Thanks, le nubian. Free wi-fi would be okay if I wasn't looking for a job. I need to get my email every day in case there is something. All of my resumes have my gmail address on them.
Plus, what would I do without you guys.
What'd you all order a dead guy for?
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quester - Oct 20, 2010 3:56:38 pm PDT #15266 of 25501
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Typo Boy - Oct 20, 2010 4:00:39 pm PDT #15267 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Hmm, so get dialup for reliable email, then then use free wi-fi where possible. I think netscape and one of its competitors does dialup for $12 or $15 a month.
quester - Oct 20, 2010 4:09:45 pm PDT #15268 of 25501
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I think netscape and one of its competitors does dialup for $12 or $15 a month.
I may just go with the DSL because they are running a special on it for the first 6 months and I averaged it out and it works out to $32 a month for the first year.
Dial-up would cost the $20 a month and then with the cost of the D-U service it would work out the same.
Typo Boy - Oct 20, 2010 4:15:00 pm PDT #15269 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Much better. And if DSL is slow, you can still supplement with free wi-fi if you can get it. And DSL will be fast enough for email and a lot of basic things , even if the DSL is the low-end slow kind. And good DSL will be fast enough for everything.
quester - Oct 20, 2010 4:15:40 pm PDT #15270 of 25501
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Thanks for all of the advice!
Tom Scola - Oct 20, 2010 4:18:03 pm PDT #15271 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
$32 a month for the first year.
That sounds high. Where I am, the Verizon DSL plans start at $20/month.
quester - Oct 20, 2010 5:04:37 pm PDT #15272 of 25501
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Well, my options are limited. It's the local phone company, Qwest or a media company, ImOn. Or I could buy a wireless thing from Verizon or Virgin, but I didn't think they would cost less.
le nubian - Oct 20, 2010 5:05:01 pm PDT #15273 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
quester,
don't be afraid to ask for the discount for another 6 months after your deal is up. Especially if you have competitors sending you mail about their services.
Laga - Oct 20, 2010 11:20:47 pm PDT #15274 of 25501
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
FYI, when we got our current phone/internet deal we asked if there was anything available where we wouldn't have to sign a contract and we ended up paying less than if we had signed a contract. They can raise our rates after three years but the contract would have ended after three years anyway.
§ ita § - Oct 21, 2010 8:00:26 am PDT #15275 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What would you say is the prevalence of Java applets on web pages these days? It seems Apple is taking a step back from Java...making it so that Sun will be supporting it from 10.7 on. That might mean gradually declining support, or it might mean nothing at all.
But in discussion somewhere else, I was being assured that no one uses Java anymore.
Except for the part where I'm using a Java applet in another window, so whatever.