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sam4

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 9:32 pm Post subject: Does this make me a geek? Archived from groups: alt>www>webmaster (more info?)

Does it make me a geek if I can tell what speed my computer is connecting at just by the sound the modem makes? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.594 / Virus Database: 377 - Release Date: 24/02/2004 >> Stay informed about: Does this make me a geek?

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 9:32 pm Post subject: Re: Does this make me a geek? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"Fat Sam" <sam RemoveThis @janetandsamnospam.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message news:c1ipmp$vhj$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk... > Does it make me a geek if I can tell what speed my computer is connecting at > just by the sound the modem makes? > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.594 / Virus Database: 377 - Release Date: 24/02/2004 > > No, if you were a geek you would be piggy backing on your neighbors broadband wireless network and listing to that Ani Defranco song for modem tones...<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Does this make me a geek?

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 9:32 pm Post subject: Re: Does this make me a geek? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 18:32:25 -0000, "Fat Sam" <sam.TakeThisOut@janetandsamnospam.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: >Does it make me a geek if I can tell what speed my computer is connecting at >just by the sound the modem makes? > No, but if you start thinking the modem is speaking to you in English, you're in big trouble.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Does this make me a geek?

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:36 pm Post subject: Re: Does this make me a geek? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Fat Sam wrote: > Does it make me a geek if I can tell what speed my computer is connecting at > just by the sound the modem makes? Nah.. if you were a geek, you'd probably have found out by now how to make the modem silent I think it just means that you are in front of your pc too much time. -- Els Sonhos vem. Sonhos vão. O resto é imperfeito. - Renato Russo -<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Does this make me a geek?

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:36 pm Post subject: Re: Does this make me a geek? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"Els" <els.aNOSPAM RemoveThis @tiscali.nl> wrote in message news:403ceab3$0$41758$5fc3050@dreader2.news.tiscali.nl... > Fat Sam wrote: > > > Does it make me a geek if I can tell what speed my computer is connecting at > > just by the sound the modem makes? > > Nah.. if you were a geek, you'd probably have found out by > now how to make the modem silent Why would I want to do that?.....The dialup tones ae like music...... > I think it just means that you are in front of your pc too > much time. You gotthat right mate......Still, it pays the bills at the end of the day...... --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.594 / Virus Database: 377 - Release Date: 24/02/2004<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Does this make me a geek?

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:40 pm Post subject: Re: Does this make me a geek? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Fat Sam wrote: > Does it make me a geek if I can tell what speed my computer is > connecting at just by the sound the modem makes? > Yep, but I thought you were on fat-band now. What about when you know the ip-address/hostname/un/pw for every fixed ip device on your network? -- William Tasso<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Does this make me a geek?

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(Msg. 7) Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:41 pm Post subject: Re: Does this make me a geek? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"Fat Sam" <sam RemoveThis @janetandsamnospam.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message news:c1ipmp$vhj$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk... > Does it make me a geek if I can tell what speed my computer is connecting at > just by the sound the modem makes? > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.594 / Virus Database: 377 - Release Date: 24/02/2004 > > perhaps an out-of-date geek.... a real geek would have had BB long ago<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Does this make me a geek?

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(Msg. 8) Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:46 pm Post subject: Re: Does this make me a geek? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Fat Sam wrote: > "Els" wrote: > >>Fat Sam wrote: >> >>>Does it make me a geek if I can tell what speed my computer is connecting at >>>just by the sound the modem makes? >> >>Nah.. if you were a geek, you'd probably have found out by >>now how to make the modem silent > > Why would I want to do that?.....The dialup tones ae like music...... hmm.. in that case... I take my words back, you probably are a geek -- Els Sonhos vem. Sonhos vão. O resto é imperfeito. - Renato Russo -<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Does this make me a geek?

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(Msg. 9) Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:46 pm Post subject: Re: Does this make me a geek? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"Els" <els.aNOSPAM.RemoveThis@tiscali.nl> wrote in message news:403cecee$0$41752$5fc3050@dreader2.news.tiscali.nl... > Fat Sam wrote: > > > "Els" wrote: > > > >>Fat Sam wrote: > >> > >>>Does it make me a geek if I can tell what speed my computer is connecting at > >>>just by the sound the modem makes? > >> > >>Nah.. if you were a geek, you'd probably have found out by > >>now how to make the modem silent > > > > Why would I want to do that?.....The dialup tones ae like music...... > > hmm.. in that case... I take my words back, you probably are > a geek LOL....I thought as much...... --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.594 / Virus Database: 377 - Release Date: 24/02/2004<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Does this make me a geek?

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(Msg. 10) Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:57 pm Post subject: Re: Does this make me a geek? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"Fat Sam" <sam RemoveThis @janetandsamnospam.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message news:c1ipmp$vhj$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk... > Does it make me a geek if I can tell what speed my computer is connecting at > just by the sound the modem makes? Hello no. It makes you hopelessly out of date....! Modem!??? Come on... 40% of the UK internet market is broadband or better now. Wake up xM (with her very nice 2.5Mbit cable line... and very much a geek-girl!)<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Does this make me a geek?

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(Msg. 11) Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:58 pm Post subject: Re: Does this make me a geek? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"William Tasso" <SpamBlocked.DeleteThis@tbdata.com> wrote in message news:c1itli$1ipnnm$1@ID-139074.news.uni-berlin.de... > Fat Sam wrote: > > Does it make me a geek if I can tell what speed my computer is > > connecting at just by the sound the modem makes? > > > > Yep, but I thought you were on fat-band now. > > What about when you know the ip-address/hostname/un/pw for every fixed ip > device on your network? > > -- > William Tasso or have names for all your computers? Tia, Harmony, Spider (or web server!) and um.. xbox, all on our home network <!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Does this make me a geek?

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(Msg. 12) Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 11:16 pm Post subject: Re: Does this make me a geek? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

SpaceGirl wrote: > "William Tasso" <SpamBlocked.DeleteThis@tbdata.com> wrote in message > news:c1itli$1ipnnm$1@ID-139074.news.uni-berlin.de... >> Fat Sam wrote: >>> Does it make me a geek if I can tell what speed my computer is >>> connecting at just by the sound the modem makes? >>> >> >> Yep, but I thought you were on fat-band now. >> >> What about when you know the ip-address/hostname/un/pw for every >> fixed ip device on your network? >> > > or have names for all your computers? > > Tia, Harmony, Spider (or web server!) and um.. xbox, all on our home > network Well.... they all have names of course, all the servers here have girly names (susan, lulu etc) - I think you're a geek when you apply the human paradigm to them. -- William Tasso<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Does this make me a geek?

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(Msg. 13) Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 11:18 pm Post subject: Re: Does this make me a geek? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Els els.aNOSPAM.RemoveThis@tiscali.nl wrote: > Fat Sam wrote: > > > Does it make me a geek if I can tell what speed my computer is connecting at > > just by the sound the modem makes? > > Nah.. if you were a geek, you'd probably have found out by > now how to make the modem silent > I think it just means that you are in front of your pc too > much time. > A true geek doesn't use a modem. A true geek connects by whistling into the phone. -- eric <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.ericjarvis.co.uk" target="_blank">www.ericjarvis.co.uk</a> "live fast, die only if strictly necessary"<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Does this make me a geek?

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(Msg. 14) Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 11:18 pm Post subject: Re: Does this make me a geek? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 20:18:48 -0000, Eric Jarvis <web DeleteThis @ericjarvis.co.uk> wrote: > Els els.aNOSPAM DeleteThis @tiscali.nl wrote: >> Fat Sam wrote: >> >> > Does it make me a geek if I can tell what speed my computer is >> connecting at >> > just by the sound the modem makes? >> >> Nah.. if you were a geek, you'd probably have found out by >> now how to make the modem silent >> I think it just means that you are in front of your pc too >> much time. >> > > A true geek doesn't use a modem. A true geek connects by whistling into > the phone. Ah, I still remember the days when I dialed my rotary phone by tapping the cradle. It was faster Grey -- The technical axiom that nothing is impossible sinisterly implies the pitfall corollory that nothing is ridiculous. - <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.greywyvern.com" target="_blank">http://www.greywyvern.com</a> - Orca RingMaker: PHP web ring creation and management<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Does this make me a geek?

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(Msg. 15) Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 11:49 pm Post subject: Re: Does this make me a geek? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"William Tasso" <SpamBlocked DeleteThis @tbdata.com> wrote in message news:c1itli$1ipnnm$1@ID-139074.news.uni-berlin.de... > Fat Sam wrote: > > Does it make me a geek if I can tell what speed my computer is > > connecting at just by the sound the modem makes? > > > > Yep, but I thought you were on fat-band now. the box is delivered tomorrow......I'll miss this sweet sweet dialup song..... > What about when you know the ip-address/hostname/un/pw for every fixed ip > device on your network? Thats the level of gekishness that I aspire to..... --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.594 / Virus Database: 377 - Release Date: 24/02/2004<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Does this make me a geek?

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