Now for the First Time Ever ...

Glengoyne · 11-22-2005, 10:15 PM

I come to you...from home....Over DSL(720kbs and happy about it).

No more dialup for me baby!!!

!!!!

This may seem minor to you city folk, but I've been too far away from civilization to have ever had more than 56kb dial-up connection at home.

I just went to the FOFC FBCB site, and downloaded the current file in just a minute or so. It has been a chore to keep up with the league, cause it used to take me over an hour to download.

WHOOT!!!!

Lorena · 11-22-2005, 10:19 PM

Gratz Glen, welcome to the new millenium

Glengoyne · 11-22-2005, 10:25 PM

Whoo Hoo Even the Chicks dig me now!!

**HEHE posting while downloading again. Apparently the fun never stops here in the 21st century!

Lorena · 11-22-2005, 10:35 PM

Wow, I remember our first dial-up modem back in the 90's. I believe it was a 2400kb or something... anyway, we had to wait until the d/l was finished before we could do anything else.

Glen, once you go DSL, you won't go back.

Antmeister · 11-22-2005, 10:36 PM

I didn't realize Fresno qualified you are country folk. This has got to be a joke if you are a UNIX geek.

Glengoyne · 11-22-2005, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antmeister71

I didn't realize Fresno qualified you are country folk. This has got to be a joke if you are a UNIX geek.

I live in the sticks, actually amongst the vineyards South of Fresno. The small town of Fowler is the closest "city", and that is about three miles away. I can stand out on my front porch and shoot a shotgun into the air, and I don't think my neighbor would take note.

As for the UNIX part...That is too true, although my technical chops are diminishing since I was promoted to management I still get to show off by translating a regular expression or two every now and then.

JeeberD · 11-22-2005, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Dodgerchick

Wow, I remember our first dial-up modem back in the 90's. I believe it was a 2400kb or something... anyway, we had to wait until the d/l was finished before we could do anything else.

That reminded me of when I downloaded FOF2 back on a crappy old modem. Took hours for that sucker to finish downloading...I think I had to leave for school in the middle of the process and I couldn't wait to get home so I could start playing.

Crapshoot · 11-23-2005, 08:54 AM

That's awesome Glen - I hope you don't go do something crazy like buying one of those newfangled horseless carriages - things are way to risky.

Glengoyne · 11-23-2005, 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crapshoot

That's awesome Glen - I hope you don't go do something crazy like buying one of those newfangled horseless carriages - things are way to risky.

I'll tell you what. Internet Porn has revolutionized!

We've been too far away the city to get DSL until now. The phone system infrastructure wasn't up to it. In fact, we weren't able to get caller ID until recently. Satelite was the only option other than dial-up, and if you've ever done satelite internet you understand that latency is a BIG problem when you are bouncing signals to and from orbit. Since a lot of my work when I work from home is typing on the command line, I couldn't deal with the latency. But now that has all changed. I think I'm going to start tunneling X11 graphics over ssh. Whoot!!

Raiders Army · 11-23-2005, 11:30 AM

Nice...porn!

stevew · 11-23-2005, 11:31 AM

I tell you what, DSL was super fast compared to phone, but man, cable blows them away. I think our cable is now over 5mbps

Raiders Army · 11-23-2005, 04:10 PM

Just a piece of advice: I cut my neighbors' cable wires so I could go faster (just in case you want even faster internet service).

st.cronin · 11-23-2005, 04:37 PM

wireless, baby, that's the future

11-22-2005, 10:19 PM	#2
Lorena Unregistered Join Date: May 2004	Gratz Glen, welcome to the new millenium

11-22-2005, 10:25 PM	#3
Glengoyne Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Fresno, CA	Whoo Hoo Even the Chicks dig me now!! **HEHE posting while downloading again. Apparently the fun never stops here in the 21st century!

11-22-2005, 10:35 PM	#4
Lorena Unregistered Join Date: May 2004	Wow, I remember our first dial-up modem back in the 90's. I believe it was a 2400kb or something... anyway, we had to wait until the d/l was finished before we could do anything else. Glen, once you go DSL, you won't go back.

11-22-2005, 10:36 PM	#5
Antmeister Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: At the corner of Beat Street and Electric Avenue	I didn't realize Fresno qualified you are country folk. This has got to be a joke if you are a UNIX geek.

11-23-2005, 08:54 AM	#8
Crapshoot Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Dec 2003	That's awesome Glen - I hope you don't go do something crazy like buying one of those newfangled horseless carriages - things are way to risky.

11-23-2005, 11:30 AM	#10
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	Nice...porn!

11-23-2005, 11:31 AM	#11
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	I tell you what, DSL was super fast compared to phone, but man, cable blows them away. I think our cable is now over 5mbps

11-23-2005, 04:10 PM	#12
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	Just a piece of advice: I cut my neighbors' cable wires so I could go faster (just in case you want even faster internet service).

11-23-2005, 04:37 PM	#13
st.cronin General Manager Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Mexico	wireless, baby, that's the future

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