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Member Forums => Joe's Bunker of Pie => Topic started by: Joe on June 16, 2007, 05:05:24 PM

Title: Broadband!
Post by: Joe on June 16, 2007, 05:05:24 PM
HELL YEAH.
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: CrAz3D on June 16, 2007, 05:08:55 PM
:P
you're just going to hell faster now
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: Joe on June 16, 2007, 05:17:41 PM
Fourteen times as fast. Boo-yah.
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: CrAz3D on June 16, 2007, 05:18:20 PM
Quote from: Joex86/64] link=topic=9643.msg122432#msg122432 date=1182028661]
Fourteen times as fast. Boo-yah.
<3
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: trust on June 16, 2007, 06:12:15 PM
welcome to the new millennium.
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: Joe on June 16, 2007, 06:17:08 PM
Quote from: Trust on June 16, 2007, 06:12:15 PM
welcome to the new millennium.

That's what I told my parents. Except I said welcome to the 90's.
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: CrAz3D on June 16, 2007, 06:24:25 PM
Quote from: Joex86/64] link=topic=9643.msg122440#msg122440 date=1182032228]
Quote from: Trust on June 16, 2007, 06:12:15 PM
welcome to the new millennium.

That's what I told my parents. Except I said welcome to the 90's.
naw, not the 90s.  90s was all about rockin the dial up
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: rabbit on June 16, 2007, 06:54:03 PM
FYI satellite is NOT broadband.
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: iago on June 16, 2007, 08:07:38 PM
Quote from: rabbit on June 16, 2007, 06:54:03 PM
FYI satellite is NOT broadband.
Last time I checked, anything faster than dialup is considered broadband.

Wikipedia agrees (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband_Internet_access), for what that's worth.
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: rabbit on June 16, 2007, 09:06:51 PM
Wikipedia is written by a bunch of socially retarded high schoolers, hence why it is not an acceptable source of information on ANY kind of research paper.  Broadband allows data transmission over multiple frequencies (hence why DSL is so fast, even on the same lines 56k modems run).  Satellite is NOT broadband.  Downstream data is just faster coming down because it's literally coming down.
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: Sidoh on June 16, 2007, 09:18:03 PM
I think I remember reading in a Cisco book that anything other than dialup/isdn was broadband.
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: trust on June 16, 2007, 10:09:42 PM
Quote from: rabbit on June 16, 2007, 09:06:51 PM
Wikipedia is written by a bunch of socially retarded high schoolers, hence why it is not an acceptable source of information on ANY kind of research paper.  Broadband allows data transmission over multiple frequencies (hence why DSL is so fast, even on the same lines 56k modems run).  Satellite is NOT broadband.  Downstream data is just faster coming down because it's literally coming down.

Wikipedia is acceptable, maybe not in a formal paper (but then again is anything less than a scholarly journal acceptable?) but on something like here or a highschool paper or whatever it is. The fact that articles are able to be reviewed by the entire userbase makes it more reputable, as any disputed fact will be debated in the topics thread. The entire userbase doesn't consist of "socially retarded high schoolers", and how exactly would their social status affect their subject knowledge?
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: rabbit on June 16, 2007, 11:18:21 PM
Because socially unretarded people are out in the world learning things.
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: iago on June 17, 2007, 12:08:27 AM
Quote from: Sidoh on June 16, 2007, 09:18:03 PM
I think I remember reading in a Cisco book that anything other than dialup/isdn was broadband.
I didn't see it in a Cisco book, but I'm sure I've read that before.

Of course, how somebody defines it may depend on who you're talking to, since it's more of a colloquial expression . But even if that's true, the point remains: Joe wasn't clearly wrong, as was implied.
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: Joe on June 17, 2007, 12:43:52 AM
Quote from: rabbit on June 16, 2007, 09:06:51 PM
Wikipedia is written by a bunch of socially retarded high schoolers, hence why it is not an acceptable source of information on ANY kind of research paper.  Broadband allows data transmission over multiple frequencies (hence why DSL is so fast, even on the same lines 56k modems run).  Satellite is NOT broadband.  Downstream data is just faster coming down because it's literally coming down.

Right. That totally explains why I get 256Kbps upstream. Thanks!

And by the way, direction doesn't matter, because energy has no gravity. Didn't you learn anything in school?
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: Newby on June 17, 2007, 02:07:41 AM
OH SNAP, JOE DOESN'T HAVE DIALUP.
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: Sidoh on June 17, 2007, 02:39:36 AM
Quote from: Joex86/64] link=topic=9643.msg122481#msg122481 date=1182055432]
And by the way, direction doesn't matter, because energy has no gravity. Didn't you learn anything in school?

Energy is matter and therefore is affected by and produces a gravitational field.

In addition, I'm pretty sure he's saying it's beneficial because the signal doesn't have to go through half a dozen routing areas before it gets to you.
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: rabbit on June 17, 2007, 10:10:34 AM
It doesn't matter if energy has gravity or not.  Energy is still affected by gravity, and that's what matters.
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: Sidoh on June 17, 2007, 12:17:16 PM
Quote from: rabbit on June 17, 2007, 10:10:34 AM
It doesn't matter if energy has gravity or not.  Energy is still affected by gravity, and that's what matters.

Yeah, but it doesn't make it go faster. :-\
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: Joe on June 17, 2007, 12:44:45 PM
Quote from: Newby on June 17, 2007, 02:07:41 AM
OH SNAP, JOE DOESN'T HAVE DIALUP.

Actually, I'm waiting for it to be installed.

I mean..

Fuck.
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: Newby on June 17, 2007, 09:59:25 PM
Ah, he's still a joke. Phew.
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: trust on June 17, 2007, 11:57:32 PM
LOL JOE HAS DIALUP. GOODBYE NEW MILLENIUM
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: Joe on June 18, 2007, 05:53:08 PM
..!.. LOL OWNED.
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: Sidoh on June 18, 2007, 06:17:24 PM
Joe's Cool Meter:

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:(
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: CrAz3D on June 18, 2007, 08:30:37 PM
http://forum.valhallalegends.com/index.php?topic=13720.msg140103#msg140103

Joe being pwned by my ex, even
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: trust on June 19, 2007, 12:07:28 AM
Quote from: Sidoh on June 18, 2007, 06:17:24 PM
Joe's Cool Meter:

<=||===========================================================>

:(

Wow you're generous.
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: Joe on June 26, 2007, 09:06:06 PM
It's getting installed tomorrow at ~noon.
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: Joe on June 27, 2007, 10:37:44 PM
Done! Wewt.
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: trust on June 27, 2007, 10:40:14 PM
Quote from: Trust on June 16, 2007, 06:12:15 PM
welcome to the new millennium.
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: CrAz3D on June 27, 2007, 10:47:24 PM
Quote from: Joex86/64] link=topic=9643.msg123283#msg123283 date=1182998264]
Done! Wewt.
is it true this time?
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: Joe on June 28, 2007, 02:34:36 AM
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. :P
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: iago on June 28, 2007, 09:36:57 AM
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
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: Joe on June 28, 2007, 11:59:50 PM
No, it's not DNS issues. Bad weather is blocking the satellite signal at HQ (in Maryland, I guess?).
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: iago on June 29, 2007, 12:29:55 AM
Then it's not "unable to resolve DNS names", it's "disconnecting" or "timing out" :P
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: Joe on June 29, 2007, 02:31:40 AM
I was pissed. Leave me alone. :P

But yeah, disconnecting, timing out, etc.
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: CrAz3D on June 29, 2007, 01:29:03 PM
sat, lame
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: Joe on June 29, 2007, 02:50:22 PM
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. :)
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: rabbit on June 29, 2007, 04:12:04 PM
What are you talking about?  It's gonna be cloudy.  They aren't gonna get "drilled"...
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: Joe on June 30, 2007, 12:47:59 AM
Maybe that's Wisconsin-ese dialect or something, but "drilled" is basically synonymous with "owned".
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: CrAz3D on June 30, 2007, 12:54:52 AM
Quote from: Joex86/64] link=topic=9643.msg123422#msg123422 date=1183178879]
Maybe that's Wisconsin-ese dialect or something, but "drilled" is basically synonymous with "owned".
By clouds?

Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: Joe on June 30, 2007, 01:20:17 AM
This is getting difficult. Let me explain with pictures:

Good weather:         Bad Weather:

SATELLITE             SATELLITE
   |                     |
   |                   CLOUD
   |                     |
MY HOUSE              MY HOUSE
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: CrAz3D on June 30, 2007, 01:32:15 AM
From what you originally posted, it sounded like the city was got to get drilled like OK-city just did
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: Joe on June 30, 2007, 01:40:03 AM
Er, replace "my house" with "headquarters" for what happened, but that's completely possible too.
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: rabbit on June 30, 2007, 01:21:42 PM
I told you satellite sucks.
Title: Re: Broadband!
Post by: Joe on June 30, 2007, 10:19:53 PM
Dialup sucks worse.



Sometimes.