Re: A little Microsoft humor...

2007-05-21 Thread Fran Fadden
On Sun, May 20, 2007 4:47 pm, Ben Scott wrote: Lloyd Kvam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So far as I know, T1 connections use DSL between the central office and your premises. ... I Don't know if Verizon even offers these services. I know that most asymmetric DSL being delivered by Verizon in

Re: A little Microsoft humor...

2007-05-21 Thread Ben Scott
On 5/21/07, Fran Fadden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know that, at least in some (business) locations, Verizon was running fiber to the basement, and then provisioning the T1 or other service from that. Right. The telcos have been doing this for streets or neighborhoods forever, under the

Re: A little Microsoft humor...

2007-05-21 Thread Ben Scott
On 5/18/07, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Slashdot posted a story about how Microsoft is dropping support for the i386 platform in the next major release of Windows Hmmm. Given the above, in light of the current discussion, the following also seems appropriate:

SwANH InfoExchange 2007 Call for Presentations

2007-05-21 Thread Ted Roche
*CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS *SwANH's InfoXchange 2007 conference team is working on this year's event. We are searching for engaging speakers who want to share their knowledge, experience and insights! *If you are interested in presenting, please email us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you!

Re: SwANH InfoExchange 2007 Call for Presentations

2007-05-21 Thread Ben Scott
On 5/21/07, Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *SwANH's InfoXchange 2007 conference team is working on this year's event. We are searching for engaging speakers who want to share their knowledge, experience and insights! Hmmm. Does GNHLUG (define that however you like) want to have a go at

Re: SwANH InfoExchange 2007 Call for Presentations

2007-05-21 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
Of course it might have helped if they had put in the dates of the conference, but I found out from their site that it was October 11th. Time enough to put something together, but not me, as I will be in Curitiba, Brazil on that day. I would suggest a good topic as one on Integration of

OT: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?

2007-05-21 Thread Richard Soule
My 11 year old TV crapped out yesterday so I ended up picking up a 50 1080p Plasma (Panasonic TH50PZ700U). Wow! HDTV is really good. Blu-ray through the PS3 is pretty amazing. The BBC version of Planet Earth on Blu-ray is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen on a TV. That said when