bandwidth-related dinner conversation

SteveDallas · 01-11-2006, 10:52 AM

Just so you can all share in the excitement and humor.

Scene: Restaurant with Mrs. Dallas, the kidlets, and Mr. and Mrs. Friend.

Me: [pseudo-amusing anecdote about how I ended up with 2 sales reps from competing ISPs visiting my office at the same time when one showed up late and the other showed up early]

Everybody else: [murmured expressions of mild amusement, veiled intimations that they might be starting to be sorry they asked how my day was]

Me: [further anecdote about 3rd ISP salesdroid who told me they didn't offer anything faster than a T1 and if I needed more they could sell me two T1s and I could do some kind of load balancing on my own]

Mr. Friend: Wait, they don't have anything faster than a T1??

Mrs. Friend: You had more than that at your fraternity house in college! [This was > 5 years ago, so much more impressive than it would be today]

Mr. Friend: True, we had a T3.

Mrs. Dallas: Well yeah, but it was MIT--what do you expect?

lumberjim · 01-11-2006, 11:59 AM

you crazy kids today....i'll tell ya.....man oh man.

that reminds me of a story.

one day, I got in my car to ride to work, and started it up. I drove there, and it took like an hour or so, and when i got there, I turned the car off and went inside and got right to work. yeah.

SteveDallas · 01-11-2006, 01:01 PM

Hey, next time I'll post a boring anecdote. Just for you.

glatt · 01-11-2006, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

that reminds me of a story.

one day, I got in my car to ride to work, and started it up. I drove there, and it took like an hour or so, and when i got there, I turned the car off and went inside and got right to work. yeah.

Reminds me of a bunch of stories I heard over Christmas. I love hearing details about other people's jobs when I'm on vacation.

WabUfvot5 · 01-11-2006, 07:07 PM

I had partial T3 back at college in 1999... I didn't think T3 was anything special for a Uni... or did I miss something?

Griff · 01-11-2006, 08:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

you crazy kids today....i'll tell ya.....man oh man.

that reminds me of a story.

one day, I got in my car to ride to work, and started it up. I drove there, and it took like an hour or so, and when i got there, I turned the car off and went inside and got right to work. yeah.

Wow. I do that to. What are the odds?

xoxoxoBruce · 01-11-2006, 09:17 PM

Why wasn't this posted in the humor Thread?

laebedahs · 01-11-2006, 09:42 PM

It's not a joke, or even humorous, just a cute anecdote about a trunk line, which has to do with the internet.

I'll take an OC-3 please, table 2. Thanks. That's enough to max out the data transfer of my slowest 40gb hard drive, 5400 rpm, running at udma3 mode.

wolf · 01-12-2006, 01:32 AM

Watch out boys, or I'll beat yah with my cane.

I had one paper terminal for my whole dorm with a dial up connection to a mainframe using a 300 baud acoustic coupler modem.

SteveDallas · 01-12-2006, 02:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

I had one paper terminal for my whole dorm

You had a paper terminal??

wolf · 01-12-2006, 10:45 AM

Actual DECwriter too, none of that crappy Alanthus knockoff nonsense ...

geek chic. Who would have thought?

xoxoxoBruce · 01-12-2006, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by laebedahs

It's not a joke, or even humorous, just a cute anecdote about a trunk line, which has to do with the internet.

I'll take an OC-3 please, table 2. Thanks. That's enough to max out the data transfer of my slowest 40gb hard drive, 5400 rpm, running at udma3 mode.

That's ok, I sure SD understood my humor. :p

SteveDallas · 01-13-2006, 12:39 AM

If it was humorous you should have posted it in the humor thread.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-13-2006, 09:47 PM

I'll get you for that......I'm putting a hex on your scanner. :p

01-11-2006, 10:52 AM	#1
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	bandwidth-related dinner conversation Just so you can all share in the excitement and humor. Scene: Restaurant with Mrs. Dallas, the kidlets, and Mr. and Mrs. Friend. Me: [pseudo-amusing anecdote about how I ended up with 2 sales reps from competing ISPs visiting my office at the same time when one showed up late and the other showed up early] Everybody else: [murmured expressions of mild amusement, veiled intimations that they might be starting to be sorry they asked how my day was] Me: [further anecdote about 3rd ISP salesdroid who told me they didn't offer anything faster than a T1 and if I needed more they could sell me two T1s and I could do some kind of load balancing on my own] Mr. Friend: Wait, they don't have anything faster than a T1?? Mrs. Friend: You had more than that at your fraternity house in college! [This was > 5 years ago, so much more impressive than it would be today] Mr. Friend: True, we had a T3. Mrs. Dallas: Well yeah, but it was MIT--what do you expect?

01-11-2006, 11:59 AM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	you crazy kids today....i'll tell ya.....man oh man. that reminds me of a story. one day, I got in my car to ride to work, and started it up. I drove there, and it took like an hour or so, and when i got there, I turned the car off and went inside and got right to work. yeah. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-11-2006, 09:17 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Why wasn't this posted in the humor Thread? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-11-2006, 09:42 PM	#8
laebedahs Abecedarian Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 172	It's not a joke, or even humorous, just a cute anecdote about a trunk line, which has to do with the internet. I'll take an OC-3 please, table 2. Thanks. That's enough to max out the data transfer of my slowest 40gb hard drive, 5400 rpm, running at udma3 mode. Last edited by laebedahs; 01-11-2006 at 09:45 PM.

01-12-2006, 01:32 AM	#9
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Watch out boys, or I'll beat yah with my cane. I had one paper terminal for my whole dorm with a dial up connection to a mainframe using a 300 baud acoustic coupler modem. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-11-2006, 01:01 PM	#3
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Hey, next time I'll post a boring anecdote. Just for you.

01-11-2006, 07:07 PM	#5
WabUfvot5 Operations Operative Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 634	I had partial T3 back at college in 1999... I didn't think T3 was anything special for a Uni... or did I miss something?

01-12-2006, 10:45 AM	#11
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Actual DECwriter too, none of that crappy Alanthus knockoff nonsense ... geek chic. Who would have thought? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-13-2006, 12:39 AM	#13
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	If it was humorous you should have posted it in the humor thread.

01-13-2006, 09:47 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I'll get you for that......I'm putting a hex on your scanner. :p __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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