Erin, we use cable modem (through Cox, the local cable company, about whom I have a story or two, but I digress). Cox Net generally works well for us, but I don't know if they do business in Kansas City.
Sweet lumpy minion, you're the only one that understands. Probably 'cause I haven't sucked the brain out of you yet.
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Fred Pete - May 31, 2007 4:29:58 pm PDT #1774 of 25496
Ann, that's a ferret.
Strix - May 31, 2007 4:37:29 pm PDT #1775 of 25496
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Is it pretty fast? Not like Save-the-world fast, but efficient?
Dana - May 31, 2007 5:24:13 pm PDT #1776 of 25496
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I believe, on average, that cable is actually faster than DSL. We have cable internet, and it's certainly zippy.
Strix - May 31, 2007 6:20:23 pm PDT #1777 of 25496
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Hmm. I wonder if there's a Cable provider other than the dreaded Time-Warner. Must check.
Thanks, guys.
tommyrot - Jun 01, 2007 6:15:02 am PDT #1778 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
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40MB HD, only $40,000. In 1985. Kinda' big, too.
I paid $300 for a 30MB HD in 1991. Which is $10/MB. The 1985 drive would be $1000/MB. Now you can buy a 500GB drive for $140, which is .028 cents/MB.
DXMachina - Jun 01, 2007 7:21:36 am PDT #1779 of 25496
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
We paid $5,000 for a 5MB hard drive for a Trash 80 in 1985, and at some point ('91, or so) we spent $1600 for a 600MB SCSI drive for a file server
le nubian - Jun 01, 2007 10:32:28 am PDT #1780 of 25496
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
tommyrot - Jun 02, 2007 6:31:15 am PDT #1781 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So, are there any Mac experts who might be around in an hour or so?
I'm going over to an acquaintance's to try to fix her Mac. She says Word is acting all weird (I don't quite understand what it's doing). I don't have Word for Mac. Anyway, this woman is legally blind, so she's using some of the Accessibility features of the Mac - I don't know if that's related.
Anyway, I might poke my head back in here in an hour with questions....
tommyrot - Jun 02, 2007 8:41:05 am PDT #1782 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
OK, how do you restore the normal template in Word on a Mac? This is Word 2004.
meara - Jun 02, 2007 8:45:23 am PDT #1783 of 25496
Hmm. I opened up my Word 2004 for Mac, but...uh...I have no idea. Reinstall!