Roco

made no differance on my puter , just tried it , but if it works for you , no harm in trying it , but this myth has been around for years , it is only on Xp pro , not on home , so by my way of thinking Xp home should be 20-30 % faster on the Internet ? , never seen a post claiming that ? if that was true I guess we would all be on home

Hmmm, not sure on this, according to Microsoft and others it makes no differance , any one tried it yet , ? Correction of some incorrect claims about Windows XP QoS support There have been claims in various published technical articles and newsgroup postings that Windows XP always reserves 20 percent of the available bandwidth for QoS. These claims are incorrect. The information in the "Clarification about QoS in end computers that are Running Windows XP" section correctly describes the behavior of Windows XP systems. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q316666&ID=KB;EN-US;q316666 http://www.setup32.com/tech-tips/windows-xp/performance-monitoring-and-optimization/learn-the-non-value-of-disabli.php

sorry for the double post but I guess I missed the best bit on TV licensing in the UK , If I was registered as blind I could get a 30% reduction on my license fee , is that sick or what ? , :evil2: and you guys worry about your 2nd amendment ? , no disrespect intended , but life I feel has bigger issues of injustice , IMHO Yeah, my Government has me on a list , and I am proud to be there , the UK may appear to glide serenely like a swan , but believe me the feet are doing 100 mph. BTW, more people vote on reality TV shows than in the political elections over here in the UK , and gives credence to the old Anarchist maxim " If voting could achieve anything, they'd make it illegal, " I seem to be on a mission today , Yeah it's raining again in the UK and yeah it's a public holiday weekend I blame the government etc ,

Reso , I cant comment on the quality of the BBC programs , well not for the past 15 years or so , but I sure get some good entertainment every year when the 2 men in black storm my house looking for the TV, I just got my annual threatening letter , Quote of part of the letter = "Our standard practice ensures that a visit will be made to confirm that no type of television receiver is at your address " last year they offered me an amnesty If I paid for a license ( for a TV that I don't have ) they would overlook my past use of an unlicensed TV all this after I signed a statement 10 years ago saying that I did not own a TV. BTW, I cannot refuse them entry to my house , I usually offer them a cup of tea and I supply the ladder to check the roof space , I was also informed that to have a TV on the premises but not in use, would make me guilty of "having a TV with intent to use " a criminal offense , liable of a penalty of $2000 USD and gaining a criminal record , , OK, so I am viewed as an odd ball, and are part of the 5% of UK citizens that don't have a TV, so my feelings on BBC TV

No it includes nothing , just the right to own a TV, all other costs are on top of that

thanks again Junerian , I have saved your links , yeah the German server is only 300 miles from here , America is 3000 miles away , I will check it all out tommorow , as it is now 24.00 in the UK , Friday the 25 of May

Thanks for that , is that on the german server , as that is the closest to him ? I havn't had chance to check ,

Thanks for the link Junerian , WOW that has been around a long time , I guess it must be good to stand the test of time , I know somebody that may be interested in that , thanks

I am feeling better allready .....80 .......you must try harder Starship any one get 100 , on the loser score ? while we wait for the Tibia gamers to show ,

YES , for total crap IMHO , and yes I have not watched TV for 15 years , and NO I dont miss it , I fill in the time with other Crap apart from TMN, that rocks

Starship , IMHO ,TMN needs all the threads it can get these days and Junerian 's thread was a straight one , somebody might be playing it , as you can see from my loser score it isnt me , but then I play no games anyway , born to be a miserable old git me ,

the program was known as UK Idle over here I think real raw talent comes up the hard way , it can't be manufactured , most of the past made artists end up as cruise ship entertainers , but I like the sound of Inventors series , wish we had that , I might even buy a TV. along with the $250 fee for a licence to watch it ,

I had to google Tibia , so guess I never have , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibia ................ BTW, my loser score is .................... so I guess that explains it

Hi dbj, wellcome to the forum , It looks like a normal UK congestion problem to me, try some testing/downloading in the Morning 8-11 AM , the evening rush hour can get bad , London UK Tracing route to testmy.net [67.18.179.85] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 * * * Request timed out. 2 23 ms 22 ms 22 ms ge-2-1-3.cr02.gs1.dsl.pipex.net [62.241.161.106] 3 21 ms 23 ms 22 ms pc9.cr05.tn5.bb.pipex.net [62.72.137.13] 4 23 ms 23 ms 22 ms 902.g9-2.mpr2.lhr1.uk.above.net [209.249.203.137] 5 94 ms 94 ms 97 ms so-1-1-0.mpr1.dca2.us.above.net [64.125.31.186] 6 * * * Request timed out. 7 131 ms 124 ms 123 ms so-2-2-0.cr2.dfw2.us.above.net [64.125.29.9] 8 123 ms 123 ms 123 ms so-1-0-0.mpr2.dfw2.us.above.net [64.125.29.206] 9 125 ms 123 ms 124 ms 216.200.6.237.theplanet.com [216.200.6.237] 10 122 ms 124 ms 123 ms te9-1.dsr01.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.87.253.6] 11 198 ms 130 ms 122 ms 4a.fd.5746.static.theplanet.com [70.87.253.74] 12 124 ms 123 ms 123 ms gi1-0-2.car17.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.116.85] 13 122 ms 122 ms 121 ms 55.b3.1243.static.theplanet.com [67.18.179.85] Trace complete.

, so I stick with Xp then ? being I am one of the 99%, and I am happy to adnit that , my puter is only a tool for me , I just want easy safe use from the box, *sigh, give it another year or 2 I guess, ,* but thanks for the head up in this topic,

Nice rig , I have a 2.5 athlon are you interested in selling the 3.2 ? P.M if you are interested ?, BTW , sorry if this breaks the forum rules ? ,. , but I need to upgrade this box ,

1337 is nothing new, various methods have been around since the 18 century , "Thats a hat and scarf, talking a la mode , it's been around for a harry lime, and not wooden pews, " This would be fully understood in the UK , especialy East End London cab drivers , roughly speaking it translates as " your having a laugh talking in code, we have been doing that for a long time , and it isn't news, "

I had to google 1337 not for me though , I have enough trouble understanding American corrupted English anyway I guess you have to feel the bad buzz, to apreaciate the good buzz .............

peepnklown I think you will find him totaly different to Blair who for all his faults, was open about things . with Brown I think you will find a gradual withdraw from world afairs and support , he will weigh up all the options first , then choose the one that puts money in the bank , the inportant London newspapers are making downbeat reports on the future , "British Prime Minister Tony Blair, after weeks of speculation and leaks about when exactly it would come, has announced that he is stepping down as leader of the Labor Party and therefore as prime minister

you may be the last person here , I hope to be in Spain by then, along with the other 52 Million Brits , so could you turn the lights out when you finally leave seriously it is an odd situation, Scotland has finally got it's own parliment and freedom , but England will have a Scotish Prime Minister ................... I think England will become more isolated from the rest of the world , and there will be finacial cutbacks , he is famous for having deep pockets and short arms ,

LONDON: A new broom is sweeping through European politics. Just six weeks after regime change in France, a new British prime minister will march onto the international stage. But where Brussels, Berlin and Washington were overjoyed at Nicolas Sarkozy's election, they look to Gordon Brown's ascendancy with trepidation. quotes from Gordon Brown "Fair play is important but we also have a sense of oddity and intense competition. "I think the days of Britain having to apologise for our history are over. I think we should move forward. I think we should celebrate much of our past rather than apologise for it and we should talk, rightly so, about British values. He rejects the idea of the Cool Britannia of Tony Blair's early years. More seriously he is critical of the idea that Britain can be a bridge between Europe and the United States - an idea which Tony Blair has made his own. quote from Roco the writing is on the *wall , times are a changing , we soon will have a dour Scot as our new Prime Minister, the very man who was responsible for setting out taxation levels . *English Joke , Hadrian's wall, built to keep the Scots out of England http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2007-04-11-hadrians-wall-england_N.htm

I just found out we have 1 camera to 14 people here in the UK , they sure are breeding fast , we are now running trials with talking cameras in one of our major cities , if you drop some litter , you get told to pick it up ,etc.

lol, mine is a total of 1.52 Gb,per month , and about my average , I guess you could say I am a light user

Wellcome to the Forum coolbear 4 , I go along with your quote , and yes they do grow up so fast ,