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My first modem could be switched between 300/300 (download/upload) and 1200/75 - if uploading stuff to a BBS, it was essential that you remembered to switch modes or it took 4 times longer, then switch back if you were browsing or downloading.
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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"it could be worse, it could be raining"
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Install a text based browser like lynx[^].
Jeremy Falcon
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Now, there's a blast from the past!
And still going strong!
Unfortunately, it crashed
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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But how did the text look when it crashed?
Jeremy Falcon
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Red on black -- only the best!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Wow, that router really cuts it!
/ravi
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Apparently, you have to use it 66 times, before you can get a green card.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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and in so many shapes and sizes, too!
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This guy[^] hss got a lot of experience in net work, and is old enough to be a real guru.
Sin tack
the any key okay
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I'll ask google for his phone number -- and home address, credit-card number, mother's maiden name, etc.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Years ago the place I was at wrote a firewall application. We got lots of calls from welders asking for more information.
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I think I'm beginning to see why so many IT companies make up stupid names for things...
Mind you, I wonder how many greengrocers called apple.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I used to work for a data visualization company that allowed enterprise clients to easily build dashboards. We received our share of calls from muscle car restoration shops.
/ravi
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Okay, you copied that from somewhere, yes? Or do you claim original credit? Either way, pretty funny.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Um, accusing me of plagiarism is tantamount to begging for your bones to be broken. I make it very clear when I'm quoting.
I'm a professional writer, on top of everything else that I fit into each year. As a professional coder, how would you react to people saying you'd stolen other people's code?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I clearly did not put the joke line in there big enough...
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Well, it says Porter Cable on the front... So I assume you just jam it in the big red emblem between the two words?
If you have issues, just use a second router equipped with a plunge-cut bit to make the hole big enough.
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OK, granted, the specs on the computer at work suck:
8GB RAM
i5-2500 CPU at 3.30Ghz
Probably a 5400 RPM hard drive that's always thrashing.
(and I seem to be one of the lucky ones with 8GB RAM!!!)
However:
- It takes for flipping ever (a good 30 seconds) for Visual Studio to launch the website as it interfaces through IIS and loads a hundred System.Microsoft.sh*t assemblies.
- If I try to debug, it's about a 60 second wait time, a message frequently pops up that something can't start, it tries to integrate debugging with Chrome (for elephants sake, I'm trying to debug the server-side C# code, not the Javascript, I'll use the console window in Chrome for that, thank you very elephanting much, I don't need or want integrated Javascript client debugging in the IDE)
- If #2 happens, I have to reset the URL to localhost:[someport]
- Now remember, I'm running this stuff as localhost, so everything is elaphanting LOCAL. Yet it takes a good 10 seconds to load a "hello world" page.
The time delays are what gets me the most. So many elephanting sub-systems seem to be involved.
Conversely, the web sites that I write don't use ASP.NET, Razor, or any of that garbage. The server launches instantly, the web pages come up instantly, and I'm a happy camper debugging server side code in the VS and client-side code in Chrome.
My experience with Microsoft's high-level technologies for web development makes me Sadly, I have to use this pile of stinking dung for a simple project at work.
And as I said above, the crap machine they give you here at work is probably in large part responsible for my experience.
Marc
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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I have the very same but with 2 GB of RAM.
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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I am rewarded by my company with a similar setup though at least I have a 256GB SSD drive which helps. I have also started using VS2017 which has a lightweight solution load option. It's a bit dumb but does help a tad.
What irks is that my own machine is far better specified than this but they won't let me use it.
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R. Giskard Reventlov wrote: What irks is that my own machine is far better specified than this but they won't let me use it.
Indeed, my laptop is better performing. SSD's, 16GB ram, 8 core processor...
Marc
Latest Article - Merkle Trees
Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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R. Giskard Reventlov wrote: though at least I have a 256GB SSD drive which helps
I agree. I think that is probably the most important feature of all in speed with Windows and Visual Studio especially. I just upgraded to an SSD from an HDD at home and the change has been extremely dramatic. Also, at work we all have SSDs and it makes everything far better.
A lot of software is I/O killer -- especially VStudio.
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