Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...

[vansmack]

Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
    You not a real big  participant in life are you, vansmack?

Well, what would be your gauge?

[vansmack]

Originally posted by kosmo:
  Occasionally I like to escape to a land where I can rescue a princess....
 
 And for anyone of you who have even played a Zelda game, this Robot Chicken parody is sure to make you laugh!
 
  http://kotaku.com/gaming/truth-hurts/robot-chicken-questions-links-chivalry-298176.php

Ha.  Nice.
 
 My favorite comment: "Plus I think it's bs that Link's still a virgin. You know he was kickin' it with Saria in the Lost Woods from Ocarina."

[vansmack]

If this has been discussed on the board, my apologies.
 
 If it hasn't, it should be.
 
 http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/

[godsshoeshine]

i've been called out on this one
 http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/80-the-idea-of-soccer/

[beetsnotbeats]

Boffins stretch Wi-Fi signals to 100km
 
 By John E. Dunn, Techworld
 
 Intelâ??s researchers have come up with a way to send Wi-Fi signals up to 60 miles (100km), while maintaining a usable throughput of up to 6.5Mbits/s.
 
 According to MITâ??s Technology Review, the system is known as the 'rural connectivity platform' (RCP) for the way it can, at relatively low cost, connect towns to out-of-the-way locations otherwise bypassed by new communication technologies.
 
 This is to be more than a lab engineerâ??s daydream and has been field tested in India, Panama, Vietnam and South Africa.
 
 cont.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
  Boffins stretch Wi-Fi signals to 100km
 
 

Good lord, if I could get wi-fi of 6.5Mbits/s in my apt I'd be stoked, let alone over 100km.
 
 But truthfully, if they're working on wi-fi at that range they're wasting their time.  Wi-Max is reaching speeds of nearly a Gig at equal or further distances.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
  i've been called out on this one
  http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/80-the-idea-of-soccer/

I have never once set foot in Manchester.

[godsshoeshine]

i've never been tyneside. i just liked that they had england's captain and an awesome beer on their shirt
 
 and i think my cable bill speaks for itself. but, if anyone calls me out again, i'll give them a five minute speach about charles n'zogbia's proper position
 
 (its not left back)

[godsshoeshine]

Originally posted by vansmack:
   

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
  i've been called out on this one
   http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/80-the-idea-of-soccer/  

I have never once set foot in Manchester. [/b]

wait, youve been like everywhere in the world

[sweetcell]

Originally posted by vansmack:
 Good lord, if I could get wi-fi of 6.5Mbits/s in my apt I'd be stoked, let alone over 100km.

i'm sure you're aware that you are getting 6.5 if not more - between your computer and the router (even 802.11b peaks at 11 Mbit/s).  the bottleneck is from router to the intertubes.  so rural folks probably won't be getting 6.5 connection to the outside world, only 6.5 to the connection point.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
  wait, youve been like everywhere in the world

I, too, see the irony.  
 
 I've even been to Liverpool but wasn't able to make it over to Manchester.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by sweetcell:
  i'm sure you're aware that you are getting 6.5 if not more -

Actually, I misread it in my haste this afternoon and thought it was 6.5MB's (bytes, not bits).
 
 Thanks for catching that.

[sweetcell]

Originally posted by kosmo:
  Occasionally I like to escape to a land where I can rescue a princess....

in which case you need to  check this out.  c'mon, you know you want to...

[vansmack]

I'm going to save everybody from my annual thread praising the Original London Concept of Jesus Christ Superstar.  Murray Head, Ian Gillian, Gary Glitter, Yvonne Elliman....the movie pales in comparison to this version.
 
 Happy Easter.

[vansmack]

Just in time for my new car...
 
 Sirius Purchase of Rival XM Approved by Justice Dept.
 
 Honestly, I thought this would take a lot longer...now what will the FCC do???