Brodie wrote:I remember using napster on dial-up, half an hour download per song, and now with cable, a few short seconds (sometimes)
-Brodie
More like an hour or more before Napster. I got AOL when it was version 2.5 back in 1995. I can remember starting a download of a song at 10 pm, and waking up at 4 am and the thing was just finishing. We only really used AOL for the chat rooms back then. It was all so new and crazy. My buddies and I messed with some girls and said we would meet them at the Steak and Shake by the Galleria. We walked in, saw they were terribly ugly, and decided to just act like we weren't the guys they were meeting. They didn't have a clue. But on the upside (this was 1996), it was late that night, and Willie McGee and Brian Jordan came in to eat and sat right behind us. So it wasn't a total loss!
Brodie wrote:I remember using napster on dial-up, half an hour download per song, and now with cable, a few short seconds (sometimes)
-Brodie
More like an hour or more before Napster. I got AOL when it was version 2.5 back in 1995. I can remember starting a download of a song at 10 pm, and waking up at 4 am and the thing was just finishing. We only really used AOL for the chat rooms back then. It was all so new and crazy. My buddies and I messed with some girls and said we would meet them at the Steak and Shake by the Galleria. We walked in, saw they were terribly ugly, and decided to just act like we weren't the guys they were meeting. They didn't have a clue. But on the upside (this was 1996), it was late that night, and Willie McGee and Brian Jordan came in to eat and sat right behind us. So it wasn't a total loss!
Don't get me going. I'm hungry from not eating much all day, will be done here at the library in 2 hours (or atleast they'll be closed so I'll be done for the night), and I'm fighting temptation already to go out and get a greasy burger.... and fries... and chili... and a shake...
haltz wrote:Great. I just canceled SBC Yahoo DSL and I am getting Charter Broadband installed tomorrow. Mainly because of speed issues and the fact that three people with tool belts have been out to fix my DSL in the last two weeks and have not been able to fix the issues, mainly that the connectivity is intermittent at best. Two days ago they wanted to charge me to have a technician come out, so I told them I'd be taking my business elsewhere.
Anyway, hopefully when I watch Spring Training games now on MLBtv it will look like an actual baseball game instead of a slideshow. Supposedly the broadband will be about 8x as fast as my current hook-up.
On a related note, I am thinking about buying a refurbed or used, possibly new I guess, Mac Mini and hooking it up to my entertainment system for iTunes A/V, baseball games and other on demand stuff I can take advantage of that way. Anyone else have any experience with this?
Haltz, do you mean comcast? Anyway, your connection should be a lot better. I had SBC DSL before I moved last summer and this comcast connection is much faster. Should make watching the games much more like tv.
As for the mac mini. I think the two keys are what kind of video card it has, and what it's processor speed is. Processor will probably be good enough for watching medi, but I would double check that video card first.
G. Keenan wrote:Haltz, do you mean comcast? Anyway, your connection should be a lot better. I had SBC DSL before I moved last summer and this comcast connection is much faster. Should make watching the games much more like tv.
Yes, I mean comcast. Kinda like I am going to go get some groceries at Schnuck's tomorrow.
Glad to hear it on the speed issues. I can't stand SBC anymore.
I will never use Charter again in my lifetime and anyone who asks me my opinion I say stay far away. I've never had more problems w/ a single company in my life. They are known for their terrible customer service and most of the techs they send out are borderline mentally challeged.
I had so many billing issues w/ the company it was unreal and they never wanted to fix the problem. Please for the sake of your own good GO WITH A DISH whether its Dish Network or Direct TV either one is 100x better.
cardinalkarp wrote:I will never use Charter again in my lifetime and anyone who asks me my opinion I say stay far away. I've never had more problems w/ a single company in my life. They are known for their terrible customer service and most of the techs they send out are borderline mentally challeged.
I had so many billing issues w/ the company it was unreal and they never wanted to fix the problem. Please for the sake of your own good GO WITH A DISH whether its Dish Network or Direct TV either one is 100x better.
karp, we have billing issues w/ Charter and we get service for free because of where my wife works.
cardinalkarp wrote:I will never use Charter again in my lifetime and anyone who asks me my opinion I say stay far away. I've never had more problems w/ a single company in my life. They are known for their terrible customer service and most of the techs they send out are borderline mentally challeged.
I had so many billing issues w/ the company it was unreal and they never wanted to fix the problem. Please for the sake of your own good GO WITH A DISH whether its Dish Network or Direct TV either one is 100x better.
karp, we have billing issues w/ Charter and we get service for free because of where my wife works.
I would tolerate Charter if I got it for free but you gotta laugh that they even mess that up!!
cardinalkarp wrote:I will never use Charter again in my lifetime and anyone who asks me my opinion I say stay far away. I've never had more problems w/ a single company in my life. They are known for their terrible customer service and most of the techs they send out are borderline mentally challeged.
I had so many billing issues w/ the company it was unreal and they never wanted to fix the problem. Please for the sake of your own good GO WITH A DISH whether its Dish Network or Direct TV either one is 100x better.
cardinalkarp wrote:I will never use Charter again in my lifetime and anyone who asks me my opinion I say stay far away. I've never had more problems w/ a single company in my life. They are known for their terrible customer service and most of the techs they send out are borderline mentally challeged.
I had so many billing issues w/ the company it was unreal and they never wanted to fix the problem. Please for the sake of your own good GO WITH A DISH whether its Dish Network or Direct TV either one is 100x better.
This rant cracked me up.
I have a small little space in the pit of my soul saved for Charter rants.
