Getting Online with Your New Computer: Santa Delivered!

[tribdog]

How many of you are now getting online with a brand new computer recently delivered by Santa?

 

[mattmns]

not me, but I am not going to complain about the computer I have

 

[relskid]

i love you too, tribdog!

ps i got my laptop for my birthday. ;)

 

[The_Professional]

I got my top of the line xps system about 2-3 months ago and plays doom 3 like no other!

 

[tribdog]

I just upgraded, got a tape drive for my Commodore 64

 

[mattmns]

I just upgraded, got a tape drive for my Commodore 64

Then why are you complaining

 

[matthyaouw]

Commadore 64? I used to have one of those! Oh the memories!

 

[tribdog]

Commadore 64? I used to have one of those! Oh the memories!

don't you miss those days. I remember having a boxing game that took at least 30-40 minutes to load.

 

[check]

All I wanted for xmas was some batteries for my discman...I got more than a bargained for. :)

 

[mjwhip2]

Although my laptop was a present last christmas, I just received a wireless router and pcmcia card. So instead of sitting in the cold basement I am in my kitchen ignoring the family.
Mike

 

[Evo]

I just upgraded, got a tape drive for my Commodore 64

I still have mine, the lovely orange type on the screen.

 

[Moonbear]

LOL! I remember playing Jeopardy and Winter and Summer Olympics competitions on a Commodore 64. Those were the days when you could get excited about creating Mr. Bo Jangles, the dancing stick figure, using BASIC! Those were also the days when my computer science class homework could be completed without a computer!

 

[matthyaouw]

I do miss my old commadore. I barely remember the thing, and was probably too young to be any good at the games anyway, but still I think fondly of it. I was a little more attatched to my Atari ST, which was the next one I had. Oh man, did that thing have some good games!

 

[Artman]

I just upgraded, got a tape drive for my Commodore 64

I had a Commadore 128 and except for the slow loading, the lockups and the inability to use multiple windows, I really did love that thing. Actually several of the programs had functions that I can't find on similar programs in windows, functions that I really miss.

Oh well, I just have to console myself with my new cable internet connection.

 

[tribdog]

I had a Coleco ADAM computer with Daisy-wheel printer.

 

[Andromeda321]

My dad just got wireless in the house so I am here on my nice laptop instead of the crummy home computer, does that count?

 

[tribdog]

My dad just got wireless in the house so I am here on my nice laptop instead of the crummy home computer, does that count?

Let's see, do I hate you?...Yep. Okay yes it counts.

 

[Chrono]

I got nunchucks. I want to be just like the guy in the video.

 

[tribdog]

and I'm sure you will be

 

[Moonbear]

I did get Legos, though just a tiny box of 32 legos...it was a present from my nephew. He got everyone some sort of toy or game for Christmas...pretty precocious for an 18 mo old, don't you think? Is it any wonder I spoil him rotten?

Other than that, nothing I asked for. I got a nice green suede jacket with a fur collar. It's a nice jacket, but nothing I needed or would have chosen for myself. I just got a new winter jacket last month that I'm happy with already (it unzips apart so I can also use it as just a fleece or windbreaker in addition to being a very warm winter jacket, and has a ton of pockets inside and out...it's everything I ever dreamed of in a jacket), so now a suede jacket is rather pointless. I have a good, long, wool coat for when I need to dress up (more practical than a jacket if I'm wearing a skirt too, since it keeps my legs warm), so really, I don't know when I'll ever wear a suede jacket. What a waste of money. Who buys someone a jacket without asking anyway?

No new computer, but mine is pretty new already. Just got it in September or October (can't remember now).

 

[tribdog]

And nobody expects you to remember which month it was, what with your mind on your jacket dilema.

 

[xck]

no batteries

since this seems to be a system thread...

i bought a "walkman" since my old one still works (old faithful). the new one does quit a bit (ev'rything 'cept bring me coffee) except take batteries. It is a portable CD player (that is ALL I wanted it for) but I can't be portable with it. It says it is a "walkman" but it must really be a sit-man since it doesn't take batteries! No, I'm not furious, the universe knows I like a good puzzle and I have no common cents, so maybe it's just space age and will play without batteries? Is that possible?

it is a Sony tv/weather/fm/am/ atrac3plus mp3 that is what is on the face of it, and on the bottom of cd player it says CD WALKMAN D - NF400

i am hoping maybe someone has one and can splain to me what is up with it not taking batteries.

all i wanted was something that played regular CDs, i don't kow anything about mp3's don't want to to, they are too large. i don't watch tv much, well very rarely, and radio once in a blue moon. i just wanted the Walk man part is all and so is it possible it is not portable altho it looks portable?

I wish I had known that walkmans quit walking

 

[xck]

allarmhh

okay, false alarm. i just axed my husband, oar, the genius in the fam. brilliant he opened it and the batteries actually go inside the thing where the cd's are played weird. i don't think I'm going to tell him how long i have been baffled by it. oh man, sometimes...to the moon.

 

[mjwhip2]

i bought a "walkman" since my old one still works (old faithful).

Then why did you buy a new one.

i am hoping maybe someone has one and can splain to me what is up with it not taking batteries.

Put a car battery in a backpack, hook up an inverter, plug it in, and walk.

i don't kow anything about mp3's don't want to to, they are too large.

mp3's are compressed files. They are around 5-10meg per file. as opposed to 50meg for a .wav. To put it in simpler terms: You can only fit approx 20 songs (.wav) on a cd, whereas you can put 100 mp3's on a cd.
Mike

 

[Chrono]

and I'm sure you will be

Thanks for the vote of confidence!

 

[xck]

Mike,

!wow, thank you very much, just when i thought oar knew it all. thank you for the 3mp information. i will have to investiage!

i was an mpeg baby, and some dinoarsus you just can't extinct

 

[tribdog]

Mike,

!wow, thank you very much, just when i thought oar knew it all. thank you for the 3mp information. i will have to investiage!

i was an mpeg baby, and some dinoarsus you just can't extinct

WOW, I read your posts and I can see the alcohol taking effect. This sort of thing fascinates me, I can sit and watch it for hours.

 

[Chrono]

WOW, I read your posts and I can see the alcohol taking effect.

It could be marijuana, also. You never know.

 

[Evo]

According to xck's profile, he/she just turned 4 years old last month. Damn good typing for someone that old!

 

[Evo]

I just got my "self install" DSL kit. I still do not believe that I can have DSL out here. I live in a cow pasture. I have a septic tank. I''m lucky to have running water and electricity.

Anyone want to bet it doesn't work? My digital cable quality is so poor I can only get 24 of the 200+ channels they tell me I'm getting, and those are fuzzy. If it rains, I can't even see most of those, I ended up buying an external antenna for rainy days, I disconnect the cable and go with the local stations.

 

[mjwhip2]

Evo, any idea how far your central office is? Acceptable distance is around 12000ft. Much further and performance starts to degrade.
Good luck
Mike

 

[tribdog]

I live in a cow pasture. I have a septic tank. I''m lucky to have running water and electricity.

you sure are. I'd kill for a seppic tank and lectrickity

 

[Evo]

Evo, any idea how far your central office is? Acceptable distance is around 12000ft. Much further and performance starts to degrade.
Good luck
Mike

Unless they built a new one, about 8 miles. I don't know where else they would have installed a DSLAM, there might be a small unmanned CO closer, but I'm surpised they would have upgraded it for DSL, but who knows. I'll soon find out.

 

[BobG]

LOL! I remember playing Jeopardy and Winter and Summer Olympics competitions on a Commodore 64. Those were the days when you could get excited about creating Mr. Bo Jangles, the dancing stick figure, using BASIC! Those were also the days when my computer science class homework could be completed without a computer!

Ooh, yeah! A case of beer, a few friends, and game of full contact Jeopardy on the C64. Nothing better!

Playing the bootleg copy of Winter Games and Summer Games with no instructions was a lot fun, too. We were simply awed whenever someone figured out a new skating move or a new dive and jumped their score to a whole new realm.

 

[Quantum_Prodegy]

I just got my "self install" DSL kit. I still do not believe that I can have DSL out here. I live in a cow pasture. I have a septic tank. I''m lucky to have running water and electricity.

Anyone want to bet it doesn't work?

I live in the boonies as well evo...and we just got DSL last summer. It works fine, except for the fact that I bought a phone that uses a 2.4 ghz frequency...same as the wireless card on my laptop (yes tribdog i have a p4 dell laptop...widescreen) so when I use the phone my internet signal weakens. The fact taht the router is as far away from my laptop as my house will allow probably doesn't help.

Good luck with it...ur going to notice a huge difference from dial-up!

 

[Evo]

I live in the boonies as well evo...and we just got DSL last summer. It works fine, except for the fact that I bought a phone that uses a 2.4 ghz frequency...same as the wireless card on my laptop (yes tribdog i have a p4 dell laptop...widescreen) so when I use the phone my internet signal weakens. The fact taht the router is as far away from my laptop as my house will allow probably doesn't help.

Good luck with it...ur going to notice a huge difference from dial-up!

I haven't had time to hook it up yet. I checked the COVAD website and did a prequal and it said I can't get DSL, it's usually a pretty reliable indicator if you're in their territory in the US, and I am, but this is from the local phone company, perhaps they've done something different.

I will try to hook it up this weekend.

 

[franznietzsche]

How many of you are now getting online with a brand new computer recently delivered by Santa?

Hi. Its sweet.

Actually it wasn't from santa, my parents bought all the separate requisite parts, and then i had to construct it. Fun fun fun.

 

[cronxeh]

http://carboninside.com/cablespeed.JPG


in your face!

 

[tribdog]

ohh, I REALLY hate you

 

[Chrono]

ohh, I REALLY hate you

So do I. I'm here getting, at best, 5 kb/sec.

 

[Smurf]

don't be jealous, he's playing NeverWinter Nights. NeverWinter Nights sucks.

 

[Chrono]

don't be jealous, he's playing NeverWinter Nights. NeverWinter Nights sucks.

I didn't notice what he was getting. At least it wasn't porn, right?

 

[tribdog]

oh, he got porn. He's got about 35Gig worth of porn. Took almost all day to download it all, but the first thing he did with high speed was start getting some of those "High Quality" videos.

 

[cronxeh]

na that's what the 56kers do - leave their computer online to download torrents

 

[Chrono]

oh, he got porn. He's got about 35Gig worth of porn. Took almost all day to download it all, but the first thing he did with high speed was start getting some of those "High Quality" videos.

35 Gigs? Dang, I don't even look at that much in a year.

 

[Moonbear]

Playing the bootleg copy of Winter Games and Summer Games with no instructions was a lot fun, too. We were simply awed whenever someone figured out a new skating move or a new dive and jumped their score to a whole new realm.

So, who actually had the original that all those copies came from? I never knew anyone who had instructions with it! I thought that was part of the game, figuring out how to create jumps and dives.

 

[Quantum_Prodegy]

http://carboninside.com/cablespeed.JPG


in your face!

GRRRRRRRR...i may have dsl but its the slowest of them...20kb/s usually.

 

[Chrono]

GRRRRRRRR...i may have dsl but its the slowest of them...20kb/s usually.

It's a lot faster than the crap I get.

 

[cronxeh]

haha.. ohh man. classic

i suppose you guys leech out torrents at 5-7 kbps too eh?

i just have to include this one as well. praise the 'secret society', suckerss

 

[Quantum_Prodegy]

at my dad's work i downloaded at ~850kbps...115 mgbs in about 3 mins That's my alltime record. Takes that long to download a 4mgb song at home.