Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[Sarlacc]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

The U.S. has always been the world leader in objectification of women in media because of our puritanical roots.

Forbidden Fruit Syndrome.

U.S. pioneered the moving pictures, television and the VCR which set the whole objectification-of-women industry up for it's heyday.
Both objectification of women and puritanism were brought over from Europe.
Both have survived in Europe, and both are under pressure in Europe today.
The differences aren't that great, really.
That's why I find subtle nuances such as the significance of pictures of women in underwear so interesting.

For example, when travelling in India I realized how incredibly deep my lack of understanding ran. There were layers upon layers, millennia of diverging history preventing me from even coming close to grasping why people did, said and felt what they did. Apart from the basic needs of human kind, I had absolutely nothing in common with any of the nice people I met.

When travelling in the U.S. it's more like meeting distant cousins with a different dialect (ok, different Germanic language) but there's tons of common ground.
I felt I understand the broad outlines of how and why people live and think. And then I scared the crap out of a girl at a gas station by asking a simple question that probably marked me as a raving lunatic or an alien.
So, I want to learn more. About the little things. Like how to inquire about the operational parameters of a gas pump without having people fainting of fear. Or, even better, how do you pay in advance for a full tank of gas?

[Cole]

Originally Posted by humfrz

I think I have about a half dozen routers in a box in the basement ......

NOW, I just call Comcast (internet cable provider) and tell them to come out and fix their POS ....... by noon tomorrow.

See how simple I made it .......

OK, is your router hooked through a battery backup power supply ......??

You might try changing the location of your router.


humfrz

No battery back up, there hasn't been any power loss from what I can tell.

Don't see how the location of the router is going to stop it from transmitting, ie, the lights for sending/receiving data aren't lighting up.

This isn't a case of a bad signal, it's a dead router.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Cole

No battery back up, there hasn't been any power loss from what I can tell.

Don't see how the location of the router is going to stop it from transmitting, ie, the lights for sending/receiving data aren't lighting up.

This isn't a case of a bad signal, it's a dead router.

Well, OK ...... I suggest you NOT buy the same brand router twice in a row ..... rotate them.

........and quit buying cheap routers ......

Are you on cable there or are you still using dial up .......


humfrz

[x808drifter]

Originally Posted by ScoobsMcGee

Or https://www.ebay.com/itm/Initial-D-A...-/252130050647

3k for a version 2?
I'd give him $800 for both.

If it was 5th stage maybe.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Well, OK ...... I suggest you NOT buy the same brand router twice in a row ..... rotate them.

........and quit buying cheap routers ......

Are you on cable there or are you still using dial up .......


humfrz

I have had a cheap one for years and it still works great.

[new2subaru]

Originally Posted by humfrz

......... stay out of the automobile showrooms ........ they are expensive!

If it's running good, I suggest you keep the one you have .......


humfrz

Good point, humfrz! But, I think I'd like to get back into a manual. We have a manual Veloster in the family now and I'm enjoying it a lot.

Anyone want to trade a 2015 AT for a 2015 MT straight up?

[krayzie]

Originally Posted by x808drifter

Every time I see one of those I just SMFH.
A: If you know a little about how to use a computer, there are emulators.
B: You can still buy working NES/SNES/N64/ect for relatively cheap with games.

I was using an emulator as far back as in the late 90's on my then old 486DX2-66. Don't see how it's the same as having an authentic controller with a CRT tele or actually going to the arcade. I for one don't even have a CRT at home anymore so a remake with HDMI sounds perfect to me.

Back when I was in school like 15 years ago, the owner's kids turned their old man's variety store right by the school campus into selling retro gaming stuff. Now they have the biggest store of its kind in TO.

http://www.acgamesonline.com/

I grew up giving this vending machine a lot of my lunch money in the 80's.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

I have had a cheap one for years and it still works great.

hmmm.......I figured you for more old school ......


humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by new2subaru

Good point, humfrz! But, I think I'd like to get back into a manual. We have a manual Veloster in the family now and I'm enjoying it a lot.

Anyone want to trade a 2015 AT for a 2015 MT straight up?

@Ultramaroon may be interested ........that way he can stay focused on reading his GPS .......


humfrz

[krayzie]

Originally Posted by Cole

Here's a question for those who know a little something about routers.

Do they have open source firmware for your router?

I have a Linksys WRT3200ACM and even with the stock firmware it's alright no issues. Had to read thru some forum postings to get it stable tho.

[x808drifter]

Possible solution.
You get an upgrade in internet speeds?

When I changed ISP's a few years ago we had run into a problem with overloading the router itself.

We were asking it to do too much at once and it was making us have to reset the router multiple times a day.

Got a better one and havent had a problem since.
Funny part was it's the ISP's modem/router.

[Cole]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Well, OK ...... I suggest you NOT buy the same brand router twice in a row ..... rotate them.

........and quit buying cheap routers ......

Are you on cable there or are you still using dial up .......


humfrz

It's not exactly a cheap router, but compared to fancy "gamer" ones, yes it's cheap. But, the previous one worked for over a year without any issues.

We're on cable.

Originally Posted by krayzie

Do they have open source firmware for your router?

I have a Linksys WRT3200ACM and even with the stock firmware it's alright no issues. Had to read thru some forum postings to get it stable tho.

No open source firmware AFAIK, but I put a beta version on it, and it seems to be working better.

Originally Posted by x808drifter

Possible solution.
You get an upgrade in internet speeds?

When I changed ISP's a few years ago we had run into a problem with overloading the router itself.

We were asking it to do too much at once and it was making us have to reset the router multiple times a day.

Got a better one and havent had a problem since.
Funny part was it's the ISP's modem/router.

No upgrade, other than moving from my girlfriend's old place (with a whopping 0.8mbps speed) to our new place (7mbps).

From what I read today, it does seem like the router is being overloaded, as someone was having very similar issues to me. Turns out that it's the 5GHz band that's the issue. The chipset seems to not like higher speeds on 5GHz, so after I turned that off (or maybe it was the different firmware version) things have been alright, but time will tell.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Cole

It's not exactly a cheap router, but compared to fancy "gamer" ones, yes it's cheap. But, the previous one worked for over a year without any issues.

We're on cable.



No open source firmware AFAIK, but I put a beta version on it, and it seems to be working better.



No upgrade, other than moving from my girlfriend's old place (with a whopping 0.8mbps speed) to our new place (7mbps).

From what I read today, it does seem like the router is being overloaded, as someone was having very similar issues to me. Turns out that it's the 5GHz band that's the issue. The chipset seems to not like higher speeds on 5GHz, so after I turned that off (or maybe it was the different firmware version) things have been alright, but time will tell.

Are you on Rogers? They recently changed the system and we had to trade in our old modem/router because it kept having to be reset. Everybody we know that has Rogers has had the exact same issue you are. We got the new one and all has been good.

[krayzie]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Are you on Rogers? They recently changed the system and we had to trade in our old modem/router because it kept having to be reset.

Same issue here recently even with Bell Fibe. It forced me to finally purchase a dedicated router and run the modem in bridge mode with its router component turned off. No issues since.

Well my Surface Book only has a 2x2 antenna on WiFi-AC was the other reason, it was just too slow on the old WiFi-N router combo. My old trusty ThinkPad has a wicked 3x3 antenna on WiFi-N and it is reasonably fast even on the shit Bell routers.

Thanks Lenovo for ruining the current ThinkPad line I can't even replace my old beat up one with anything decent. They are like the modern Honda of laptops.