Archive through January 07, 2003
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Archive through January 07, 2003
Wargod | Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 01:26 pm     Weiner, thats a cool site....is it updated for every earthquake? None of them from this morning are too far from here, so maybe that was the culprit of my broken window. Grooch, the neighborhood I grew up in was the same way. When I was a kid it was a nice place, but as I got older you learned real quick about dropping to the ground. When Darren and I moved into our first apartment, we used to have to explain to the delivery people that even though we lived on street x, we were on the south side of avenue y so that they would deliver food after dark. The neighborhood I had grown up in they refused to deliver too after the sun went down...funny thing is while I was living there, you really didn't think about stuff like that too much....just learned to drop to the ground quickly. |
Weinermr | Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 02:32 pm     War, Yes, that site is updated for every earthquake, no matter how large or small. The page I indexed is for Southern California, but of course they track and log all earthquakes, no matter where they are. The maps are especially interesting, because you can see the relative magnitudes of the quakes, and how they cluster when there is elevated seismic activity like there appears to be the last couple of days. |
Weinermr | Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 02:45 pm     I've never even heard of Arvin, CA until today, yet its only 78 miles driving distance from where I live. There's been a whole heck of alot of earthquake activity there the last few days. |
Wargod | Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 03:04 pm     I was just looking at that Weiner....they've had a bunch. I'm the type of person who doesn't usually feel anything unless its a major quake...but, it's not rare for earthquakes to be felt here...often. I just don't feel them...I sleep through them, don't notice them....well the small ones anyways. The big ones I notice right away. |
Squaredsc | Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 03:59 pm     juju yep i had downloaded it before then forgot, then wondered what that was and deleted it. so i had to do it again. so, i downloaded, ran, got totally lost, came here and clicked on dra's instructions, made the change in the irc server. clicked the join and i was the only there. how do i know if i was in the right place if im the only one there? also loved all of those colors. |
Draheid | Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 04:07 pm     Squaredsc: Are you there NOW? Cuz I am for a few and a couple others are there too! Let me know!! |
Squaredsc | Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 05:30 pm     ok dra, im trying now. |
Juju2bigdog | Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 06:11 pm     How to tell if you are really in the correct chatroom: Look at the title of the room. If it is something that you vaguely recognize, or it is funny, you are in the right place. If you don't see a title, you may not be in the right place. |
Hippyt | Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 06:46 pm     See the same thing happens to me. I always end up in a room alone! When I went to edit the info,after I clicked ok,server changed to random. I don't know what I'm doing wrong,boo hoo hoo. |
Draheid | Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 08:30 pm     Ok, apparently there's a bit of confusion with the instructions above. The correct channel to be in is #tvclubchat and to get there, once you're connected simply type this: /join #tvclubchat and press Enter. Where it says 'TVClubhouse' above is simply the name I suggest for the server you will be connecting to. Sorry for the confusion. The actual instruction page is a little out dated so that is why I put the revised image in here. I hope to rewrite the official page and have it put in place of the outdated one soon. Hope this helps clear up the confusion. |
Squaredsc | Monday, January 06, 2003 - 07:36 am     dra, you are such a sweetie. it doesn't take much to confuse me and i love computers but don't consider myself a techie but i managed to figure it out, even though i didn't realize it. lol. hippyt, i know how you feel, but super-dra will make it all better. |
Mygetaway | Monday, January 06, 2003 - 03:32 pm     Hey.. what's up with the community corner threads?? I was trying to go back and read some of them, and first I was locked out, and then I got 3/4 way through Goddess's worst date story, and now the other threads won't come up so I can read the end. Are they being taken away completely? |
Grannyg | Monday, January 06, 2003 - 04:06 pm     Mygetaway, I got the message that said "Private Discussion" and it wouldn't let me log in. So I don't have a clue what's going on. |
Mygetaway | Monday, January 06, 2003 - 04:16 pm     I first got a message that said they were doing maintenance. Then a little later I got to read some of the posts. Then I got a "misssing files" page, and now the private discussion thing. |
Draheid | Monday, January 06, 2003 - 04:19 pm     There appears to have been some maintenance performed on the board and somehow the CC thread address has changed. Try this link for the Community Corner which you can also find by clicking out to the main topics page of the board and then clicking Community Corner. |
Whoami | Monday, January 06, 2003 - 04:23 pm     The trouble is Dra, we can get there, but get the page saying it is a private discsussion area, and we are not allowed in without a password. And, it won't take our password. Seems like we are locked out! |
Twiggyish | Monday, January 06, 2003 - 04:33 pm     Me, too. Looks like something needs fixin..LOL |
Draheid | Monday, January 06, 2003 - 04:41 pm     I've sent out a rescue call to the calvary ... let's see if it can be fixed soon. |
Draheid | Monday, January 06, 2003 - 04:53 pm     Ok, if someone will try again with the new link and let me know please. Community Corner |
Strawberry | Monday, January 06, 2003 - 04:54 pm     That worked for me Dra - thank you to all who fixed it |
Draheid | Monday, January 06, 2003 - 04:58 pm     Great, Strawberry, thanks for the help and letting me know. Everyone else, please refresh your screens on the topics page. Also note, if you have the 'Community Corner' area bookmarked, you will probabl need to change the link for it in there too. Thanks for your patience. |
Mygetaway | Monday, January 06, 2003 - 06:09 pm     Thanks DRA and board calvary.. Now I can finish the stories. |
Rissa | Tuesday, January 07, 2003 - 11:58 am     Well, I don't think this is a *dumb* question, but I didn't see a thread for smart but obscure inquiries, so here goes .... has anyone here had experience with satelite internet access? We are out in the country so cable is out of the question. I am quite happy to plod along with my phone line but it is driving hubby insane on the weekends. I was just reading up on Expressvu's website and if I understand correctly.... I still need to have a phone connection in addition to a 2nd modem for the satelite. If I want to go to a URL then the request goes through the phone line to Expressvu who forwards it to the satelite and the URL is then sent back to my computer via the satelite? So I would be paying for both my regular ISP plus the Expressvu and I just can't see how it would be THAT much faster anyway with all that rerouting. Any experienced users here? |
Draheid | Tuesday, January 07, 2003 - 12:26 pm     Rissa: I do not personally have any experience in this since I have cablemodem access at my home, however, this is information I've seen in discussions about this type of service and my understanding of how they work. Let me see if I can explain why it would be faster. What you have to realize is the information being SENT (the request) is typically nothing more then a line of text (10 - 30 characters of text such as a web address, etc) where the information being RECEIVED (the reply) is made up of text, graphic images, etc. that can be several thousand (or even million) 'characters' in size. The faster the reply, the faster the page can be displayed on your screen. This is why satellite internet access is so much faster. The down side to this is that you may have trouble from some sites or services that require the information be sent back to the requester directly instead of through the satellite redirect. The services are getting much better, but there are still a few sites that may not work correctly. There is also a newer sattelite internet service that uses the satellite dish for both channels (SEND & RECEIVE) of the information. This would eliminate the need for the phoneline access and local dialup provider. I hope someone else on here has actual experience with this type of service and can provide more detailed information for you. I hope this helps. |
Urgrace | Tuesday, January 07, 2003 - 12:39 pm     This is such an informational thread my question is: Could the powers that be leave this thread and its archives and not clip it down? There are just too many good references, and some of us can't print it out! |
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