Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[Andrew025]

Hey

[soulreapersteve]

Hai

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by themadscientist

Getting ready to chow down on some Carl's jr. At Akihabara.

You do mean the restaurant right? RIGHT???

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by soulreapersteve

Meanwhile.... I don't know what to do now that I got faster speeds. Probably just watch porn I suppose.

I recently found out my home is in an area that Comcast (XFinity) can provide 2gig (up and down) speeds for home use! I am very tempted but the $300 a month charge is a bit much, although I suppose I could open my own data center.

[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

I recently found out my home is in an area that Comcast (XFinity) can provide 2gig (up and down) speeds for home use! I am very tempted but the $300 a month charge is a bit much, although I suppose I could open my own data center.

$300/mo fuuuuuuuuuuck wait for FiOS

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[Nevermore]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

The V8 weighed in around 3,000 pounds and the wheel track was much narrower than newer car which gave them a wonky COG. Also remember the rear was leaf springs and shocks. No matter what you do to the suspension you can not expect modern car driving characteristics. You can improve them from what they were yes but they will always be pigs.

So, aside from the weight and size, couldn't same be said of the 240z? Or of any older car?

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Nevermore

So, aside from the weight and size, couldn't same be said of the 240z? Or of any older car?

Yep. I am not trying to discourage here just giving the facts. You mentioned weight and I responded. There are many factors about modding older cars that need to be considered and it isn't just drop an engine in in your driveway and off you go. Most of those old cars (even the sports cars) drove like shit compared to modern ones. You can update loads but that means they will now drive slightly less like shit. As long as you understand that going into it all is good. If you go in with the wrong expectations you will be disappointed.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by p1l0t

$300/mo fuuuuuuuuuuck wait for FiOS

That's basically what this is (its fiber, not cable). The pricing is actually better than what I've seen for Verizon's FiOS service (Verizon's listed price for 500/500Mbps service is $270 a month vs $300 a month for 2000/2000Mbps service from Xfinity.

I'll most likely stick with what I have for now from UVerse. The only real issue I have is upload speed and that is only when I'm doing cloud backups to Amazon.

[Ashikabi]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

That's basically what this is (its fiber, not cable). The pricing is actually better than what I've seen for Verizon's FiOS service (Verizon's listed price for 500/500Mbps service is $270 a month vs $300 a month for 2000/2000Mbps service from Xfinity.

I'll most likely stick with what I have for now from UVerse. The only real issue I have is upload speed and that is only when I'm doing cloud backups to Amazon.

What could you possibly need 2gb upload for?

[Tectoniic]

Originally Posted by Ashikabi

What could you possibly need 2gb upload for?

Uploading porn.....what else do you need internet speed for?

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Ashikabi

What could you possibly need 2gb upload for?

What @Tectoniic said, plus I need to back up my huge collection of Cosplay Girls....

Do I need it, no about 80% of the time, would it be great when I do, yes.

I do some video editing work on occasion (most family/friends) and also work from home quite a bit with large datasets/Excel files/etc that are stored on a corporate network which require bidirectional access. We also back all our home computers to Amazon. At last count I have 6 computer/laptops, one file server with about 3TB of data on it (mostly archived edited video footage and photos), and another 20 or so web-enabled devices in my house. Backing these up to the cloud in the background can take hours (and occasionally days) with the current upload speed.

[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

What @Tectoniic said, plus I need to back up my huge collection of Cosplay Girls....

Do I need it, no about 80% of the time, would it be great when I do, yes.

I do some video editing work on occasion (most family/friends) and also work from home quite a bit with large datasets/Excel files/etc that are stored on a corporate network which require bidirectional access. We also back all our home computers to Amazon. At last count I have 6 computer/laptops, one file server with about 3TB of data on it (mostly archived edited video footage and photos), and another 20 or so web-enabled devices in my house. Backing these up to the cloud in the background can take hours (and occasionally days) with the current upload speed.

Upload speed is the gold. DL speed is practically free nowadays.

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[Teseo]

Originally Posted by Tectoniic

Uploading porn.....what else do you need internet speed for?

And Call of Duty, no lag bitches!

[jawn]

Originally Posted by p1l0t

Upload speed is the gold. DL speed is practically free nowadays.

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Indeed. I need that symmetric DL/UL. I remote desktop (a lot) to and from my home computer, so it's nice to have a nice and quick UL speed.