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Since: Feb 05, 2004
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(Msg. 16) Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 11:51 pm
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"SpaceGirl" <NoSpaceSpamGirl.TakeThisOut@subhuman.net> wrote in message
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> "Fat Sam" <sam.TakeThisOut@janetandsamnospam.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> > 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 It makes you hopelessly out of date....!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 
LOL.....getting it tomorrow......Damn me for living in the only part of the
UK still stuck in the olden days......
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(Msg. 17) Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 11:55 pm
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"SpaceGirl" <NoSpaceSpamGirl.RemoveThis@subhuman.net> wrote in message
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> "William Tasso" <SpamBlocked.RemoveThis@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?
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> > --
> > William Tasso
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> or have names for all your computers?
You know, this is something I've never done......I know folks who have names
for their computers, cars, guitars, and all sorts of other things.....For
some reason I've never felt entirely comfortable giving human names to
things......It may be something to do with my fear and terror of the day
when the internet gains self awareness, and decides to fight back against
humanity.......I don't think I could handle that sort of humiliation from an
entity called "Pinky"....
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(Msg. 18) Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 11:57 pm
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Fat Sam 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.
>
> the box is delivered tomorrow......
good news - got my second DSL (the first is cable) connection connected
today. two connections - now we're cooking ;o)
> I'll miss this sweet sweet dialup
> song.....
oh no you won't.
>> 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.....
heh - be careful what you wish for.
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(Msg. 19) Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 12:27 am
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Fat Sam schrieb:
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> "Els" <els.aNOSPAM.TakeThisOut@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......
Those were the days... too bad my cable modem doesn't play that music
anymore  .
Way back when, I used to put the tapes with my BASIC programs in the
tape recorder. What a sound!
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(Msg. 20) Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 2:42 am
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William Starr Moake <wsmoake.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in
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> On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 18:32:25 -0000, "Fat Sam"
> <sam.TakeThisOut@janetandsamnospam.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
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>>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.
Why? I've used my modem to listen to my voicemail (it was quite a loud 33k6
ZyXEL faxmodem). Programmed it to dail the number, pause, dail the
passcode, pause, and choose the "Listen to messages" option. It worked
quite well.
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(Msg. 21) Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 2:43 am
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On 25 Feb 2004 23:42:59 GMT, Louis Somers
<removethis.info.RemoveThis@nospam.xmlssoftware.com> wrote:
>William Starr Moake <wsmoake.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote in
>news:i11q30p2c2neucuu6ibarllc58n5hc2hh4@4ax.com:
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>> On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 18:32:25 -0000, "Fat Sam"
>> <sam.RemoveThis@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.
>
>Why? I've used my modem to listen to my voicemail (it was quite a loud 33k6
>ZyXEL faxmodem). Programmed it to dail the number, pause, dail the
>passcode, pause, and choose the "Listen to messages" option. It worked
>quite well.
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(Msg. 22) Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 2:50 am
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"Fat Sam" <sam.DeleteThis@janetandsamnospam.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in
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> Does it make me a geek if I can tell what speed my computer is
> connecting at just by the sound the modem makes?
I guess you would be a geek if you use the VoiceModem headset when making
calls and use it's fax capabilities 24/7 (while offline ofcourse) for
incoming fax's. Anyone ever used those features? I found them quite
useless.
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(Msg. 23) Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 4:10 am
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Does it make me a geek if I call a computer tech support place
after trying in vain for months to figure out why I can't do a disk
cleanup only to be asked a series of questions of about my virus
software, firewall etc. and to be complimented by said computer
tech?
He was impressed because I had a firewall, a virus program and
used Spybot S&D. He said they recommend spybot to all the
first time clients that call them.
So because I get warm praises and referred to as 'experienced'
by a computer help technician does that make me a geek?
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(Msg. 24) Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 10:37 am
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"Fat Sam" <sam.DeleteThis@janetandsamnospam.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Does it make me a geek if I can tell what speed my computer is connecting
at
> just by the sound the modem makes?
Yes
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(Msg. 25) Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 10:56 am
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On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 19:41:47 -0000 "Alistair" <forget_it> broke off
from drinking a cup of tea at Posted via Supernews,
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>"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?
>>
>>
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>perhaps an out-of-date geek....
>
>a real geek would have had BB long ago
>
>
It's not available everywhere. Indeed in the city where our offices
now are, the telephone exchange is not even digital!
Matt
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(Msg. 26) Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 10:57 am
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On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 20:51:22 -0000 "Fat Sam"
<sam.DeleteThis@janetandsamnospam.fsnet.co.uk> broke off from drinking a cup of
tea at to write:
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>"SpaceGirl" <NoSpaceSpamGirl.DeleteThis@subhuman.net> wrote in message
>news:c1iuri$1hu777$1@ID-129131.news.uni-berlin.de...
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>> "Fat Sam" <sam.DeleteThis@janetandsamnospam.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:c1ipmp$vhj$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
>> > Does it make me a geek if I can tell what speed my computer is
>connecting
>> at
>> > just by the sound the modem makes?
>>
>> Hello no. It makes you hopelessly out of date....! Modem!??? Come on...
>40%
>> of the UK internet market is broadband or better now. Wake up
>
>LOL.....getting it tomorrow......Damn me for living in the only part of the
>UK still stuck in the olden days......
>
Not just you. We moved our offices to Southampton, a sizeable city,
and thought okay, install broadband..... Er no!
Matt
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(Msg. 27) Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 10:58 am
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On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 10:24:09 -1000 William Starr Moake
<wsmoake.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> broke off from drinking a cup of tea at to write:
>On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 18:32:25 -0000, "Fat Sam"
><sam.RemoveThis@janetandsamnospam.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Does it make me a geek if I can tell what speed my computer is connecting at
>>just by the sound the modem makes?
>>
>No, but if you start thinking the modem is speaking to you in English,
>you're in big trouble.
ROTFL!
"It was the voices! They told me to buy Windows XP!"
<BG>
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(Msg. 28) Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 11:48 am
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Matt Probert wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 19:41:47 -0000 "Alistair" <forget_it> broke off
> from drinking a cup of tea at Posted via Supernews,
> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.supernews.com" target="_blank">http://www.supernews.com</a> to write:
>> "Fat Sam" <sam.DeleteThis@janetandsamnospam.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:c1ipmp$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?
>>
>> perhaps an out-of-date geek....
>>
>> a real geek would have had BB long ago
>
> It's not available everywhere. Indeed in the city where our offices
> now are, the telephone exchange is not even digital!
>
you moved? did you get to the seaside?
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(Msg. 29) Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 1:10 pm
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"Fat Sam" <sam RemoveThis @janetandsamnospam.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Does it make me a geek if I can tell what speed my computer is connecting
at
> just by the sound the modem makes?
Not in any way, but it does tell us you are not a super-geek, who would have
researched the broadband available in his area before purchasing his home,
and would have moved to a new location in order to get it, no matter what my
wife...uh...his wife says.
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(Msg. 30) Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 1:12 pm
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"Fat Sam" <sam RemoveThis @janetandsamnospam.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> You know, this is something I've never done......I know folks who have
names
> for their computers, cars, guitars, and all sorts of other things.....For
> some reason I've never felt entirely comfortable giving human names to
> things......It may be something to do with my fear and terror of the day
> when the internet gains self awareness, and decides to fight back against
> humanity.......I don't think I could handle that sort of humiliation from
an
> entity called "Pinky"....
<snip>
That's it...w2k_server1 is being renamed Tom, and w2k_server2 will now be
called Stanley. I think I'll rename the w2k_firewall machine...Shirley.
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