I have gone through five pairs of earphones in the last year.
Six pairs of earphones in the past 15 months. Sigh.
River: 1001. 1002. Simon: River... River: Shh. I'm counting between the lightning and the thunder to see if the storm is coming or going. .1005
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Tom Scola - Aug 28, 2016 8:49:56 am PDT #24861 of 25496
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
DXMachina - Aug 29, 2016 8:06:11 am PDT #24862 of 25496
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
You're really Lightning Lad, right, visiting us from the 31st century? That would explain it. Or Harry Dresden.
(Sorry, Tom, that sucks. It is always the same device?)
dcp - Sep 20, 2016 3:04:14 pm PDT #24863 of 25496
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Good news! My phone did not explode.
It has now been replaced by a phone which is (in theory) less likely to explode.
Gudanov - Sep 20, 2016 3:57:39 pm PDT #24864 of 25496
Coding and Sleeping
Yay for non-explody phones.
Gudanov - Sep 21, 2016 6:45:51 pm PDT #24865 of 25496
Coding and Sleeping
Just used the GreaseMonkey extension to add something to a website I use. I was able to add a new handy feature with seven lines of javascript. Why have I never used GreaseMonkey before?
Zenkitty - Sep 26, 2016 2:39:46 am PDT #24866 of 25496
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Can anyone explain this difference in download/upload speeds to me? I have Comcast cable internet and also DSL from the phone company. On DSL, my connection is adequate, and about the same whether I'm on VPN or not. On cable, my connection is blazing fast without the VPN but when I'm on VPN it's not much faster than the DSL. I don't understand why the VPN matters to cable but not to DSL.
This makes it a toss-up between the two as far as work. I haven't tried streaming with my Roku on the DSL yet. DSL is much cheaper, of course, but I can't decide if I should drop cable.
javachik - Sep 27, 2016 1:52:46 pm PDT #24867 of 25496
Our wings are not tired.
It sounds as though the VPN is the bottleneck. Are you using something terrible like SonicWall or something a bit more reliable like Cisco VPN?
Zenkitty - Sep 27, 2016 8:08:16 pm PDT #24868 of 25496
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
It's Cisco. Work VPN.
javachik - Sep 28, 2016 9:33:23 am PDT #24869 of 25496
Our wings are not tired.
Ah okay. Well the answer is going to be that the VPN speed is going to dictate your speed while in use. It's a pain but it would be so much slower if you were on SonicWall!
Zenkitty - Sep 28, 2016 12:51:50 pm PDT #24870 of 25496
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I suspected as much. In that case, I just need to see if the Roku works well with the DSL, and if so, bye-bye cable.