Broadband!

[Joe]

Yes. And weather woes, part one:

HUGHESNET FUCKING SUCKS.

Back to broadbanding. If this shit (dropping connections, unable to resolve DNS names, etc) keeps up, I'm dialing back up.

[iago]

Set your DNS server to 4.2.2.1 or 4.2.2.2 etc., they're way better than any of my ISPs DNSes

[Joe]

No, it's not DNS issues. Bad weather is blocking the satellite signal at HQ (in Maryland, I guess?).

[iago]

Then it's not "unable to resolve DNS names", it's "disconnecting" or "timing out"

[Joe]

I was pissed. Leave me alone.

But yeah, disconnecting, timing out, etc.

[CrAz3D]

sat, lame

[Joe]

http://www.channel3000.com/wxmap/4290972/detail.html

Looks like they're going to get drilled later today. Thankfully, I'll be at work, making money.

[rabbit]

What are you talking about?  It's gonna be cloudy.  They aren't gonna get "drilled"...

[Joe]

Maybe that's Wisconsin-ese dialect or something, but "drilled" is basically synonymous with "owned".

[CrAz3D]

Maybe that's Wisconsin-ese dialect or something, but "drilled" is basically synonymous with "owned".

By clouds?

[Joe]

This is getting difficult. Let me explain with pictures:

Good weather:         Bad Weather:

SATELLITE             SATELLITE
   |                     |
   |                   CLOUD
   |                     |
MY HOUSE              MY HOUSE

[CrAz3D]

From what you originally posted, it sounded like the city was got to get drilled like OK-city just did

[Joe]

Er, replace "my house" with "headquarters" for what happened, but that's completely possible too.

[rabbit]

I told you satellite sucks.

[Joe]

Dialup sucks worse.



Sometimes.