tommie gorman

OK, lets get something straight. Does DSL not use the old copper going into a house already? And cable has to run all new? I am a bit confused here.

Don't I know it. I really think DSL tries the hardest though. (yeah I know, they have an advantage) But at least they do try.

It simply won't plug in, or it won't come on?

That was a very interesting twist on Geometry, Time and Dimension. Thanks you.

Nice speeds CamaroGuy, glad to hear that.

Gotta love this. Major screw up. From Jim http://www.zianet.com/tedmorris/dg/bombers4.html I see attachments are still screwed up as well. Maybe that crew could help.

Now we have established that you do not undertstand it. Have it. Want it. But you do recieve it anyway. Are not asked anything for it. And it is costing you absolutely nothing for it. The least you could do is "Just Not Knock It" Just show some respect. God Bless America >John McCain's remarks about the Pledge of Allegiance! > > > >In light of the recent appeals court ruling in California, with respect > >to the Pledge of Allegiance, the following recollection from Senator > >John McCain is very appropriate: > > > >"The Pledge of Allegiance" - by Senator John McCain > > > > > >As you may know, I spent five and one half years as a prisoner of war > >during the Vietnam War. In the early years of our imprisonment, the NVA > >kept us in solitary confinement > >or two or three to a cell. In 1971 the NVA moved us from these > >conditions of isolation into large rooms with as many as 30 to 40 men to > >a room. > > > >This was, as you can imagine, a wonderful change and was a direct result > >of the efforts of millions of Americans onbehalf of a few hundred POWs > >10,000 miles from home. > > > >One of the men who moved into my room was a young man named Mike > >Christian. > > > >Mike came from a small town near Selma , Alabama He didn't wear a pair > >of shoes until he was 13 years old. At 17, he enlisted in the US Navy. > >He later earned a commission by going to Officer Training School Then he > >became a Naval Flight Officer and was shot down and captured in 1967. > >Mike had a keen and deep appreciation of the opportunities this country > >and our military provide for people who want to work and want to > >succeed. > > > >As part > >of the change in treatment, the Vietnamese allowed some prisoners to > >receive packages from home. In some of these packages were > >handkerchiefs, scarves and other items of clothing. > > > >Mike got himself a bamboo needle. Over a period of a couple of months, > >he created an American flag and sewed on the inside of his shirt. > > > >Every afternoon, before we had a bowl of soup, we would hang Mike's > >shirt on the wall of the cell and say the Pledge of Allegiance. > > > >I know the Pledge of Allegiance may not seem the most important part of > >our day now, but I can assure you that in that stark cell it was indeed > >the most important and meaningful event. > > > >One day the Vietnamese searched our cell, as they did periodically, and > >discovered Mike's shirt with the flag sewn inside, and removed it. > > > >That evening they returned, opened the door > >of the cell, and for the benefit of all of us, beat Mike Christian > >severely for the next couple of hours Then, they opened the door of the > >cell and threw him in. We cleaned him up as well as we could. > > > >The cell in which we lived had a concrete slab in the middle on which we > >slept Four naked light bulbs hung in each corner of the room. > > > >As I said, we tried to clean up Mike as well as we could. After the > >excitement died down, I looked in the corner of the room, and sitting > >there beneath that dim light bulb with a piece of red cloth, another > >shirt and his bamboo needle, was my friend, Mike Christian. He was > >sitting there with his eyes almost shut from the beating he had > >received, making another American flag. He was not making the flag > >because it made Mike Christian feel better. He was making that flag > >because he knew how important it was to us to be able to Pledge our > >allegiance to our flag and country. > > > >So the next time you say the Pledge of > >Allegiance, you must never forget the sacrifice and courage that > >thousands of Americans have made to build our nation and promote freedom > >around the world. > > > >You must remember our duty, our honor, and our country > > > >"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to > >the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, > >with liberty and justice for all." Hell, who knows. It must be more of an American and Ally thing.

And no you did not have to ask them to do it either. But they still did. So here is another one. A Soldiers Request Please send this to any military person you know. > >> >>>Subject: A Christmas Poem >>> >>> >>> >>>TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HE LIVED ALL ALONE, >>>IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF PLASTER AND STONE. >>> >>>I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE, >>>AND TO SEE JUST WHO IN THIS HOME DID LIVE. >>> >>>I LOOKED ALL ABOUT, A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE, >>>NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS, NOT EVEN A TREE. >>> >>>NO STOCKING BY MANTLE, JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND, >>>ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES OF FAR DISTANT LANDS. >>> >>>WITH MEDALS AND BADGES, AWARDS OF ALL KINDS, >>>A SOBER THOUGHT CAME THROUGH MY MIND. >>> >>>FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT, IT WAS DARK AND DREARY, >>>I FOUND THE HOME OF A SOLDIER, ONCE I COULD SEE CLEARLY. >>> >>>THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING, SILENT, ALONE, >>>CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME. >>> >>>THE FACE WAS SO GENTLE, THE ROOM IN SUCH DISORDER, >>>NOT HOW I PICTURED A UNITED STATES SOLDIER. >>> >>>WAS THIS THE HERO OF WHOM I'D JUST READ? >>>CURLED UP ON A PONCHO, THE FLOOR FOR A BED? >>> >>>I REALIZED THE FAMILIES THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT, >>>OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT. >>> >>>SOON ROUND THE WORLD, THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY, >>>AND GROWNUPS WOULD CELEBRATE A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY. >>> >>>THEY ALL ENJOYED FREEDOM EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR, >>>BECAUSE OF THE SOLDIERS, LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE. >>> >>>I COULDN'T HELP WONDER HOW MANY LAY ALONE, >>>ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME. >>> >>>THE VERY THOUGHT BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE, >>>I DROPPED TO MY KNEES AND STARTED TO CRY. >>> >>>THE SOLDIER AWAKENED AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE, >>>"SANTA DON'T CRY, THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE; >>> >>>I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, I DON'T ASK FOR MORE, >>>MY LIFE IS MY GOD, MY COUNTRY, MY CORPS." >>> >>>THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER AND DRIFTED TO SLEEP, >>>I COULDN'T CONTROL IT, I CONTINUED TO WEEP. >>> >>>I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS, SO SILENT AND STILL >>>AND WE BOTH SHIVERED FROM THE COLD NIGHT'S CHILL. >>> >>>I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE ON THAT COLD, DARK, NIGHT >>>THIS GUARDIAN OF HONOR SO WILLING TO FIGHT. >>> >>>THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER, WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE, >>>WHISPERED, "CARRY ON SANTA, IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY, ALL IS SECURE." >>> >>>ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH, AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT. >>>"MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND, AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT." >>> >>> >>> >>>This poem was written by a Marine. The following is his request. I think it is reasonable..... >>> >>>PLEASE. Would you do me the kind favor of sending this to as many >> people as you can? >>>Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to our U.S. >> service men and women for our being able to celebrate these festivities. Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe. Make people stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed themselves for us. Please, do your small part to plant this small seed And they did not ask anything of you. (Not much anyway)

Here is something I got in my e-mail. Perfect for this. Please take a minute out of your busy life to stop and read this. > > > The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, > I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. > My wife was asleep, her head on my chest, > My daughter beside me, angelic in rest. > Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white, > Transforming the yard to a winter delight. > The sparkling lights in the tree I believe, > Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve. > My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep, > Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep. > In perfect contentment, or so it would seem, > So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream. > > The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near, > But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear. > Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know, Then the > sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow. > My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear, > And I crept to the door just to see who was near. > Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night, > A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight. > > A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old, > Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold. > Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled, > Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child. > "What are you doing?" I asked without fear, > "Come in this moment, it's freezing out here! > Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve, > You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!" > > For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift, > Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts.. > To the window that danced with a warm fire's light > Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right, > I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night." > "It's my duty to stand at the front of the line, > That separates you from the darkest of times. > No one had to ask or beg or implore me, > I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me. > My Gramps died at 'Pearl on a day in December," > Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers." > My dad stood his watch in the jungles of 'Nam', > And now it is my turn and so, here I am. > I've not seen my own son in more than a while, > But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile. > > Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag, > The red, white, and blue... an American flag. > I can live through the cold and the being alone, > Away from my family, my house and my home. > I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet, > I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat. > I can carry the weight of killing another, > Or lay down my life with my sister and brother.. > Who stand at the front against any and all, > To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall." > > "So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright, > Your family is waiting and I'll be all right." > "But isn't there something I can do, at the least, > "Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast? > It seems all too little for all that you've done, > For being away from your wife and your son." > Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret, > "Just tell us you love us, and never forget. > To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone, > To stand your own watch, no matter how long. > For when we come home, either standing or dead, > To know you remember we fought and we bled. > Is payment enough, and with that we will trust, > That we mattered to you as you mattered to us." > > PLEASE, Would you do me the kind favor of sending this to as many > people as you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to our > U.S. service men and women for our being able to celebrate these > festivities. Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we > owe. Make people stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed themselves for > us. > > LCDR Jeff Giles, SC, USN > 30th Naval Construction Regiment > OIC, Logistics Cell One > Al Taqqadum, Iraq. I am not sure if this explains it any more, but they are also doing this for your and yours also.

Speed for tonight. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 1485 Kbps about 1.5 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 181 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/12/11 - 2:09am Bottom Line:: 26X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 5.66 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 16.5 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 46.45 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-P9TW4KCUX User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) [!] Not bad, a little slow.

They might give you free service for a while. Or lower bill a bit. About all though.

What is your advertised speed ktest. What speeds they offered you when you joined.

That one might be your distance. One is NY the other is Texas.

Looks legit. Why not, that is peanuts for the advertising.

So does this also mean we need to stop farting?? Or just start lighting them?

OK, are not runnning your scans in safe mode. It takes 2 hours per program on some of them alone for me. And you have cleaned out your registry Disk clean up.

You totally got me there. And really I have tried to find current ones before and failed myself. So I never posted them. I wish someone did keep current on them though. Really. It would help folks make educated decisions. And yours is 36 mo. free? Not going to ask how, but good deal. I still prefer AVG though. I give up, it appears as always. Any searching I do for the review seems to come up with someone wanting to sell theirs.

If I am not mistaken, I read somewhere that cutting grass was very good for eating up CO2. Something about early growth in plant life being the very most important time in the whole life cycle for us and them. They consume a much larger amount of CO2 early in their growth. Like cutting your grass will cause the grass to consume more CO2 also during it's quick growth time. Which is right after it is cut. Mature plant life uses very little by comparison. Just my thoughts. "SO CUT YOUR GRASS" often and high. Ok I had a link on it somewhere, but I am not energetic enough to find it tonight.

Man that 10/2 would be a dream. Can't blame you Sparticus, and damn reasonable.

Am I the only one that noticed how old the results were ?? AVG is now using the 7.5, not the 7.1 ! And it is still free! And McAffee is what, $40 for one year? I am sure McAffee is fine. And you can also get a 2 year subscription for $40 plus a firewall with AVG.

Let me help explain something here ITALIAN_GUY_22, anytime you pass 500% ... "Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 672.24 % faster than the average for host (net.au) " ...you have cached results. And posting those everywhere will do no good. So just clear out your temporary files and test again next time. Thanks.

Welcome to the forum Tenchi Sorry to hear you had problems. Hope it gets better.

So, I wonder if it is working yet. Nope, no attachments yet.

It sounds best to contact your ISP. Maybe you are not configured properly. That might be all it is. You know, the settings from them or something like that.

Not sure what to say. In order to run an honest shop I would fix it for free. In order to be open tomorrow and make some profit, I would charge the minimum charge I have. It is still a business.