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From: D.M. Procida on 22 May 2010 08:15 Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> wrote: > Work have given everyone MSDN access. I'm not an MS developer buy hey, > free W7 fodder for VMware so I've just gone to fetch things down. This > morning then, I've downloaded 2.5G of OS, 2G of applications and 2G of > updates. Streaming internet radio too, which we now leave running all > night to soothe the dogs - it's basically never off. What makes you think dogs find it soothing? Daniele
From: Ian McCall on 22 May 2010 08:26 On 2010-05-22 13:15:42 +0100, real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk (D.M. Procida) said: > Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> wrote: > >> Work have given everyone MSDN access. I'm not an MS developer buy hey, >> free W7 fodder for VMware so I've just gone to fetch things down. This >> morning then, I've downloaded 2.5G of OS, 2G of applications and 2G of >> updates. Streaming internet radio too, which we now leave running all >> night to soothe the dogs - it's basically never off. > > What makes you think dogs find it soothing? They sleep. Without the music, they take longer to settle down. The music we have on late at night is typically SomaFM's Lush channel on low level: http://somafm.com/play/lush (warning - will download a playlist file) Cheers, Ian
From: Rowland McDonnell on 22 May 2010 08:27 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> wrote: > > > jim(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) said: > > > > > ...Near as I can tell it coincided with me being put on the 21CN network, > > > the 'up to 21Mbps' stuff. > > > > > > I'm on cable. I find it quite noticeable that my friend, who worked for > > an ADSL provider, chose cable for reliability reasons... > > ADSL strikes me as still being more of a bodge job than anything else. It's seriously clever communications engineering, one of the few examples in real life of digital comms being implemented as well as good analogue comms, really *using* the available bandwidth to get the data through and never mind the usual `perfick or nuffin' digital data path, this is `let's get fastest overall throughput with verification' communications engineering. I was always unhappy with the old modem ways - ADSL is a seriously clever bit of work: be impressed with it, be very impressed. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Jim on 22 May 2010 08:32 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > I was always unhappy with the old modem ways - ADSL is a seriously > clever bit of work: be impressed with it, be very impressed. I would be if it worked reliably. Since it doesn't (for me) I'm less than impressed. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Conor on 22 May 2010 08:50
On 22/05/2010 09:36, Jim wrote: > Ian McCall<ian(a)eruvia.org> wrote: > >> I can remember downloading my first CD ISO over a modem - a Red Hat >> install. It took more than a day. I -love- broadband. > > I'm currently not a big fan of broadband. Back in February -something- > happened to mine that caused my router to go from synching at 3800-ish > to 2000-ish. > So cancel your account and go back to 56kbps dialup. -- Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally. |