Things have been kind of frustrating with this web host the last few days (longer than that, really, but the last few days – particularly in the afternoon – have been pretty abysmal). I apologize for that, but since I can’t physically (or even virtually) get my hands on any of it, there’s not a hell of a lot I can do. It’s clear that tech support isn’t much help. Things look fine to them, I guess. So, I’ve been scoping out some other hosts, and, unless things get a lot better, will probably be making a move one of these days. I’m reluctant to do much of anything until I get back from DC next week, since I have a fair amount to do to get my shit together. If and when it happens, though, I’ll have to shut everything down so that I can (hopefully) preserve the database and all the past entries. That goes for the forums, too (though they don’t get a whole lot of use). There are a lot of other things I have to putz around with, too, which is why I’m putting this off (plus, I hate to go through all this aggravation, just to find out that the new host isn’t any better). So, please try and bear with things for a while, and cross your toes that it gets better all by itself.
Happy first day with the new Congress. See ya.
:joe::joe::joe::joe::joe::eek::eek::crap::crap::shock::shock::smack:
:growl::growl: whatever :sheep: le
:yuck::yuck::yuck: Its Thursday :yuck::yuck::yuck:
The first meeting of the new year :crap::crap::crap:
In wondering around the building it doesn’t look like they moved out anything..Two years ago they moved all the production equipment in building three to East Asia over the year end break. That was pretty definite proof that the 2000 jobs over there had gone away forever . I can’t get into the head shed so I can only suppose the GM hasn’t moved his office to Beijing ( yet at least):gate::omg::jason::jason::fist:
Barney Frank was just on C-span ..sounds like the dems intend to investigate everything to death but do absolutely nothing ..
Where are those three guys in sweatshirts and ski masks when you need them
Fred continues his Internet search for those plastic RPGs:gate::omg:
Oil giant ‘paid groups to mislead public’ on warming
Oil conglomerate ExxonMobil paid interest groups to “mislead the public” on climate concerns, a science advocacy organization alleges.
“ExxonMobil Corp. gave $16 million to 43 ideological groups between 1998 and 2005 in a coordinated effort to mislead the public by discrediting the science behind global warming,” says the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), according to an Associated Press article.
http://tinyurl.com/y525at
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So how many people will die or have their lives destroyed for the sake of corporate profits ??? :gate::omg::jason::jason::fist:
Some Democrats could support Bush troop increase, NYT to report
Some key Senate Democrats say they could support a short-term increase in American troop levels in Iraq, a stance that reflects division with the party and could provide an opening for President Bush as he prepares to announce his plan for Iraq as early as next week, the NEW YORK TIMES reports in Thursday’s papers.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), incoming Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and incoming House Intelligence Committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) have all expressed varying degrees of support for increased troops, which they believe will help to stabilize the country and bring the overall contingent of US troops home faster
http://tinyurl.com/ym943d
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:gate::omg::jason::jason::fist:
John McInsane says in an Interview in Vanity Fair
On Adam Nagourney of the New York Times:
This is Adam Nagourney, New York Times. They’re a Communist paper, but he’s O.K.”
http://tinyurl.com/y3xmm4
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:barf::barf::barf:
MediaNews Calif. papers outsourcing ad production (To India)
MediaNews Group is ramping up outsourcing its ad production, adding its Alameda Newspaper Group properties to Contra Costa Newspapers group papers now sending files to India for processing.
The move means some 40 northern California papers, ranging from the Oakland Tribune and Fremont Argus to the Contra Costa Times, are sending their ad production files to Express KCS, a U.S. firm with offices in Gurgaon, India, according to Robert Berkeley, Express KCS’ chief executive officer.
http://tinyurl.com/y684mb
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I guess all those new college graduates will enjoy their carriers waiting tables for $ 3.50 an hour plus tips from that upper 1%.:gate::omg::jason::jason::fist:
CNN: Sources: Bush likely to send up to 40,000 troops to Iraq
WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush is likely to send anywhere from 20,000 to 40,000 additional troops to Iraq as part of his yet-to-be-announced new Iraq strategy, sources with knowledge of his deliberations told CNN Wednesday.
Bush is expected to address the nation on the new strategy early next week, sources have said.
The president has not yet signed off on any changes, including a possible increase of U.S. troops, according to the sources. But he is “driving toward a conclusion” and a plan is “taking shape” and “getting more detailed” as the president puts “on the finer points,” they said.
National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe denied a report Tuesday that Bush was ready to sign off on increasing troop strength in Iraq by 20,000, saying, “The president has not made any decisions.”
Asked about the possible troop increase Wednesday, White House spokesman Tony Snow said Bush is “moving toward what he thinks is going to be the appropriate complex of policies to get that done.”…
http://tinyurl.com/y4aacf
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Some say they will tap the National Guard to do this ..Hope for no big snow storms , floods or other natural disasters or revolutions ( hint hint hint) while they are gone :gate::omg::jason::fist:
Either that or it will get quite drafty in the SBR:cold::cold:
Negroponte to be deputy secretary of state
Director of U.S. intelligence to be replaced by former NSA chief
John Negroponte, the director of national intelligence, has accepted the position of deputy secretary of state, NBC News has confirmed. The job has been open for nearly six months since the resignation of Robert Zoellick.
The office of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has been seriously understaffed for months.
A variety of sources, in and out of government, have confirmed to NBC News that President Bush will nominate retired Navy Admiral Mike McConnell to succeed Negroponte as director of national intelligence.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16458602/
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So did Mr death Squad gets a promotion or a demotion ??:gate::omg::fist:
I don’t understand how these elected representatives get the information by which they come to these conclusions.. They obviously never talk with anyone other than those in their inner circles with a three martini glass in there hand . The demodrops are as clueless as the rethugs are .:gate::omg::jason::fist:
What is the point in reducing student loans when the students can’t find a job when they graduate ..Trying paying back any loan on $3.50 an hour plus tips.:gate::omg::jason::fist:
Good morning, Fred.
fred, FRED, Fred I just did a HUGE post — and it disappeared.
Negroponte to be deputy secretary of state
I THOUGHT HE WAS DEAD — ARREST THAT MAN NOW
I have to LOSE CONTROL (or take) :tommygun:
:tommygun::tommygun: :tommygun: :tommygun: :tommygun::tommygun: :tommygun: :tommygun: :tommygun: :tommygun: :tommygun:
A.I.V. but the important post is next to come (giggle)
:yippee: Fred ❗ The one-man Buzzflash of morningseditionists :dancers::dancers::banana::banana::banana::banana::tommygun::fist::rofl2::rofl2:
:yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee:
:cool::cool::cool: FRED IS #1, #2, #3 and “TO Infinity And Beyond” :pirate: :pirate: :pirate: :pirate: :pirate: :pirate:
A.I.V.
Is Fred going to be the last :pirate: left on the shore while the ship sails for China?:eek:
G’Morning Sue P, t:joe: CHEERS non-:alc:whether I make it back to say hi, I read ALL what your post– 😎
awwww but it is still night — :yippee: 😎
a.i.v.
artnorton, Ahhh, the Omega Man :rofl2: 😎 t:joe: CHEERS:wink:
A.I.V.
:yippee::yippee: Its Sue_P , Druid and art :yippee::yippee:
:eek::eek::eek:
omega man ? :paranoid:
Druid, I read about some Amazon River dolphins. I have to go to work but I’ll try to find out about them when I get home.
Morning, all.
I still think the idea of locking these dorfuses in a room with three guys with assault rifles and questioning them and when they come up with a stupid answer the three guys fire there assault rifles into the ceiling and yell WRONG ANSWER IDIOT
That might get them to pay more attention.. :gate::omg::jason::fist:
artnorton re 17 nope (teehee), :pirate: , I’ve got his back 😎
Aye Mate-y :fist: HiiiYaaa or :tommygun: 😎 😉 😆
A.I.V.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), incoming Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and incoming House Intelligence Committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) have all expressed varying degrees of support for increased troops, which they believe will help to stabilize the country and bring the overall contingent of US troops home faster
I was having a conversation with my dad over the holidays, during which Harry Reid’s name came up. Apparently my dad is not much of a fan. And now that I think about it, I haven’t been all that wild about Harry myself lately. Agreeing with Loserman isn’t going to help.
What does it take to overthrow a majority leader? I know the new term doesn’t even start until later this morning, but we need strong leadership to stand up to the Chimp and his wimps, and Harry doesn’t seem to be cutting it.
Any suggestions? To me, Feingold would be ideal, but I doubt that he would want it as he is going to be busy with investigations. I may have to ponder this one for a while.
And how cool is it that Keith Ellison is being sworn in today using Thomas Jefferson’s Qu’ran? Up yours, Bill O’Reilly.
:fu:
Alpha = beginning
Omega= end
Remember the omega man was last a while ago
( At least I think that was what Druid meant).
Fred the :pirate: !!
that office needs a secretary of state who can find in the dictionary the word “diplomacy.”
Nowww I get it:doh::rofl2:
Kevin- I’d take Feingold in the Senate and Barney Frank as Majority Leader over Pelosi. :fist:
I think the only way one can change the members in the house or the senate in between selections is by promoting a group of voters to cause a special election to take place .:fist:
Check in with last night’s Malloy for the 👿 and :reaper: that negroponte will bring to state. Look for condosleaza to resign in the next six months and this bastard will step up to the plate :fu::mad:
Fred feels more like a participant in survivor than a :pirate:
We actually didn’t have any layoffs last year ..No hires either and ten people left but … 😮
Reid has been on my :spank: list for a while. Maybe he should join liebermonkey’s party and then we can get a new dem leader who is actually a dem.
i’ll check out Malloy. (morning sue P et al!)
Negropontes foreign policy will be to eliminate anyone who disagrees with the SBR or interferes with our imperialistic ventures .. wait ..wait ..thats been the SBRs foreign policy for the last 40 years ..:eek::eek::crap::rant1:
Negroponte and Kissinger, separated at birth.
Well I must prepare to prepare to figure out where we are so we know where we need to go .. etc etc etc:eek::crap::tongue:
Good Morning :joe:
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wow! a penny! I guess that comedy records have a short shelflife….comedy is cheap!
Wow….I was looking at this stuff last night before I went to bed, but seeing it all laid out there is really horrible…
Bush has some plan sorta taking shape…dems iffy, first on impeachment (though when the hearings start I dont think they’ll be able to get around it) and now on troops….
If troops are going in to keep peace, what then??…At some point its gonna spin apart…which is horrible….but if they put if off its gonna spin out of control on the next president…and then we can, as Steve Colbert says, clean up the mess that we started in the first place!!…us dems!! So Bad!!
If these dems dont stand up we’re gonna have to take some sort of big action to let them know….
Im worried that Nancy Pelosi is too busy watching herself be the first woman in the job to actually do the job!
Hi Art, Fred was correct, sir. Thank You Fred :blush:
wwvmc3d and I have the Alpha — Omega Wars. (Just playing — no wars). Then I started calling The Last = Omega
with The Beginning = Alpha
but they are said as ….. Alpha/Omega but I call it the Omega/Alpha Wars …
Alpha was the first letter in Greek Alphabet, with Omega being the Last letter. :doh: Wake up brain. Must infuse tea into veins NOW 😉
a.i.v.
ArtNorton … Also in late 60’s early 70’s or whenever, did a SciFi “thiing” — I think (therefore i am),
there was :doh: i think :doh: — Charlton Heston or whoever, did a movie called, …wait for it…
“The Omega Man” [ie The Last Man ] {I also believe it was first a SciFi book, then the movie}
a.i.v.
look out…wow! is my word of the day!!
Fred, Come to California (yes, it snows here too). Make it our own MSists country. Take over the World. Sounds about “right”.
Maniacal Laughter … :rofl2: (giggle)
:tommygun::cool::tommygun::cool::tommygun::cool:
A.I.V.
Melina, WOW:!: :pirate: :yippee: :parrot: 😉
A.I.V.
I have always NEVER trusted :growl: Reid :growl:
and Kevin M,
And how cool is it that Keith Ellison is being sworn in today using Thomas Jefferson’s Qu’ran? Up yours, Bill O’Reilly.
Tres (very)😎
A.I.V.
(gotta go run and do for awhile :eek:)
Wow, who was that guy? He knows all the stuff up here – TCCC, Greek Peak…. Does a good Upstate NY hick dialect, too (though he sounds a bit more Western NY than Central).
I have used the word voyeur
Sorry, I was using with “jest” … But I think it may be a Lead Balloon Humour = LBH
…since Literally … it is a very negative sexual and abusive word, hence the “layered” joke — play upon play upon play.
But I will now stop using that word. Again, sorry. 😳
a.i.v.
PJ- As far as I know you’ve never asked for anything in the way of financial support but if you need some help…………, you know there’s probably two dozen or so of us who… I mean if we all coughed up the price of a couple of lattes…. or maybe better yet if we could underwrite your :40: for a month or so….
it just scares me if this would go away:tinfoil::shock::omg:
As was stated before PJ, and DITTO with what ArtNorton said … can we help PLEASE :cat: :pup: :cat:
a.i.v.
I hate the way the DEMS are acting and many Senator’s offices say they cannot speak on any issue since the Senators have not made a statement.
The Seditionists Party
Marc’s (or Maron’s) Party
The Morning Seditionists will hold Counsel. :rofl2:
😎
a.i.v.
Still brings tears to my eyes :love::cry:of happiness
PELOSI
a,i,v,
Good Morning Seditionists!!
well, i’m watching the SPAN right now for the election of Pelosi. honestly, it’s like watching paint dry, but it gives me a good feeling :love::nod::fist:
OK, well, that didn’t work.
rats …PJ, why do you have to shut down? … it may be worth the hassle now since MSist and you are getting quite a bit of building advertisement.
a.i.v.
I had to shut down because I wanted to back up the database and restore it to a new one (which would have been on a new db server, too, which I’d hoped would make a difference). If I don’t stop people from posting, then anything that gets posted between the backup and restore gets lost. Unfortunately, the host limits the file size I can restore to a couple of megs, and I needed to restore about 40. If I move to a new host, I’ll have to do the same thing – except it can take up to 24 hours for the DNS change to propagate (plus I have to move all the files and deal with all of my e-mail addresses that go through this host at the moment). I figured this would at least be a good chance to see how well the backup and restore would work, but, unfortunately, I was unable to restore. And of course I can’t get remote access to the db server. So, that’s one more thing I need to make sure I’m able to deal with if and when things have to get moved.
PJ- As far as I know you’ve never asked for anything in the way of financial support but if you need some help…………, you know there’s probably two dozen or so of us who… I mean if we all coughed up the price of a couple of lattes….
Comment by artnorton — January 4, 2007 @ 10:54 am
I don’t drink lattes, so this would be extra-easy for me. As far as I’m concerned, it would be money well-spent for the year plus the blog has been around, and an investment in the future. 😎
well, i’m watching the SPAN right now for the election of Pelosi. honestly, it’s like watching paint dry, but it gives me a good feeling
Comment by quietgirl — January 4, 2007 @ 1:14 pm
I haven’t seen it yet, but Randi said today that Boehner handed over the gavel to Pelosi, rather than the traditional handoff from the outgoing speaker, pork-product consumer Dennis Hastert. He was at the ceremony, but did not particpate in it.
So much for the Repigs’ sense of bipartisanship. I didn’t expect it to last, but I thought they might make it through the actual ceremonies. Sheesh.
I guess it’s back to :tommygun:
I saw that you did not know if the advantages was worth the move … am I wicked since who cares if you have to shut down for “x” amout of time.to make the site better.
It looks that a new “host” is where you are going, then what is the problem with saying “site is down for at least a day”.
Are there hidden worries?
a.i.v.
PJ- feel free to go into my bluehost account and poke aorund if you want…and if you find the pics file let me know;-)
did you shut down this afternoon?
I had so much fun listening to sam today….I am waiting with trepidation for news of AAR and news from Marc….
How will the dems handle all of this?
it occurs to me that Bush is sending everyone packing…and now Harriet Meyers is going….and I wonder what Karen Hughs is doign….is this the part where he is wandering the White House at night and talking to the portraits?
Does the blog seem to be working much better in the last couple of hours .. ??
If you use SQL server maybe the database is overpopulated ..( has constipation) Our perforrmance logs are kept in an SQL data base and sometimes updating them or extracting old records takes forever .. sometimes it doesn’t .. no one knows why ..:eek:
I just got the little blog glitch with the “done” blank page.
Katherine Lampher is gonna have a show on XM..I like More magazine…maybe its because its directed at people my age…?.and her book is out…
‘Clean sweep’: Bush replaces top general in Middle East who opposed troop surge
In what appears to be a military shakeup surrounding Iraq, President Bush has replaced both the top US general in the Middle East and the top General in Iraq, ABC NEWS is reporting on air.
Admiral William J. Fallon will replace Gen. John Abizaid, US commander in the Middle East, who announced his retirement in December, and was expected to leave the post in March. Abizaid was a critic of Bush’s efforts to add more troops to Iraq — the circumstances of his early departure are unclear.
http://tinyurl.com/y7e5m3
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GW acts more like Hitler ( in the last 6 months of the war in Europe) at every turn .. :eek::reaper::reaper:
Yeah, the worry is that I’ll screw something up and/or go to the hassle of moving and it turns out it’s some other problem. Or I won’t be able to successfully restore the db, and the last year’s worth of stuff gets lost – including everybody’s user accounts and logins and all that. Making a move requires some planning and thought, and that thinkin’ stuff aint my strong suit (not sure I actually have one, really).
But, from what I can see, it’s the freakin’ db. And it wasn’t always this bad. I’ve dumped every extra frill in an effort to improve performance, but it’s not been much help. If you look at the bottom of the page, you’ll see “page generated in x seconds.” That’s basically how long it take to get the request from the web browser, parse it, fetch whatever it needs form the db, generate the page, and return it to the browser (all independent of whatever latency there is between the host computer and the web browser – which is basically all that the tracert shows – which adds more time between your refreshing the page, and you seeing the finished page on the screen). Just now, it is under 1 second for me – .738 seconds. That seems about right. Anything in the 1 second neighborhood should be fine (obviously, the more comments there are, the longer that will be, and if you’re posting a comment, it takes longer ‘cuz it has to first write to the db, and then read everything back out again). It’s been upwards of 25 seconds at times – or no page gets rendered at all (FireFox has the most trouble; Opera seems the best – it will hang out and wait). This site just doesn’t have enough traffic to warrant that kind of shitty performance. I don’t mind an occasional hiccup, but it’s getting very bad – but, of course, it’s erratic.
So, since I have to get ready to go to DC, I hate to try to rush anything, and get it all screwed up..
It’s MySQL, and there are no doubt dozens – if not hundreds of other db’s on the same server. Part of that cheap co-location hosting. But the db is very small, and should have no problem until you scale into the millions of rows.
PJ, I hate it when I have to move a “server” and all addresses and :crap:
— which is a tiny drop compared to the Ocean with what you have to do, but growing sounds like the way. This is the ending of the slowest period going to “Spring”. Still, one can Plant Blubs.
So what problem am I not seeing? :doh:
[I will even stop using emos , : nod: if that saves space? I have never been given an exact answer, so unknown? ]
If unsure of the direction, do not move. Contemplate. You Will Know.
A.I.V.
Dude ( it’s a joke:grin:), can’t we just put money together and you get a fancy one you/we can grow on?
a.i.v.
I don’t know how the database program itself works but it looked like it caches the most frequently accessed records and then updates the cached tables and occasionally writes them back to disk. It was the restoration of the cache to disk process that seemed to screw up the extraction and updating processes.. That was a data base with very large individual records and only three typical users at anyone time and was the only one on that server .. if they use the same data base engine that launches multiple instances of itself or creates a new thread for each data base . for multiple data bases the problem can only get worse .:eek:
re 68 :rofl2: 🙄 :wink:,
:rats: I was suppose to “mellow” the EMOs.
a.i.v.
is Opera better with Mac than firefox? I like firefox, but it is really slow…Safari was even worse. Anyone use Opera on the Mac?
PJ, you know if you need a few lattes from jorga to help finance a decent home, you can count on several from me.
NORAD looking for Russian rocket in Wyoming
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colorado (AP) — A spent Russian booster rocket re-entered the atmosphere Thursday over Colorado and Wyoming, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said.
NORAD spokesman Sean Kelly said the agency was trying to confirm a report that a piece of the rocket may have hit the ground near Riverton, Wyoming, at about 6 a.m.
Kelly said military personnel had not yet reached the scene.
No damage was reported and the debris was not believed to be hazardous, NORAD said.
Eyewitnesses reported seeing flaming objects in the sky at the time the rocket was re-entering, Kelly said.
http://tinyurl.com/y4w86y
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Like Sargent Schultz I knew nothing of this ..until tonight 😮
PJ, Fred, let’s begin with fantasy? What system would be the best and price for what PJ needs for ALL of Us?
…what would be best and price for the medium system?
…what would be best and price for low system?
(Good and Bad Points regarding all)
What am I missing? 😮 :doh:
a.i.v.
fred — F:eek::eek::omg:
What would be the best solution is that we get someone to run a 200 Gigabit fibre connection into PJ’s basement .. Then PJ would have total command .. Given the couple of million to do that .. well PJ can fill in the details of option two .:eek::crap::rant1:
schenectady ny BLAH! new london ct tomorrow and the next day……
:eek::eek::eek: Its Sean :eek::eek::eek:
What show is Sean hauling for this year ??
my 400 watt inverter isnt powerfull enough to power my new xbox 360 😥
wonderfull town
400 watts :eek::eek::eek: its no wonder you run down the truck batteries :omg:
fred,:rofl2::lol:rofl2: actually thank you, believe it or not I was tested on something similar, so I am understanding more what the needs and problems are. But it sounds like PJ does need to grow. Perhaps, many, not all, we might have to support our “habit”?
What is the problem with what you suggested earlier re the one with the 3 users — but problems with multi-users? Sounds good, since PJ would be the ONLY user, right?
A.I.V.
i only use the 400 watt inverters when the truck is running!
Actually, I was toying with the idea of running it out of my basement. I could probably get away with running it on the same box as sedition radio, or even put together a new one (I think I have a big enough pile of parts). Just installed a new 2KVA UPS, so hopefully sedition radio won’t go down every time I have to shop vac up some cat puke now. Then I could buy a dedicated verizon FiOS connection. 2 mbps up is only $40 a month. Been considering getting it anyway, but now that I’m getting 10/1 on the cable, I’m less interested in messing with it. Even with 1 meg up, I can have a bunch of sedition listeners, and still use skype (BTW, if you sign up for skype out unlimited by 1/31, you get unlimited US and Canada landline calling for $15 a year. Very useful for call ing time and temperature in Saskatchewan.
Fred, re 81 :rofl2: the last 2 years our battery (MY) died in SNOW constantly. And I wouldn’t have anything on. :omg:
Solution: Buy a new battery, even though “it” registers GREEN,
save money elsewhere.
a.i.v.
on m$m news tonight, they showed the picture of that rocket crap Fred mentioned #72
It was beautiful garbage! (when a certain someone is home, ALL the new is on. 😥 )
so if sedition radio goes down, now I know why! ha! damn cats.
I agree Druid => Still brings tears to my eyes :love: 😥 of happiness
PELOSI
BIG DAY TODAY FOR US WOMENS! :fist: :gate:
so then that would be the server?….PJ, if its a matter of equiptment and/or software, please let us know and we will paypal you to help upgrade whatever it takes….A host like Blue Host is now offering services like web page management and design stuff…they might have some psy service to move the addresses or do some of the part that is labor intensive…or just to talk to you about the possibilities and what to do…like get a few second opinions from some web geeks…?
Please let us know if we can help in any way financial or otherwise….
PJ, But if you negate “that” then what?: Then I could buy a dedicated verizon FiOS connection. 2 mbps up is only $40 a month. Been considering getting it anyway, but now that I’m getting 10/1 on the cable, I’m less interested in messing with it. Even with 1 meg up, I can have a bunch of sedition listeners, and still use skype
HUH :doh: It sounds like a good medium way, but also want to find out , you hacker you, what do you want coming into your basesment … what cable, what box, are wires to be split? what do you want besides taking out of box and plugging in.
a.i.v.
Kat…yes a great day…but ar you worried that she will hold back in favor of trying to seem not too fringy and extreme…to fit in more and not wreck the first woman thing….If there is a woman in that position, as in she is next in line to the throne, then we can think of a woman for president etc…like, maybe its better to let Bush off the hook in the favor of forwarding women’s rights in this country…?
It seems like the people doing the digging and talking will have to come to their own conclusions…but if the speaker lays down and says Ok to more soldiers….
Jeeze, did you all read Herbert’s ope-ed today in the times…? I sent it out to a bunch of people but didnt post it….
Pelosi worries me…shes a little too Hillary-ish for me….Positioning herself….
PJ- I am going to call the cable co tomorrow and find out my speeds…
maybe run a second cable in…?But is what you are quoting here considered “good speed”?
10 downloading and 1 uploading per whatever amount of time?
didn’t read herbert today, so will go and dutifully read it, melina. I’m not worried about Pelosi. She’s a tough cookie. She may compromise here and there, but I think she has the ovaries to play a tough game. I hope the minions will follow. I don’t like second guessing her before she has some time under her belt.
frankly, errant d triple c’s in the Senate are more my concern.
hmmm i have a 400 watt inverter and the internets are telling me that the 360 uses 160 watts so why isnt my 360 working? any ideas sheeple?
I just hope Madame Speaker can keep a lid on her Bay Arrogance. Hopefully her proximity to Baltimore will help contain the SF tendencies.
did you add in the teevee’s requirements (you’re playing it via a tv, right?)
Oh I like Bay Arrogance, vern!
(Facetious emo) was missing. Zito!
wvmc3d … :rofl2: 😆 :rofl2:
Please “attitude” we S.F.folk have “attitude” … because “WE” can back it up 😎 :nana: :spank: :boobs: 😛 😎
[giggle, snicker]
Know that he is “ribbin’ me, folks, but he knows the “seed of truth” :rofl2:
a.i.v.
i have two different inverters one for the tv and one for the system
Gads! Don’t get Trader joe’s roasted vegi lasagne. :yuck: It’s like soggy card board.
Go to dslreports test page and run the tests from a few different places (from a wired connection) to see what kind of actual throughput you get, not what the cable company tells you you can get “up to.”
I get about 10 Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload. I have sedition rado capped at 25 users max, at 24 kbps. If maxed out, that’s about 600 kbps – leaving me a bit of upstream bandwidth to spare for other things.
I don’t really need any money (though I certainly appreciate the thouhgt), or to talk to anybody. I just need some time when I’m not trying to pack, update my resume, read a book to get a jump on next semester (Silence on the Wire: A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect Attacks), and do a few other things, so that I move things with the least amount of angst.
PJ, Understood. So why even think about this possible change until you get back? :roll:Only PJ and The Shadow Knows.:wink:
a.i.v.
Plus, it seems to be working great at the moment (there, that ought to turn everything to crap).
we can deal with the slowness and reloading till you figure it out and have time…. How long are you gonna be in DC? Is Granny gonna be able to go with you at all?..is it dorm or hotel?
I have to order this computer from Dell so I have a wired computer…Im working on these half assed crashing laptops cobbled together somehow, so cant do the speed test thing.
The thing is that Ive got consumer reports and computer shopper and all my usual reads and the technical support is so iffy…and even though the machines rank highest and most configurable and computer shopper agrees with me about what I need (they actually have an issue this month abotu what you need in a deasktop PC) Im still hesitant somehow because I feel so tied to Dell and their crap…but their machines are great….and the tech support isnt as bad as some tech support can be….
The only tech support that gets good grades is Mac/Apple…and a friend of mine just switched to Apple and had alot of trouble to start and gives their tech support a 10 out of 10…but the machines, while I oculd probably get used to them are not configurable enough…they really skimp on certain things that are important to me…and they design their stuff to become obsolete and so you need the newest cutest thing as opposed to being able to replace a component or upgrade something….
SO…Im a PC user and the tech problems that come with that is because of the flexibility that we have and the tinkering that we crave….
but why are Dell and Gateway leading the industry in hardware and then their tech support is so crappy…?
Why do I have to speak to India? I would pay more to speak to Texas!! Why cant I buy a higher teir of support just so I can have someone who can make a decision…
I guess its all the same….but it annoys me that the INdians have to go through so much documantation and testing before they can do anything….
And its damned expensive too…but Im very exicted about Vista…very excited….
And PJ, did you know that that zipzoom…. site where alot of tech folks are buying their parts from sells vista and xp at the price that tech shops get it, just the disc, as long as you buy any piece of hardware with it…if you say youre putting a computer together they give you the parts price! The Diggnation guys were talking about that this week. I wish theyd do that with Adobe!
its always zippy here except for the few white screens I get…its other sites that are loading sloly actually…
KP. Take it back. They are good about that. I thought I had that one and liked it. Now I have to go check.
I don’t exactly know why but my Itunes just cranked up an old Donovan song called ‘The War Drags On’. Someone just sent me the new Bob Herbert column about Iraq. NeCroponte is headed to State.
There is work to do.
:doh:my downstairs neighbors had drunken 16 year olds at their new years eve party
tonight the blog is working great. so maybe it’s okay dokey when it works slowly, it will keep out the riffraff.
What ARE you doing in DC, PJ? I missed the discussion and don’t think you saw my previous inquiry.
Agree, Vern, we have work to do.
melina, michael dell creeps me out like arthur blank (and we saw what happened at home depot today…)
hey PJ can you decipher how big an inverter i will need from this the guy there says 500 watts should do it
Who was that computer company that used to advertise in the early days of AAR? I also used to hear them on Ed Schultz.
Speaker Pelosi wore purple today because it was the color of the suffragettes, according to Digby:
No, no Granny with me in DC. It’s a hotel, not a dorm. The Mayflower, in fact. Maybe Pickles Bush will be there. I’ll be there for, like, three days. I have to go for a Symposium and job fair, so I’ll be hobnobbling with the NSA, CIA, FBI, DOD, etc.
Yeah, I’m familiar with zipzoomfly. I’m actually a Microsoft Partner, so each quarter, I get the latest and greatest. The next one ships this month – Vista and Office 2007 are the biggies this time around. Office sounds interesting. Word, in particular, is supposed to be able to do all the citations – MLA, APA, Chicago, etc. That will be a big help for me – at least for one semester. I’m looking forward to Longhorn Sever, too. Hard to believe 2003 is old already.
I miss working at SU, where I had access to all the Adobe stuff. And Macromedia. And Apple (Final Cut Pro is pretty nifty for video). And a lot more. Oh well.
The Mayflower – swoopy doopy! That should be an interesting couple of days.
Hey Sean, I assume those inverters are rated by input power? If 500 Watts AC at 120 Volts (that’s a bit under 5 amps) will do it, then something like this 900 Watt one should do it.
Last year dubya gave a speech at the Omni Shoreham while I was there. Say what you want, but the Presidential motorcade is a pretty cool sight to behold. At least, until you see it a few times. Watching Marine One fly over is kinda cool, too.
oh the pomp is very cool. it’s the man in the circumstance I detest.
Druid,
Here’s a link to some stuff about Amazon River Dolphins. If you scroll down to the botton the last link takes you to more info and a picture of the dolphin, which is pink.
There are 5 kinds of River Dophins. The pink ones are thought to be the smartest. The others are grey. They all appear to be similar in shape. I wonder how there can be 5 geographically diverse, fresh water dolphins considering that they have only salt water between them.
http://www.dosits.org/gallery/marinemm/13.htm
I did try to post this earlier but I couldn’t log on to the blog. It seems to work well now.
I saw the presidents’ motorcade while people were drowning in New Orleans! :fu:
Bunch of new Maron dates posted on his mySpace site. Looks like you NYC folks get a shot to see him and Janeane. Also the Letterman taping looks to be next week again.
I actually saw the edge of Kennedy’s motorcade in NYC when I was little….my Mom’s car broke down and all the cops had white gloves on…and while they helped her I held their white gloves on my lap in a pile….very cool….I must’ve been pretty little….
I wonder if Marc and Janeane do a duet??:dancers:I guess Mishna’s in there too.
Wow, thats great!!…Thanks PJ. I wonder if we will get an email on that.
Is anyone gonna go?
I wonder if Will can get into comix….
Letterman’s gonna have this incredible subway hero guy on his show tonight (Malloy talked about him on his show last night). Helluva story.
You know, when you hear about something like this, it makes you think that maybe – just maybe – the human race has a future, after all.
im gonna see what the truckstop has for inverters tonight any idea if it might screw stuff up if i plug a 900 watt inverter into my ciggarette lighter since i dont really feel like running the wires from the battery?
pjsauter re123 subway Hero :nod:
A.I.V.
Might wanna feel the plug and wires every now and again, just to see if they feel alarmingly hot. 7.5 amps isn’t all that much current on the AC side. On the DC side, well, that’s a fair amount of current. Something like 75 amps, I guess, at 12 volts. There’s probably a fuse in the lighter plug end, so hopefully the worst you’ll do is pop the fuse.
Sue P, ahhhhhhhh 😉 You must of thought I was crazy to call the The Pink Dolphins, The Pink Dolphins — they really are bright pink. So beautiful, so fragile, so on the endangered list. Aren’t they just sacred?!!. I cannot get the Omega White, now a Ghost, 🙁 out of my mind. Sniff. It just Haunts. It just aches.
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yeah i have a fuse in the 400 watt one and thats the plug i would use for the ciggarette lighter
i will pick one up tonight and update as to how it works!
Just keep the fire extinguisher handy. :omg:
pj- re:#99 Just let us know if you need someone to write a note to get you out of something so you can have some time :rofl2::doh::nod:
:paranoid:dont scare me PJ!
I am sorry Sean, I have to sound scary. “Its my job.” from LadyHawk …said with same inflection
When I was in mountains I had a notebook, plus a zillion things that could run either in 12v adapter mode and/or to truck plug-in.
All lines felt hot to damn near melt, thus I had non-burnable mats and you can smell if some wire, somewhere is “frying”. All should be cool unless you fall asleep. And Vigilance:!: Always feel for :hot:
Alright :rant1: is over.:omg:
A.I.V.
Just for info PJ I tried “dslreports test page” but It had problems (alright, I had problems :roll:) I will try another millionth time tonight or tomorrow. Unless you need me, I will keep playing. eck :roll::slap: on my own.
a.i.v.
night all….!
pj- I think I’ll pass on allmp3.com
Wikipedia talked about multiple lawsuits, Visa and MC won’t pay to them anymore and peopled are getting porno-spam into their emails. It’s russia, the wild wild east:tommygun:
On the other hand, I’d like to hear from cnick who is so enamoured with Apple. I can’t express the depths of my dissapointment with what’s available thru itunes to someone who cares deeply about music. For instance- the whole Frank Zappa body of work-
NOT THERE ! Bad Plus Trio- one of the most unique jazz groups around- now annointed by Ornette Coleman as the guys who understand his music NOT THERE!
:fu: ITUNES:mad::omg:
last……………..….chirp………chirp………:shock: