If its a typical ADSL line it will be conneced to a DSLAM at
the centeral office(by the telco) and that will be shareed.
ADSL also loses bandwidth the further you are from the office
process has to be diversified for each customer, because it
all travels at the speed of light.
It
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 3:06 AM, ALAN GAULD alan.ga...@btinternet.com wrote:
If its a typical ADSL line it will be conneced to a DSLAM at
the centeral office(by the telco) and that will be shareed.
ADSL also loses bandwidth the further you are from the office
process has to be
David Hutto smokefl...@gmail.com wrote
fundamentally different from downloading, and those who know
that the
only difference is that with streaming, the browser deletes the
video
But this only matters if a)you're paying for it, not the boss b)
that
there are unlimited plans available
Richard D. Moores rdmoo...@gmail.com wrote
You log into Gmail and your browser downloads the Gmail page;
Yes, of course. But I'm always logged into Gmail.
But it is stiill continually downloading. The same applies to a
desktop client, if you leave it running it can continually poll the
At the risk of adding more fuel to the fire, I'll simply note that
a) I sometimes use Gmail while we visit folks in South Africa who are still
on 56k dial-up. Initial log-in can be a bit slow, but generally you'd be
surprised at how efficient/quick it is w.r.t bandwidth. (As an aside, with
the
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 3:48 AM, Alan Gauld alan.ga...@btinternet.com wrote:
David Hutto smokefl...@gmail.com wrote
fundamentally different from downloading, and those who know that
the
only difference is that with streaming, the browser deletes the video
But this only matters if
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 01:06, Alan Gauld alan.ga...@btinternet.com wrote:
Richard D. Moores rdmoo...@gmail.com wrote
You log into Gmail and your browser downloads the Gmail page;
Yes, of course. But I'm always logged into Gmail.
But it is still continually downloading. The same applies to
David Hutto smokefl...@gmail.com wrote
Or if the network is shared with other users or other applications
So, the bandwidth supplied(better question for my own ISP) is like a
drop cord, even with alleged T1 connections plugged in, it drop in
accordance with usage that exceeds the max capacity
Walter Prins wpr...@gmail.com wrote
a) I sometimes use Gmail while we visit folks in South Africa who
are still
on 56k dial-up. Initial log-in can be a bit slow, but generally
you'd be
surprised at how efficient/quick it is w.r.t bandwidth.
To be fair to Google, GMail is one of the best
On 06/29/10 19:48, Richard D. Moores wrote:
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 01:06, Alan Gauld alan.ga...@btinternet.com wrote:
Richard D. Moores rdmoo...@gmail.com wrote
You log into Gmail and your browser downloads the Gmail page;
Yes, of course. But I'm always logged into Gmail.
But it is still
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Alan Gauld alan.ga...@btinternet.com wrote:
David Hutto smokefl...@gmail.com wrote
Or if the network is shared with other users or other applications
So, the bandwidth supplied(better question for my own ISP) is like a
drop cord, even with alleged T1
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:52:03 am Richard D. Moores wrote:
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 16:25, Steven D'Aprano st...@pearwood.info
wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:07:47 am Richard D. Moores wrote:
A feature very important to me
is that with Gmail, my mail is just always THERE, with no need to
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 8:32 PM, Steven D'Aprano st...@pearwood.info wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:52:03 am Richard D. Moores wrote:
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 16:25, Steven D'Aprano st...@pearwood.info
wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:07:47 am Richard D. Moores wrote:
A feature very important to
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 17:32, Steven D'Aprano st...@pearwood.info wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:52:03 am Richard D. Moores wrote:
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 16:25, Steven D'Aprano st...@pearwood.info
wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:07:47 am Richard D. Moores wrote:
A feature very important to
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Steven D'Aprano st...@pearwood.infowrote:
Apart from:
The OP was asking about upgrading from Vista to 7, so let me answer your
objections here...
having no default email client (what sort of two-bit operating system
doesn't have an email client in 2010?);
Steven D'Aprano st...@pearwood.info wrote
having no default email client (what sort of two-bit operating
system
doesn't have an email client in 2010?);
To be fair to MS - and it pains me to do so - they have been beat up
so much by the lawyers that its hardlly surprising. After all they
Marc Tompkins marc.tompk...@gmail.com wrote
having no default email client (what sort of two-bit operating
system
doesn't have an email client in 2010?);
Jesus, you _miss_ Outlook Express? Seriously: the new default is
webmail.
Like it, don't like it, but it's really not as if you can't
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 07:41, Alan Gauld alan.ga...@btinternet.com wrote:
Marc Tompkins marc.tompk...@gmail.com wrote
I will miss OE. I actually quite like it, its simple but has all the bits
I need for both email and newrgroups. I tried thunderbird and use it
on my Linux box but on windows
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 7:41 AM, Alan Gauld alan.ga...@btinternet.comwrote:
Marc Tompkins marc.tompk...@gmail.com wrote
having no default email client (what sort of two-bit operating system
doesn't have an email client in 2010?);
Jesus, you _miss_ Outlook Express? Seriously: the new
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:07:47 am Richard D. Moores wrote:
A feature very important to me
is that with Gmail, my mail is just always THERE, with no need to
download it
You see your email without downloading it? You don't understand how the
Internet works, do you?
*wry grin*
--
Steven
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 16:25, Steven D'Aprano st...@pearwood.info wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:07:47 am Richard D. Moores wrote:
A feature very important to me
is that with Gmail, my mail is just always THERE, with no need to
download it
You see your email without downloading it? You don't
Sorry about the OT, but I'm really nervous about the possibility of
screwing up my laptop by upgrading the OS from Vista to 7, and can't
think of a better place than Tutors to ask for advice.
I bought this Toshiba Satellite last October. It came with the right
to receive the upgrade CD for
I am not a window user myself but all my friends who upgraded are quite
happy about it. AFAIK Vista was a failure but 7 is good, so it is worth
upgrading.
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Richard D. Moores rdmoo...@gmail.comwrote:
Sorry about the OT, but I'm really nervous about the
On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 05:00:16 pm Richard D. Moores wrote:
Sorry about the OT, but I'm really nervous about the possibility of
screwing up my laptop by upgrading the OS from Vista to 7, and can't
think of a better place than Tutors to ask for advice.
Because of course knowing Python makes you an
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 03:10, Steven D'Aprano st...@pearwood.info wrote:
On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 05:00:16 pm Richard D. Moores wrote:
Sorry about the OT, but I'm really nervous about the possibility of
screwing up my laptop by upgrading the OS from Vista to 7, and can't
think of a better place
On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 08:53:57 pm you wrote:
Why did they stop? Could it be because the upgrade is sometimes
difficult and requires huge amount of manual effort to get it
working, far more than $40 will cover?
Do you know that it does? Please tell me what you know.
I have no idea. That's
Richard, I think you may go ahead without trepidation. I am not a Windows
fan at all, I prefer Ubuntu. But I started using Win. 7 at work about a
month ago, and I have to say it hasn't given me cause to grumble.
Of course, a month is hardly sufficient time to have a strong opinion, but I
can tell
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 11:55, Sithembewena Lloyd Dube
zebr...@gmail.com wrote:
Richard, I think you may go ahead without trepidation. I am not a Windows
fan at all, I prefer Ubuntu. But I started using Win. 7 at work about a
month ago, and I have to say it hasn't given me cause to grumble.
Hi Dick,
In that case, perhaps you could externally back up all your important stuff
and then format your hard disk. That way, any drivers etc intended for
Windows Vista will be wiped off, and you can then perform a clean
installation from your disk. Now, as far as upgrade disks go, I do not know
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 13:39, Sithembewena Lloyd Dube
zebr...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Dick,
In that case, perhaps you could externally back up all your important stuff
and then format your hard disk. That way, any drivers etc intended for
Windows Vista will be wiped off, and you can then perform
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Richard D. Moores rdmoo...@gmail.comwrote:
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 13:39, Sithembewena Lloyd Dube
zebr...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Dick,
In that case, perhaps you could externally back up all your important
stuff
and then format your hard disk. That way, any
On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 04:55:13 am Sithembewena Lloyd Dube wrote:
Richard, I think you may go ahead without trepidation. I am not a
Windows fan at all, I prefer Ubuntu. But I started using Win. 7 at
work about a month ago, and I have to say it hasn't given me cause to
grumble.
I don't think
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 15:04, Marc Tompkins marc.tompk...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Richard D. Moores rdmoo...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 13:39, Sithembewena Lloyd Dube
zebr...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Dick,
In that case, perhaps you could externally
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