs will continue for at least another year. (It's just one of our dear mayor's many tactics for killing this city off.) So the bathroom issue is moot here.
Yeah, It's a COVID-19 thing. I'm not 100% sure how closing off the bathrooms does anything to promote public safety when they are allowing people to dine-in anyway.

I mean, isn't closing the bathroom counterproductive? Now customers can't wash their hands... :o
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Smith1776 » Tue Sep 01, 2020 6:55 pm

Another coffee shop day... FINALLY I can watch a YouTube video or load a webpage in less than 10 seconds lol.

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Post by Dieter » Wed Sep 02, 2020 6:02 pm

Smith1776 wrote:
Tue Sep 01, 2020 6:55 pm
Another coffee shop day... FINALLY I can watch a YouTube video or load a webpage in less than 10 seconds lol.


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Post by Smith1776 » Thu Sep 10, 2020 6:04 pm

I GET HOME INTERNET AGAIN TOMORROW. YES.
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Smith1776 » Sat Sep 12, 2020 2:20 pm

I'm clocking in at just over 80 Mbps with my new connection. This compares to the 3 Mbps or so I think I was getting over 3G. Total cost of the internet with TV package is like $55 CAD. Not bad as far as Canada goes.

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Post by vnatale » Sat Sep 12, 2020 2:55 pm

Smith1776 wrote:
Sat Sep 12, 2020 2:20 pm
I'm clocking in at just over 80 Mbps with my new connection. This compares to the 3 Mbps or so I think I was getting over 3G. Total cost of the internet with TV package is like $55 CAD. Not bad as far as Canada goes.


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What did you use for your speed test? I'll do the same on mine and report the results.

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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Libertarian666 » Sat Sep 12, 2020 3:21 pm

Smith1776 wrote:
Sat Sep 12, 2020 2:20 pm
I'm clocking in at just over 80 Mbps with my new connection. This compares to the 3 Mbps or so I think I was getting over 3G. Total cost of the internet with TV package is like $55 CAD. Not bad as far as Canada goes.

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Showoff! We're lucky to get 20 mbps, with a terrible ping, but that's satellite internet for you.

It's a lot better now that it has been in the past (up to about 18 months ago), so I don't generally complain.
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Smith1776 » Sat Sep 12, 2020 3:25 pm

vnatale wrote:
Sat Sep 12, 2020 2:55 pm
Smith1776 wrote:
Sat Sep 12, 2020 2:20 pm
I'm clocking in at just over 80 Mbps with my new connection. This compares to the 3 Mbps or so I think I was getting over 3G. Total cost of the internet with TV package is like $55 CAD. Not bad as far as Canada goes.


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What did you use for your speed test? I'll do the same on mine and report the results.

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I used to use a dedicated website but it looks like Google now has it as a feature!

Just google "internet speed test" or something along those lines and it should show up.
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Smith1776 » Sat Sep 12, 2020 3:37 pm

Libertarian666 wrote:
Sat Sep 12, 2020 3:21 pm

Showoff! We're lucky to get 20 mbps, with a terrible ping, but that's satellite internet for you.

It's a lot better now that it has been in the past (up to about 18 months ago), so I don't generally complain.
After my couple weeks on 3G even 20 Mbps would seem like a rocket ship I'm sure. :D
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Libertarian666 » Sat Sep 12, 2020 3:48 pm

Smith1776 wrote:
Sat Sep 12, 2020 3:37 pm
Libertarian666 wrote:
Sat Sep 12, 2020 3:21 pm

Showoff! We're lucky to get 20 mbps, with a terrible ping, but that's satellite internet for you.

It's a lot better now that it has been in the past (up to about 18 months ago), so I don't generally complain.
After my couple weeks on 3G even 20 Mbps would seem like a rocket ship I'm sure. :D
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Post by dualstow » Sat Sep 12, 2020 5:21 pm

50 Mbps here, but we’re paying for 100/100.
The reason I stay is that we never have to call customer service like we did with Comcast.
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Post by Kriegsspiel » Sat Sep 12, 2020 5:23 pm

88/68 here.
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Post by Smith1776 » Sat Sep 12, 2020 5:26 pm

When you guys say 100/100 and 88/68 are you talking about upstream/downstream speeds?
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Post by Smith1776 » Sat Sep 12, 2020 5:29 pm

If so, how are your guys' upload speeds so fast? :o


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Post by Kriegsspiel » Sat Sep 12, 2020 5:32 pm

Yea, that's download/upload. I think that's pretty standard, right? I'm on fiber. If I was wired in it would be 150mb/s, but I'm using a wifi router so I can be upstairs, in the bathroom, out on the deck, upside down, whatever.
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Post by Smith1776 » Sat Sep 12, 2020 5:35 pm

Kriegsspiel wrote:
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Yea, that's download/upload. I think that's pretty standard, right? I'm on fiber. If I was wired in it would be 150mb/s, but I'm using a wifi router so I can be upstairs, in the bathroom, out on the deck, upside down, whatever.
Every provider I've ever had has always delivered just a fraction of the upload speed relative to download speed.

Maybe that's more of a Canadian thing? Either way, it makes uploading YouTube videos an all-day affair. That time I uploaded that recording of my stand up set to share on the forum took forever lol.
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Post by Kriegsspiel » Sat Sep 12, 2020 5:42 pm

Do you plug the ethernet cord right into your computer, or are you on a wifi router?
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