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Socrates · Captain Joined: 27 Feb 2001 Posts: 2941

Turn the shit off...
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Jeremy Reimer · Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2002 9:03 am Post subject:

The hilarious thing is that PeterB said the same thing...

I think it's okay the way it is. Helps catch double posts and the like..
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longmarch · Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2002 9:46 am Post subject:

Mord · Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2002 10:40 am Post subject:

I've noticed it can be sluggish here, but when I learned that the forum runs on JRs desktop, then that pretty much answered my question.
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Jeremy Reimer · Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2002 11:34 am Post subject:

It's a Shaw thing. I'm not supposed to be running a web server or hosting forums or the like. According to Shaw, I'm not even supposed to be doing anything.

But it's cheap and it works (kind of) and it keeps OSY free and available, so there you go.
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-- Carl Sagan

"Its not a rule. Its just something I noticed. Several of us have more than one sig." - Mord

"No, you are a troll, and I should have never let you back to Ars in after the first 16,000 bannings." - Caesar, to He Who Shall Not Be Named

Riso · Commodore Joined: 28 Feb 2001 Posts: 3019

Flood Control also is a way to stop frontpage owning, which is very annoying.
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Mord · Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2002 8:26 pm Post subject:

Fuck Shaw. I run a web server and have a router behind which more than one computer has access *gasp*.

I'm not into downloading movies much, maybe some MP3s, the odd warez (very little). Bottom line is, I just don't use much bandwidth.

As long as I'm not doing anything stupid (like running a p2p supernode or warez ftp or some such), Shaw won't even notice me.

And JR, they probably won't even care about you either, unless you've already attracted some attention........
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Give a guy a gun, he thinks he's Superman. Give him two and he thinks he's God. - Superintendant Pang, Lashou shentan (a.k.a. Hard-Boiled)
I note that you don't have any OSY member quotes in your sig. - the twinkster
Nonsense. "Bias" is people whom don't agree with me. - FondueDaredevil

Gabe: I wish you weren't a fucking liar.
Tycho: I'm not a liar.
Gabe: Well, I wish you didn't lie.

Jeremy Reimer · Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2002 10:14 pm Post subject:

They phoned me up a couple of months ago and DEMANDED to know why I had downloaded 40 gigs and UPLOADED 41 gigs in the last month.

I told them they were on crack, as at the time I had only a 20 gig HD with 1 gig free and OSY traffic was nowhere close to that amount of bandwidth, not by several orders of magnitude.

They replied that I could either fix the problem or they would cut me off.

I told them I would look into it.

If they call me one more time, EVER, I'm moving to Telus DSL.
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"Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who pretend to nonexistent knowledge and envision a Cosmos centered on human beings will prefer the fleeting comforts of superstition. They avoid rather than confront the world. But those with the courage to explore the weave and structure of the Cosmos, even where it differs profoundly from their wishes and prejudices, will penetrate its deepest mysteries."
-- Carl Sagan

"Its not a rule. Its just something I noticed. Several of us have more than one sig." - Mord

"No, you are a troll, and I should have never let you back to Ars in after the first 16,000 bannings." - Caesar, to He Who Shall Not Be Named

Mord · Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2002 10:23 pm Post subject:

I would do the same.

Shaw called up a friend of mine the other day. His roommate, who just moved in, downloaded something like 50GB of data in one month (movies). Shaw sent a letter asking them to stop. My friend quoted their agreement that said something about no limit to downloads. They replied with price quotes for business service and re-iterated their message.

Fucking ISPs. But we have it damn good compared to most places in the states though. My broadband cable costs me just over $30CDN per month.
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Give a guy a gun, he thinks he's Superman. Give him two and he thinks he's God. - Superintendant Pang, Lashou shentan (a.k.a. Hard-Boiled)
I note that you don't have any OSY member quotes in your sig. - the twinkster
Nonsense. "Bias" is people whom don't agree with me. - FondueDaredevil

Gabe: I wish you weren't a fucking liar.
Tycho: I'm not a liar.
Gabe: Well, I wish you didn't lie.

FondueDaredevil · Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2002 11:50 pm Post subject:

Harbinger · Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2002 4:04 pm Post subject:

Socrates · Captain Joined: 27 Feb 2001 Posts: 2941

And I thought Pacbell was fucked...
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HitScan · Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2002 7:22 pm Post subject:

Lurch · Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2002 4:02 am Post subject:

I'd say that Telus are even worse than Shaw. Let's face it, cable companies have a relatively flat pricing structure compared to the Telcos. I have friends that are getting jerked around because the ADSL cup has runneth over and Telus are keen to rack up the fees. While Shaw are far from perfect, last month I did 17 GB down and 2 GB up and they haven't said a thing.
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