CougTek
Hairy Aussie
So from now on, "Dirty Uncle Sam" will no longer be uniquely used to describe the american oil industry.
Something Random
- Thread starter ddrueding
- Start date
ddrueding
Fixture
Sweet. Not as critical as the 17-18 transition or the 20-21 transition, but significant nonetheless.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
She acts like she's quite a bit older. I thought she was in her mid or late 20s. She thought I was in my mid or late 20s.
Whatever. It's working.
Whatever. It's working.
ddrueding
Fixture
It has worked for me in the past; when I was 17 my fiancee was 32. She was also my PA. Hint: the age part wasn't what killed it.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
If we're going to start canceling states, can we do Texas next?
I think they are OK. Boston is also cancelled.
ddrueding
Fixture
We can only do Texas when they want to, when we agree they get all feisty. And I would like to keep Austin; that place is pretty cool.
They have no say so in the weather events. Down by the gulf it is hurricanes they suffer from rather than 2 feet of snow.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
If Austin is the price we must pay to rid ourselves of Dallas and Houston, I say that it is worth it.
I would not know the difference. For whatever reason, we don't do any serious business in the state so I've only been there briefly.
Unless things have changed recently, it's usually easy enough to figure out the age group of the undergrads by the style and topics of discussion.
I wonder if Doug is OK. They must have had a couple feet.
Stereodude
Not really a
He's apparently fine based on his posts elsewhere.
mubs
Storage? I am Storage!
Had to happen sooner or later. Wife had an email in her spam folder that read "You have an invitation to join Fu*kbook".
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Apparently demonoid.hk will be a thing. For people who are into that sort of stuff.
ddrueding
Fixture
Great. Demonoid used to be awesome.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Granted, there are file trading communities all over the place. The thing that made Demonoid interesting was that it was well-curated and full of otherwise unique content. NNTP and most torrent sites aren't terribly well organized but Demonoid absolutely was, which made it a lot more rewarding to, er, "window shop" there.
Wow, I never get invited to anything.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Well, that's at least one good side of having absolutely no friend.
Chewy509
Wotty wot wot.
Ouch....
Mind you everyone I know, knows I don't do the whole social media thing... (I value my privacy). Hence I don't get invites either...
I'll always have my dirty Jenny Roberts.
I only her ten hours this week. Anyway, my friends aren't on the f*ckface or simile websites.
fb
Storage is cool
fb
Storage is cool
I think it's pretty OK here (and in Denmark), with some exceptions.
http://translate.google.se/translat...-bussresenar-i-uppsala-lovar-battring&act=url
http://translate.google.se/translat...-bussresenar-i-uppsala-lovar-battring&act=url
ddrueding
Fixture
jtr1962
Storage? I am Storage!
Those would make a good set for a James Bond movie.
Bozo
Storage? I am Storage!
Massive!
I believe New York City is also digging new water tunnels also.
I believe New York City is also digging new water tunnels also.
ddrueding
Fixture
780ms ping and 4MB/s? Must be a satellite connection...
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
New York City Water Tunnel No. 3 has been under construction for 43 years and will be completed around 2020.
What?
ddrueding
Fixture
I was setting up a satellite internet connection out in the middle of nowhere. Very expensive link, 6'+ dish, multiple shielded coax cables to the modem, very high-end. No expense was spared.
But you can't go faster than the speed of light; the time it takes for data to travel from the dish to the satellite (directly over Houston it turns out) to the ground and back is three quarters of a second. So you click a link and nothing happens for 780ms, then WHAM your download finishes in a flash. Fine for big downloads, but surfing sucks and VoIP is a nightmare. Probably the crappiest user experience this side of dial-up.
fb
Storage is cool
I don't think so, then it would only take 6 years to finish.Is Charles Bronson digging the tunnel?
Very impressive projects, both of them.
fb
Storage is cool
Nevermind, I just realised I mixed up, I somehow got confused and got Charles Bronson and Chuck Norris mixed up... but Chuck would surley finish the tunnel in 6 years.
mubs
Storage? I am Storage!
Had a lot of fun on this website. Creator has time and a sense of humor!
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
One of my classroom sites is on a 128kB/sec iDSL line. It's a fantastic room. It has an awesome projector and the classroom systems are completely ridiculous.
But... 128k DSL. For 24 people, plus seven or eight on-site office workers? And then they bitch and moan because we never want to teach classes there.
I'd take the latency, were it an option.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Yes. That is totally a thing that I would've gotten.