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Comment Hang on a minute... (Score 1) 65

I had printers on Win9x/NT machines in the early 2000s do this from time to time. With or without service packs. Everyone just assumed the printer was possessed, we just power cycled the printer, and we moved on with our lives. Obligatory video: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FALNV4ZW33fA

Comment Wrong tool for the job (Score 1) 163

Excel falls flat on it's face, wreaks havoc, or generally just misbehaves because time and time again people insist on using it for purposes it was never designed for. I've lost track of how many times someone has tried to reinvent Access inside Excel.

Comment Re:Imperfect but good (Score 1) 2

Imperfect but good is right. Over the last 25-ish years using Linux I've have a few bizarre issues related to XWindows. Oh well, who hasn't. Eventually I've found fixes for all of them, so I call that a good thing.

I have a vanity license plate that makes reference to XWindows. I drive an Xterra. Not sure what that says about me.

Comment Refinement of definition needed (Score 1) 103

I believe the current system allows for a providers bandwidth to be averaged in order to show the "overall" performance and service being delivered in order to satisfy the requirements. This creates the situation where low speed, low price plans get dropped in order to prop up the average. Then they ratchet up the speed of consumer plans to speeds that very few single family homes could ever saturate. Again, done to inflate the average. The FCC should add that the lower tier plans should be required to stay in place as to not taint the averages. No gaming the system, Personally I see no need for anything more then what I subscribe to now, a 75 Mbps plan. I rarely max it out. The other plan offerings, starting at 300 Mbps, offer me no value at all. My provider keeps pushing me in that direction despite this.

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