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MixxDreamer wrote:yeh you're right, thanks ill do some research until my contract ends next month, ill have more time to think :mrgreen:

Cool. I hope you find the best provider for your internet needs. :hehe:

ok since i dont really know the difference on those two, can i still keep the dsl modem and get rid of the landline.. or does cable modems only offer that? :headscratch:

AFAIK, you need to keep your land line for the DSL to work. I think there was legislation/legal ruling that allows for DSL w/o a phone number. I think that goes into effect 2006/7

krim wrote:AFAIK, you need to keep your land line for the DSL to work. I think there was legislation/legal ruling that allows for DSL w/o a phone number. I think that goes into effect 2006/7

did hear about the intitiative in some areas where they offer broadband over power lines instead of telephone lines...nifty idea.

MixxDreamer wrote:ok since i dont really know the difference on those two, can i still keep the dsl modem and get rid of the landline.. or does cable modems only offer that? :headscratch:

Also I think you should always keep at least one landline phone in case of emergency. In the last big Black Out in NY and also on Sept 11th. cell phones and cordless phones did not work at all in certain areas. Only the landline phones were in use. I know you are in CA. Just a suggestion. :)

Tu_triky wrote:

did hear about the intitiative in some areas where they offer broadband over power lines instead of telephone lines...nifty idea.

i read about that somewhere... i dont think i'd want to use that right now.. esp with all our power line problems. I just dont think it's ready for mainstream use yet.

krim wrote:

i read about that somewhere... i dont think i'd want to use that right now.. esp with all our power line problems. I just dont think it's ready for mainstream use yet.

SBC is already working on Project Ligthspeed which is the laying down of fiber optic cables for speeds probably 15 times faster than the shiet we have now...should be cool. probably see it in a few years.

Tu_triky wrote:

SBC is already working on Project Ligthspeed which is the lying down of fiber optic cables for speeds probably 15 times faster than the shiet we have now...should be cool. probably see it in a few years.

If i could get that for cheap, i'd break out my old RAID tower, put some new drives in it... free dorama downloads for everyone!

krim wrote:

If i could get that for cheap, i'd break out my old RAID tower, put some new drives in it... free dorama downloads for everyone!

just wait, man...if we're all healthy enought to enjoy the next several years of livin'...it'll be super fast high speed access to the internet and with the next gen optical drives such as blu-ray and toshiba's hd-dvd...you'll be recording everything in hd.....

f*ck, i read an article that stated that sony's is already developing a 200GB Blu-ray disc?!?! can you imagine? 200GB on one fuggin' disc????

i dont trust Sony with putting out any new media.

krim wrote:i dont trust Sony with putting out any new media.

dont's shed a tear yet...the battle between hd-dvd and blu-ray is only beginning....

yeah, i'll decide what's what when the battle is over.

Anyways..

I have a betamax player if anyone wants to buy it... totally collectable. $9000

krim wrote:I have a betamax player if anyone wants to buy it... totally collectable. $9000

Does anyone even sell Betamax tapes for recording? :headscratch:

bmwracer wrote:
Does anyone even sell Betamax tapes for recording? :headscratch:

I do. $100 each. :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
Does enyone even sell Betamax tapes for recording? :headscratch:

my fellow elves and i hook that shiet up for x-mas only....we then sell our wares unbeknownst to the big fellow in the red suit on eBay....shiet, until we get a union deal we gotta do our thang to survive...we could slang crack but no one would be beleive us coming from the north pole...they would think we're tryin' to deal "snow."

krim wrote:I do. $100 each. :hehe:

Pass.

I'm saving my money to buy a TEAC reel-to-reel recorder. :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
Pass.

I'm saving my money to buy a TEAC reel-to-reel recorder. :hehe:

SOOOOOOORRRYYY
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krim, ur gripes about sony formats
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Sonyfs Mini-Disc Format About to Bite the Dust
October 2, 2005
By Alice Hill
RealTechNews

You donft have to be a tech junkie to know that Sony is trying mighty hard to re-gain lost ground. New CEO, new plans for the Playstation, but unfortunately, there is rumbling online that the Sony MiniDisc (MD) format may soon bite the dust. The news is coming from some pretty credible MD folks over at Sony Voice, an independent discussion board on all things Sony.

Our Take: Sony Restructure + New Focus = No Mini Disc. I know MD nuts who will literally cry at the news, but this looks like a category that just never caught on the way Sony imagined.

It is becoming clear with the recent restructuring of Sony that the Minidisc format may soon become extinct. Hell, QUALIAfs out the door, whatfs really stopping us from thinking MD isnft next? Even in Sonyfs Annual Report for 2005, which in every previous year has featured a MD unit mentioned positively or pictured in one form or another, cited: In the portable audio market, trends and ways of enjoying music are changing rapidly as consumer preferences shift from CD-based and MD-based products to those with flash memory and HDDs. In spring 2005, we released our latest Network Walkman, reinforcing our lineup of Walkman portable audio products in the Japanese market, which until then comprised the CD Walkman and the MD Walkman. The Network Walkman, available in both flash memory and hard disk models, enjoyed strong sales.h Source: Sony Voice via Digg

Tu_triky wrote:krim, ur gripes about sony formats
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Sonyfs Mini-Disc Format About to Bite the Dust

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see! :hehe:

krim wrote:

see! :hehe:

i ain't mad at cha

--tupac