Posted on 01/03/2005 4:42:35 AM PST by The Mayor
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Still holding at 39 but I may have to start holding at 40 next year. I think some of the Finest FReepers may remember how many years I've been holding. :)
LOL. You know, I miss you around here. I miss Just Frank too. I lost Silly Shelly long ago and haven't been able to find her.
Thanks. I'm doing good. Can't get much done on computer. I am on Starband and its very slow now a days and the weather has it completely down most of the time lately. Raining here and Starbands goes down in bad weather. And for the last few months, maybe longer its not much faster that a dial up.
It used to be really fast when I first got on it. It has really gone down hill.
I've been "holding" much longer!
I tell you Dubya, we have been sooooo happy with cable hookup. We used to have a dish. Dang thing would go out every time it rained. We only lose cable when the electric goes out and it only goes out when we have ice, which is almost never.
Hehe. She hung around my profile page for a long time, and then one day she turned into a red x. I haven't decided on a course of action yet, whether an Amber alert or a funeral is in order.
The weather affects my DirectWay also.
They did an upgrade recently .... I bought a new modem from them but it was reasonable. (can't remember how much now, tho). That seemed to help with speeding up the reception.
Maybe Starband will upgrade their equipment if enough people complain.
Thank you for the info. I have SBCGlobal at my office and I love it. I very seldom am in my office to get to use it. At my home office I will never be able to get SBC and probably not cable in my life time. I sure wish I could.
LOL .... I don't know about that!!!
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Whichever course of action you take, she will be missed. :)
I didn't realize it was your birthday. Have a really happy one.
Hiya Deadhead. Stay warm and happy.
Well, don't dispair. I think there will be one big direct connector for all computers one of these days. Whether it will be via phone, satelite or cable, it will cover everyone.
Here's something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox up:
1.Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:
network.http.pipelining network.http.proxy.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.
2. Alter the entries as follows:
Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"
Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"
Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.
3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.
If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!
DUB HERE I JUST DID THIS ON STARBAND AND IT REALLY HELPED A LOT.
WHAAAT??!! The last thing I remember here was posting on Christmas Eve, and from then on, it was a REALLY WILD RIDE!!
I watched Santa fly by with his sleigh, and Rudolph winked at me -- and strange things began to happen --
Would you believe I was taken aboard the sleigh and deposited in Turkey? -- seems jwfiv had arranged for my present to have lessons by the whirling dervishes in dancing!
I will give you all a little background.
Known to the west as Whirling Dervishes, the Mevlevi Order was founded by Mevlana Rumi in the 13th century. The Order wrote of tolerance, forgiveness, and enlightenment. They survive today as a cultural brotherhood. They are not theatrical spectacles but sacred rituals. The ritual of the Mevlevi sect, known as the sema, is a serious religious ritual performed by Muslim priests in a prayer trance to Allah. Mevlevi believed that during the sema the soul was released from earthly ties, and able to freely and jubilantly commune with the divine.
Dervish literally means "doorway" and is thought to be an entrance from this material world to the spiritual, heavenly world. The Whirling Dervishes played an important part in the evolution of Ottoman high culture. From the fourteenth to the twentieth century, their impact on classical poetry, calligraphy and visual arts was profound. Rumi and his followers integrated music into their rituals as an article of faith. Rumi emphasized that music uplifts our spirit to realms above, and we hear the tunes of the Gates of Paradise.
Leave it to Johnny Mac (/Fox) to come up with something totally unique!
Waiting patiently for the sleigh to come back by, after 2 days of being stranded some Beduoins made an offer I couldn't refuse -- to go with them to Arabia to star in a movie they were making about Scheherazade - - 1001 Arabian Nights.
Can't begin to tell you all the script stories, naturally, but the Rimsky Korsakov musical score was fantastic. It was a truly unforgettable side trip!
Strange thing is, I remember only one thing that happened since, visiting some Marines in Iraq, and then finding myself standing here right now on Military Monday - January 2, 2005 ??!!
Sigh -- thanks, jwfiv --
It's good to be 'home."
Well now.....you see, there was help after all. Glad it helped clear up some of your delay.
Ah..I think you are editing some of your trip..LOL
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