Simply random stuff

[ar surround]

When I announced my retirement, they asked me what it would take to stay on, and I said “six figures.” I also would have said that I needed at least two product certifications so I could actually fix a handful of programming screwups in the gear there. I was relieved when I didn’t get an answer.

No matter how much money they pay us, they can never compensate us for our time. We just can't add another day to our lifespan to make up for a day spent at the office.

 

[barfle]

good for you.....I had throat cancer for my sickness.....been cancer free ever since but I still get a yearly check-up...just to make sure......

My wife is a cancer survivor, so I have a bit of an idea what you might have gone through. Of course, I’m glad you’re well, but probably not quite as glad as you are.

 

[barfle]

No matter how much money they pay us, they can never compensate us for our time. We just can't add another day to our lifespan to make up for a day spent at the office.

I didn’t dislike my work, although management often did their best to turn it into just a job. But I was ready to go on my own. The money would have gone into my retirement funding, although that’s proven itself to be plenty adequate over the last nine years, so it certainly wasn’t necessary.

 

[bsco]

you probably could say that.....lol.....I enjoy my retirement by doing repairs for individual people and family and doing music with y wife....we also write and perform our own material as well.....it is a very satisfying way to spend the rest of my days.....so I am able to as they say....."Live The dream??" lol......and it is fantastic...

 

[mandrix]

Ladies and Gents, I'm a gonna have a good time Friday!
My wife ordered me a box of fresh oysters. I'm gonna be shucking and jiving out in my shop (supposed to rain Friday).
Time to charge up the bluetooth speaker and look for my short, large handle flathead screwdriver.

 

[mandrix]

Is the forum moving really slow today for anyone else??

 

[Sonik Wiz]

Is the forum moving really slow today for anyone else??

Fine for me. Checked your speed lately at speedtest.net?

 

[mandrix]

Fine for me. Checked your speed lately at speedtest.net?

Well (ADSL) I'm only getting around 35mbps down and 18 up but the internet tv is on..but shouldn't make that much a cut. So less than half normal. Not sure what's going on.
Fiber soon I hope, line is run down to my property and the terminator box (or whatever it's called) installed. Guy installed the box said maybe in a month, but he did not speak good English so I might have misinterpreted.

 

[ar surround]

Well (ADSL) I'm only getting around 35mbps down and 18 up but the internet tv is on..but shouldn't make that much a cut. So less than half normal. Not sure what's going on.
Fiber soon I hope, line is run down to my property and the terminator box (or whatever it's called) installed. Guy installed the box said maybe in a month, but he did not speak good English so I might have misinterpreted.

We went from 5 mbps to 500 mbps. You are going to love fiber. I doubt I could ever go back to those slower speeds, although your normal 70 mbps is pretty good. The ultra high speeds are great for sharing large files...ahem...

 

[mandrix]

We went from 5 mbps to 500 mbps. You are going to love fiber. I doubt I could ever go back to those slower speeds, although your normal 70 mbps is pretty good. The ultra high speeds are great for sharing large files...ahem...

I have been told by the project manager we will be offered up to 2 gig up/down. Time to get under the house and upgrade the old CAT 5 to CAT 8 I'm thinking.

 

[jefe1]

There is cat 8 now? Thought 5e was the standard.

 

[mandrix]

There is cat 8 now? Thought 5e was the standard.

Yep, sure is.

 

[Clement]

Rolled my new high–and my 11th clean–game today!

 

[madscot]

On a random plough through youtube I found a guy extolling the virtues of this free app for the firestick, it has literally 1,000’s of movies and tv series in hd including bang up to date movies and is perfectly legal. It’s called Onstream, you need to install it through downloader, then input onstream.so into the url input
The only negative is it’s in stereo only so have to use fake surround for a great listening experience

 

[bnyhof]

There is cat 8 now? Thought 5e was the standard.

Currently there are seven categories of Ethernet cable on the market: CAT5, CAT5E, CAT6, CAT6A, CAT7, CAT7A, and CAT8.

 

[jefe1]

Thanks for that. I guess If Im going to wire my house upfor networking I would want to choose Cat8 for future proofing....

 

[bsco]

Ladies and Gents, I'm a gonna have a good time Friday!
My wife ordered me a box of fresh oysters. I'm gonna be shucking and jiving out in my shop (supposed to rain Friday).
Time to charge up the bluetooth speaker and look for my short, large handle flathead screwdriver.

Good for you...enjoy...personally I prefer either whole cod or whole salmon stuffed with dressing....

 

[ar surround]

Thanks for that. I guess If Im going to wire my house upfor networking I would want to choose Cat8 for future proofing....

Good idea, because one they reach Cat9, the Cat is out of lives.

Ugggggggggggggggggggh. Throw me off of the forum for that one.

 

[barfle]

Ladies and Gents, I'm a gonna have a good time Friday!
My wife ordered me a box of fresh oysters. I'm gonna be shucking and jiving out in my shop (supposed to rain Friday).
Time to charge up the bluetooth speaker and look for my short, large handle flathead screwdriver.

How's ya likes yer ersters?
Rah, rah, rah!

 

[Bill B]

Happened to see this article yesterday regarding the future of physical media in Christopher Nolan's (and others') eyes.
For most of us it's preaching to the choir, but it's still a good read.

https://www.theverge.com/24046669/4...media-bitrate-picture-audio-quality-collector