We now live in a country where ...

I have no President but I do have ... 1) a dead Senator from Missouri going to Congress. 2) a fake President played on TV by Martin Sheen. 3) a new Senator from New York who used to be the wife of the boss of the man who may be President. 4) a Governor from Florida who is the brother of the man who may be President and son of a man who was. 5) a sitting President whose wife now will be hanging around the same men who voted to remove him from office. 6) a senior Senator from South Carolina who, under our current Constitution rules, could be appointed to be President in this standoff despite the fact that he is 98 (added by me - not to mention his orange hair and 28 year old wife). 7) a potential Vice President who, because he did not take his name off the Connecticut Senate race, could end up being the deciding factor in how the Senate is composed. And finally .... 8) A state where a Republican Secretary of State and a Democratic Attorney General try to determine the outcome of 25 electoral votes without appearing to be partisan. Any questions? Frankly, I don't see what the confusion is all about. __________________ i think he means Haiti. There's no way this could take place in the U.S. __________________ *shakes her head* Yeah... the US of A.... And I am female... Mavi forum

A message from Santa

Hello out there all people of the world. This is Santa and I just wanted to let you know that Christmas may be a little late this year. See after checking all the boxes and tallying them up, I found some problems with the results. The first result showed: 428,534,120 Good 428,523,119 Bad The second result showed: 428,534,118 Good 428,523,121 Bad So you see, I can't, with good faith, go out and deliver presents while knowing I could have made a mistake. Maybe Little Johnny was good for once, then again, maybe not. So, I have enlisted the help of all my elves and the Mrs. To help do a recount. We hope to have this finished up by PM on the 24th of December, but there is a possibility that it might take longer. You see the tally cards were not quite clear to me, although I made them myself, I forgot what they meant. You know, Good...and Bad??? And the check marks I used were not all the same, some went left, some right, some were just a mark. some went through both boxes, and some didn't even have much of a mark on them. I leave it up to them to decide what I meant. So if you wake up on Christmas morning, and there are no presents under your tree, at least you can tell the kids the story. Thank you for your patience and understanding in these times, Santa Mavi forum

And one more bucket of Holiday Cheer-this one is for the kiddies....

There are approximately two billion children (persons under 18) in the world. However, since Santa does not visit children of Muslim, Hindu, Jewish or Buddhist (except maybe in Japan) religions, this reduces the workload for Christmas night to 15% of the total, or 378 million (according to the Population Reference Bureau). At an average (census) rate of 3.5 children per household, that comes to 108 million homes, presuming that there is at least one good child in each. Santa has about 31 hours of Christmas to work with, thanks to the different time zones and the rotation of the earth, assuming he travels east to west (which seems logical). This works out to 967.7 visits per second. This is to say that for each Christian household with a good child, Santa has around 1/1000th of a second to park the sleigh, hop out, jump down the chimney, fill the stockings, distribute the remaining presents under the tree, eat whatever snacks have been left for him, get back up the chimney, jump into the sleigh and get on to the next house. Assuming that each of these 108 million stops is evenly distributed around the earth (which, of course, we know to be false, but will accept for the purposes of our calculations), we are now talking about 0.78 miles per household; a total trip of 75.5 million miles, not counting bathroom stops or breaks. This means Santa's sleigh is moving at 650 miles per second - 3,000 times the speed of sound. For purposes of comparison, the fastest man-made vehicle, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a poky 27.4 miles per second, and a conventional reindeer can run (at best) 15 miles per hour. The payload of the sleigh adds another interesting element. Assuming that each child gets nothing more than a medium sized Lego set (two pounds), the sleigh is carrying over 500 thousand tons, not counting Santa himself. On land, a conventional reindeer can pull no more than 300 pounds. Even granting that the "flying" reindeer could pull ten times the normal amount, the job can't be done with eight or even nine of them-Santa would need 360,000 of them. This increases the payload, not counting the weight of the sleigh, another 54,000 tons, or roughly seven times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth (the ship, not the monarch). 600,000 tons traveling at 650 miles per second creates enormous air resistance - this would heat up the reindeer in the same fashion as a spacecraft reentering the earth's atmosphere. The lead pair of reindeer would absorb 14.3 quintillion joules of energy per second each. In short, they would burst into flames almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer behind them and creating deafening sonic booms in their wake. The entire reindeer team would be vaporized within 4.26 thousandths of a second, or right about the time Santa reached the fifth house on his trip. Not that it matters, however, since Santa, as a result of accelerating from a dead stop to 650 m.p.s. in .001 seconds, would be subjected to acceleration forces of 17,500 g's. A 250 pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim) would be pinned to the back of the sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force, instantly crushing his bones and organs and reducing him to a quivering blob of red goo. Therefore, if Santa did exist, he's dead now. Merry Christmas. Mavi forum

Uh....Tis the season....

: News of the Weird for December 11, 2000 The Golden Tower Project, an installation by Seattle artists at this year's Burning Man festival, consisted of 400 jars of urine from other artists, stacked and electroluminescently lighted ("gorgeous", "faintly blue and gold","warm, kind of like biological stained glass", according to Seattle's The Stranger Weekly). (In 1993, News of the Weird reported that New York City artist Todd Alden had asked 400 art collectors worldwide to send him samples of their feces so he could offer them for sale in personalized tins. Said Alden, "Scatology is emerging as an increasingly significant part of artistic inquiry in the 1990s.") "Winning Isn't Everything; It's the Only Thing": Thomas Lavery, 56, was indicted in Akron, Ohio, in August on nine counts of roughing up two of his high-achieving, home-schooled daughters when they performed worse in their endeavors than he expected. According to the indictment, when one daughter came in second in the National Spelling Bee, botching "cappelletti", Lavery threatened to kill her and had to be physically restrained. The girl told the Akron Beacon Journal that Lavery would punch them in the head for their failures and that screaming and profanity were common. Lavery complained to the Associated Press that he was "easier on (his kids) than my father was (on me)." __________________ Quote: Originally posted by oblongmelon Thomas Lavery, 56, was indicted in Akron, Ohio, in August on nine counts of roughing up two of his high-achieving, home-schooled daughters when they performed worse in their endeavors than he expected. According to the indictment, when one daughter came in second in the National Spelling Bee, botching "cappelletti", Lavery threatened to kill her and had to be physically restrained. The girl told the Akron Beacon Journal that Lavery would punch them in the head for their failures and that screaming and profanity were common. Lavery complained to the Associated Press that he was "easier on (his kids) than my father was (on me)." What pansies. What did the chick expect for f'in up "cappeletti"? I'd kill her too! Why, I remember one time, when trying to build a 56,000 piece life size model of an SR-71, I accidentally welded an air diffuser .3" to the right. I got put in the Learning Box for 10 days for that one! __________________ Quote: Originally posted by pennypinch Quote: Originally posted by oblongmelon Thomas Lavery, 56, was indicted in Akron, Ohio, in August on nine counts of roughing up two of his high-achieving, home-schooled daughters when they performed worse in their endeavors than he expected. According to the indictment, when one daughter came in second in the National Spelling Bee, botching "cappelletti", Lavery threatened to kill her and had to be physically restrained. The girl told the Akron Beacon Journal that Lavery would punch them in the head for their failures and that screaming and profanity were common. Lavery complained to the Associated Press that he was "easier on (his kids) than my father was (on me)." What pansies. What did the chick expect for f'in up "cappeletti"? I'd kill her too! Why, I remember one time, when trying to build a 56,000 piece life size model of an SR-71, I accidentally welded an air diffuser .3" to the right. I got put in the Learning Box for 10 days for that one! PENNY - looks like you misspelled cappelletti also . . . see the "cappeletti" you typed above . . . missing an L . . . looks like a bunch of punches in the head for you . . . and of course you'll be in the "learning box" until after New Years! . . . hehe __________________ Quote: Originally posted by Butch Quote: Originally posted by pennypinch Quote: Originally posted by oblongmelon Thomas Lavery, 56, was indicted in Akron, Ohio, in August on nine counts of roughing up two of his high-achieving, home-schooled daughters when they performed worse in their endeavors than he expected. According to the indictment, when one daughter came in second in the National Spelling Bee, botching "cappelletti", Lavery threatened to kill her and had to be physically restrained. The girl told the Akron Beacon Journal that Lavery would punch them in the head for their failures and that screaming and profanity were common. Lavery complained to the Associated Press that he was "easier on (his kids) than my father was (on me)." What pansies. What did the chick expect for f'in up "cappeletti"? I'd kill her too! Why, I remember one time, when trying to build a 56,000 piece life size model of an SR-71, I accidentally welded an air diffuser .3" to the right. I got put in the Learning Box for 10 days for that one! PENNY - looks like you misspelled cappelletti also . . . see the "cappeletti" you typed above . . . missing an L . . . looks like a bunch of punches in the head for you . . . and of course you'll be in the "learning box" until after New Years! . . . hehe Hey Butch, btw...we're headed back to the scene of the crime in March (EVILLL...EVILLL!!!) . Are you down? E-mail me... Mavi forum

Pro Sports (BULL ****)

If anyone has seen Sports Center, ARod's Deal Tops the news. I think even though it is ten+ years that is crap. Why are tickets so much these days? Duh. "The largest contract in sports history does not include the lavish perks Rodriguez's agent was reportedly pursuing." Give Me a F-ing Break. I refuse to patronize this sort of franchise, in fact I demand MLB step in and set the salary cap @ 50 million till 2020... Your thoughts? __________________ Needless to say, there will be another strike in Major League Baseball in 2002. This is insane. How can any team justify paying one player what some teams pay an entire roster in a season? It just isn't fair. The Yankees are the perfect example of money buying championships. Now my beloved Indians are desparately trying to hold on to one of the best hitters in the game in Manny Ramirez, but because Manny saw how much ARod was going for (and how much he was offered by the Rangers), he is demanding more and more. The Indians offered him $119M over 7 years with bonuses, but he still turned it down. Rumors are that he still wants to play in Cleveland, and the fans there love him, so why the hell wouldn't you accept an offer like that? Now the Red Sox look like they are going to end up with Ramirez, unless the Indians can pull something together to bring him back. __________________ but here is an example... When Saint Louis made it back to the division championship in '97 they drew huge crowds, the remodeled the stadium, and new owners came in... In '98 Mark McGwire came drawing 30+ average each game, 50 tops... They had a 300 million budget for players... and were losing money... How Da **** can one team buy 1 player, mind you it is 10 years, but this is way out of proportion... There were days when teachers made more than pro sports players. Our society is in a **** hole. Pull out your heads people, stop paying the premuim... I love baseball and football and waterpolo (Eruh?) but lets keep it reasonable. Sorry for the rant. __________________ $252 freakin' dollars over 10. That's just amazing. Well, I guess they figure Bush'll come to the rescue if it doesn't work out...maybe bomb everyone else in the American league, assuring them of a spot in the WS. Why baseball and hockey haven't been able to implement a salary cap like the NBA or the NFL have is beyond me. Why the NBA hasn't been able to put in a hard cap is also bewildering. Don't these leagues realize that disparity ruins sports? Baseball is boring enough that having the same 6 teams (give or take a key injury) is BOOOOOOOOOORING??! What pisses me off the is self-fulfilling prophecy. Owners strong-arm cities into new buildings because they don't have the revenue to pay salaries. Then they go out and spend more than what the stadium can possibly bring in. Then they bitch for a new stadium. It's a neverending cycle. There is little I find more repugnant than a city losing a pro franchise, basically because it's one entity functioning in a way no other business would, and expecting taxpayers to pick up the tab...oh, hold on, I guess the government works that way too... __________________ The only sport that I really enjoy watching anymore is the NFL. Because of the salary cap, most teams are equally talented, therefore, you have no idea who will win each weekend (Now, if my Browns could just capitalize on that!). I lost total interest in the NBA after the strike a few years back. I do enjoy watching hockey, but these expansion teams have really scattered the talent in the league. I'm going to go see a Columbus Blue Jackets game over Christmas break, which should be interesting because the only games I have ever seen in person have been in Joe Louis Arena. __________________ Wanna hear the funniest thing you'll hear this week? Check out the live feed from KJR-AM up in Seattle. Looks like they have a new hate on for A-Rod, and when you get a Seattelite pissed, they can get pretty creative...they're taking live calls now (10:42 PST). It makes for some gooooooooood listenin'! __________________ Only sports I watch any more are college ones - football and March Madness, baby. Baseball started to bore me when the Yankees and the Braves decided to start winning the World Series every year, and I've never liked all the stupid rules in the NBA. What is it with no zone D? Keep it NCAA, man. __________________ As long as people keep shelling out the money to go to see these overpaid prima donnas, it will continue to get out of hand. 30,000 people don't pay to go see a teacher teach, so unfortunately we will never live in a society that rewards true heroes. I was a die hard Cub Fan for 20+ years and finally had enough of supporting a team that raked in money for a loser every year. The only pure form of sports anymore is a few college sports and amateur programs. __________________ I certainly agree that sports salaries are a bit wacky, but I think the most absurd contracts come in the entertainment industry. Yes, I know most people now consider Sports to be an aspect of entertainment, but you know what I mean . . . music and movies. I especially believe this to be true when one looks at the relative merits of the "entertainers" in the fields. While athletes are becoming better and better at what they do, the quality of music and movies seems to be tanking (Of course this is just my opinion and I'm sure many disagree) . . . but I can certainly say this . . . I feel much better spending the money to go to a sporting event than I feel shelling out $9.50 to see a typical movie or $40 or so to see a typical concert. __________________ I agree with you Butch...when someone makes 20 million for a piece of crap movie...and a pro athlete makes 25.2 mill for playing 162 baseball games....i would rather pay the price to see the baseball game. __________________ know what all? as much as i agree that they are getting paid way too much....... if you were in thier shoes and offerd 25 million to play a game, damn right you would take every penny of it. i cant blame the altheletes, blame the damn comsumer driven egotistical, masoginitic society for that bull**** __________________ THS I know what you are saying, but thats bull**** that the players are innocent in all this. Most of them are greedy bastards who will break the hearts of millions of people just to get a materialistic possesion like a private jet or a skybox. Its true these things are nice but if you are getting 15 mil a year already you can buy that **** yourself. Thankfully there are a few players out there who still believe in being loyal to a team and a city(ie Sammy Sosa) even if they are being put up on the trading block like a piece of meat. F ARod, F KBrown, FRClemens. I'm out... __________________ It makes me sick to live in a world where grown men are paid $25 million a year to play a game. I have always hated baseball. I remember in the 3rd grade when they tried to teach it to us during recess, I couldn't understand why most of us were just standing around waiting instead of actually doing something. I have no respect for baseball players. Some of them may be in great athletic shape, but they are being paid to sit on their asses for half the game during half the year. Of all the positions, pitchers should be commanding the highest saleries since they are involved the most in the game and exerting the greatest amount of energy. Even still, they shouldn't be making these gross amounts of money. I might be more understanding if baseball was a strenuous sport, but it's not. You've got one team standing around in the field and one team sitting around in the dugout just waiting for something to happen. The once in a while a ball goes in play and maybe 2 or 3 of those 9 guys on the field have to actually do something for a few seconds. Then they go back to standing around. Blame goes to everyone. It's the players' fault for being greedy. It's the managements' fault for being willing to spend so much. Most of all, it's the fans' fault for willing to watch these bastards do nothing but play a boring game. __________________ I agree with almost all of that but I have to say Baseball is not boring at all. For those who don't like baseball to begin with it might be boring but for fans like myself it is not. I am disgusted with the money that these primadonnas are making now but I think the sport of baseball is not at fault. Baseball has been through a lot since it was first played in the late 1800's. From then until now it has reflected the state that this country has been in. Right now it shows that we as Americans are spoiled and money hungry. That I agree with. But baseball is not boring. __________________ nah nah nah, players are paid that much because teams are willing to pay that much. If a team isn't willing to pay that much, they won't. Many players have been shunned because of their asking price. Sure, they maybe be a little greedy with the money they ask for, but if a team says "sure why not", then the player is not to blame for taking it. Keep in mind, the owners make hella lot more money than the player does, and he's the one deciding to jack up ticket prices to buy a better player who'll make the team better so as to increase the fan base, thereby multiplying revenue. If there is a strike, its basically billionairs versus millionairs. I go for the millionairs. __________________ If you have a problem with it, dont go to the games. You dont have to avoid the broadcast, unless youre a Nielsen person/family . Eventually they'll get the picture through reduced gate and lower ratings. That's all you can do. Whining doesnt help anything. __________________ With over 260 million people living in the U.S. and who knows how many people live in Cuba, Ruerto Rico and other nearby countries, you mean you can't find at least 100 really good baseball players to work for, let's say a million a bucks a year? This is not a high skilled job, folks.If the average kid started practicing at 7 years old, and devoted the next 11 or 12 years at being really good, couldn't he have a decent career for the rest of his life? I just don't understand it! __________________ Quote: Originally posted by EsDeeLoco THS I know what you are saying, but thats bull**** that the players are innocent in all this. Most of them are greedy bastards who will break the hearts of millions of people just to get a materialistic possesion like a private jet or a skybox. yes i completly agree that they are __________________ We are so screwed by the Chargers in San Diego. It isn't even funny. The franchise is paid out of the city coffers if no one shows up for the game. This particular brand of theft is called a ticket guarantee. The franchise has no motivation to do well. They have a solid grip on last place. We have the worst money grubbing excuse for a quarterback in professional sports. Mr. Leif chooses not to play because of an injured wrist, then goes golfing instead. I wish they would just leave. We would be better off without them. I’m hoping that the XFL puts a team in San Diego. __________________ Quote: Originally posted by jry1209 The only pure form of sports anymore is a few college sports and amateur programs. That's laughable. They're just part of the machine! Do you have any idea what the process is for a budding high school basketball player? I mean, the whole "Blue Chips" movie aside (i.e., cars, jobs for relatives, etc.), highly regarded players are funneled into shoe contracts, are sold to the highest bidder (i.e., college) by their amatuer or high school coach, and have agents knocking at the door. And that's before the whole college machine chews them up and spits them out. The NCAA system, as it stands, is a total crock. I know you only said a few college sports, but this is just one of my pet peeves. People who think college sports are in some way more noble or ethical are either deluded or are uninformed. __________________ Quote: Originally posted by johnnymk With over 260 million people living in the U.S. and who knows how many people live in Cuba, Ruerto Rico and other nearby countries, you mean you can't find at least 100 really good baseball players to work for, let's say a million a bucks a year? This is not a high skilled job, folks.If the average kid started practicing at 7 years old, and devoted the next 11 or 12 years at being really good, couldn't he have a decent career for the rest of his life? I just don't understand it! Wow! You've never played competitive baseball, have you? Do you know how many kids have started playing baseball at 7 and played seriously through high school and then even went on to college to maybe play D1 baseball . . . and then still couldn't even get a minor league contract?? Baseball, more than any other sport except for maybe hockey, requires more training to be competitive at the professional level - why do you think you do not hear about a ton of kids jumping directly from HS to the pros? How about how many kids you hear skipping a couple of years of college to jump directly to the pros? Hmmm . . . still none, huh? That might be because you can count on only one hand the number of professional baseball players who did not play in the minor leagues. Oh well . . . this is a bit off topic for the thread, but I couldn't keep my pie hole shut about it! And as for the fella who was saying that baseball is obscenely boring . . . ummmm . . . yer a Communist, aren't ya? JK [Edited by Butch on 12-12-2000 at 11:54 AM] __________________ Quote: Originally posted by Butch Wow! You've never played competitive baseball, have you? Do you know how many kids have started playing baseball at 7 and played seriously through high school and then even went on to college to maybe play D1 baseball . . . and then still couldn't even get a minor league contract?? Baseball, more than any other sport except for maybe hockey, requires more training to be competitive at the professional leval - why do you think you do not hear about a ton of kids jumping directly from HS to the pros? How about how many kids you hear skipping a couple of years of college to jump directly to the pros? Hmmm . . . still none, huh? That might be because you can count on only one hand the number of professional baseball players who did not play in the minor leagues. Oh well . . . this is a bit off topic for the thread, but I couldn't keep my pie hole shut about it! And as for the fella who was saying that baseball is obscenely boring . . . ummmm . . . yer a Communist, aren't ya? JK So says a man bitter about the brevity of his own baseball career. Listen, just cuz you couldn't cut it, boy, doesn't mean it's that hard! Hell, if I wasn't such a good baller, I coulda made single A ball, at least! I got a freakin' rocket for an arm! [Edited by pennypinch on 12-12-2000 at 11:52 AM] __________________ It looks like Ramirez just signed on with the Red Sox for $20 million a year __________________ Quote: Originally posted by pennypinch So says a man bitter about the brevity of his own baseball career. Listen, just cuz you couldn't cut it, boy, doesn't mean it's that hard! Hell, if I wasn't such a good baller, I coulda made single A ball, at least! I got a freakin' rocket for an arm! Oh yeah . . . I remember seeing you throw while we were playing Rodeoball . . . hehe . . . great sport . . . first thing that came to mind . . . ROCKET! __________________ Quote: Originally posted by Butch Oh yeah . . . I remember seeing you throw while we were playing Rodeoball . . . hehe . . . great sport . . . first thing that came to mind . . . ROCKET! Well, that's because I was throwing the ol' eephus pitch. Perhaps you should refer to the missiles I was flingin' around during Canadians practice. I had some pretty serious zip on those deep outs...oh, I mean on the blue kiwis! Hey, are you coming to Mexico in March... Sorry, personal post. E-mail me, goddamn it! Mavi forum

Bandwidth Check

Curious what people are getting: CNet Bandwidth Check I scored 392.3kbps as a high 296.4kbps as a low. Also check this out: You can always just do a regular ping, but this is easier for some, CNet Site Ping of 3 of my sites they ranged 13ms (No traffic at all) 72ms (Average Day) 893ms (Almost like it is dead?) DvdTalk=64ms GotApex=93ms anandtech=145 DealHunting=265ms NBC=Blocked my Pings __________________ Our supposed "high speed" access rocks in at a whopping 34. That's right, slower than a 56K modem. I'm pretty impressed. I think we're missing a local server, so they've routed us to some server in Virginia or something. I had a feeling it was slower than dial-up... __________________ May I suggest an upgrade Fast As Hell! Are you sure you didn't mean 340? I would be extremely pissed if DSL was running @ 34Kbps. I still find this one hard to even imagine, ha, it would be cheaper for universities to get 3 of these than multiple OCR128 100 Freaking MBPS? __________________ 1236.4 kbps - High 918.2 kbps - Low Dang I guess my connection is slacking off. ~NiceMann __________________ hmmm.... dude... I got an infinity kbps rating.. umm.. is that good?.. =P __________________ Quote: Originally posted by AmRivlin May I suggest an upgrade Fast As Hell! Are you sure you didn't mean 340? I would be extremely pissed if DSL was running @ 34Kbps. I still find this one hard to even imagine, ha, it would be cheaper for universities to get 3 of these than multiple OCR128 100 Freaking MBPS? Don't I know it. I don't understand how they expect us to get work done around here! The guy in the next cube clocked in at a gargantuan 1.6. F'in amazing. __________________ LOL that means its messed up....try another site I like http://www.2wire.com/services/bandwidth.asp ~NiceMann __________________ 309.1 kbps on RoadRunner... hmmm... __________________ you can find a more accurate speed test here: http://www.dslreports.com/stest/0 just select the server of choice, then check off "verbose", then click "start". you may also want to check out the Tweak Test on the same site (listed under Tools on the left). with roadrunner (mmcable) service, I've gotten 2215/1025 (down/up). __________________ 392.3 kbps roadrunner as well... __________________ 969.1 on AT&T cable. Tolerable, I guess. I still miss working on the federal government's connection at the USDA. Nobody there knew what the hell it was or what it was rated for, but it was fast enough to make me an LPB on Doom2 deathmatch. __________________ from work i have scored everywhere from 2873 to 506.7. it bounces back and force depending how many people are on at a time, which can mean between 1000 and 10, it sucks not having any consistency __________________ 206.1 - 185.6 on my school's "t1" i guess it's better than dial up __________________ ok, at home now and i have a cable modem from at&t @home i got everywhere from 720 to 6800, mostly i got 1040 to 1500 i have a feeling the 6800 couldnt have been realistic __________________ 1854kbps on the cnet site. __________________ **** I got infinity on this thing too. I like 2wire.com better. I tested 1.65 there earlier. Northpoint is the shizznitt! __________________ You can get an infinity kbps speed... __________________ 611.7 Kbps __________________ 1583.1kbps on my dorms t1. only problem is that the IT guys SUCK!!! Maybe its just me, but is it too much to ask for a 24/7 connection. or maybe a 23.5/7 connection. but not a 12/7 connection with a crappy authentication system __________________ heh, 5 minutes after i posted my score, my connection went down for 10 minutes for no reason. lame system, i wish they would let me down there for a day, like during thanksgiving or something. ill learn them a lesson or two. __________________ and mine...(roadrunner) 927.3 kbps __________________ Quote: Originally posted by TommyBoomfiger heh, 5 minutes after i posted my score, my connection went down for 10 minutes for no reason. lame system, i wish they would let me down there for a day, like during thanksgiving or something. ill learn them a lesson or two. You don't go to the same school that AmRivlin and Pagemap go, do ya? They're probably clogging the pipes with their broadcasts __________________ Test running.......... ** Speed 2137(down)/368(up) kbps ** (At least 40 times faster than a 56k modem) Finish. __________________ mine says unlimited... hehe ... I knew it would be way fast __________________ man... i'm at work and all i get is 367.9kbs we're supposed to be upgrading to....i forget how fast, but upgrading within the coming 3 months... dunno __________________ I love fast connections... can never go back to modems __________________ Quote: Originally posted by AmRivlin May I suggest an upgrade Fast As Hell! Are you sure you didn't mean 340? I would be extremely pissed if DSL was running @ 34Kbps. I still find this one hard to even imagine, ha, it would be cheaper for universities to get 3 of these than multiple OCR128 100 Freaking MBPS? \ damn, $1000/ month for a 100Mbs line is pretty cheap __________________ Cnet: 2849.2 Kbps 2wire: 1787.1 Kbps DSL Reports: ** Speed 1765(down)/231(up) kbps ** (At least 35 times faster than a 56k modem) Finish. Lesson learned today? I am spoiled by broadband with only this much bandwith courtesy of Road Runner. __________________ rivlin we could host gotapex radio on that 100Mbs link __________________ that would be kind of cool... but what would you talk about? Mavi forum

X-files 12/10/00 - whats up with that yo

X files synopsis: time moves backwards for one person accused of killing his wife. If you haven't seen it yet and you don't want the ending given away, you might want to stop reading this. In this episode the man accused of the killing is experiencing every day in reverse, Friday before Thursday, etc. He keeps going back a day after every day ends. If you saw the episode then you know what I am talking about. My question is this: what do you think about the ending of that episose? After he saves his wife from the killer, 3 months later he was in jail again. What did that mean? Did he end up killing someone afterall or whats up? I wasn't too sure how that fit in with the continuity of the episode so I'm a little confused. Don't get me wrong I think it was an awesome X files even though they didn't show my girl Scully too much. What did you think about the ending? __________________ It was another version of the "You Get What You Deserve" plot. He ended up in jail because he suppressed evidence in the trial of the murderer's brother. Not one of their best episodes, but it was better than most of the recent ones. __________________ Oh thats right he suppressed evidence earlier. Hmmm well I guess that makes sense. __________________ Like I said... It was overall a rather forgetting episode. Mavi forum

Any Recruits?

I need warming up, I have chills..even with a couple comforters and tons of blankets on my bed.. __________________ courtesy of sbp __________________ Suggestion, Find a nuce furry, friendly creature to snuggle up with. Tha twill warm you __________________ wuts the temp over there? its -25.9 celsius here so thats -14.6 F __________________ hey-give that zoologist a call and tell him to send you some snakeskin g-strings...that should keep you warm. __________________ Quote: Originally posted by K2 wuts the temp over there? its -25.9 celsius here so thats -14.6 F -23 F here -30.6 C brrrrr __________________ where on earth do you people live? the north pole? __________________ Nope, Minnesota. __________________ The Great State Of New York here! Where the cows eat your lawn in the spring and poop out mass quantities of cheese in the fall. A place where you can eat gourmet delicacies such as black bear testicles at Catskills jewish resort hotels to the rat bum kentucky fried coated supposedly chicken in New York City. Ah New York... __________________ Yes, it has been quite cold. Here in San Diego it dropped all the way down to the low 60's last night. Bwahahahahaha... Sucks to live anywhere else! __________________ It's in the high 50s in the Bay Area. But I've been spending all my time indoors anyway, studying for finals. Mavi forum

The World's Largest Condom

Ladies, do you think you can handle it? __________________ OH MY! ps-there is nothing manly about being obnoxiously large.(unless of course you look like Mel Gibson-in that case,show me the way!) __________________ dammit...its too small, it won't fit. __________________ freak. Mavi forum

This new smiley....

i don't think its waving no... what do u guys think? i think its insulting me __________________ Hard to tell. Either it's waving no or giving you a finger while he is waving. __________________ Looks more like a taunt to me. Oh well. Maybe it's time to turn down the resolution on my monitor. 1280x1048 on a 17" is just insane. To think that I used to use the same resolution on a 13". Mavi forum

Trivia Cheaters...

Nanotech,K2,TheBluGuy- thats all I have to say before I go and get drunk.(carry over from the !beer) __________________ cheaters?...just because u missed out on all the fun from the beginning, doesn't mean that we are cheaters __________________ glad to hear my name not on that list! __________________ bah humbug __________________ u realize we are the only ones in here that now what we are talkin about? and the only ones replying __________________ /me looks around.... cheating?? Where??? __________________ cheating / plays trivia sooo much that they now know all the answers, what is the difference? i think you guys shouldn't be allowd to play anymore! __________________ I think we just need to update the trivia|bot... __________________ Quote: Originally posted by styleee cheating / plays trivia sooo much that they now know all the answers, what is the difference? i think you guys shouldn't be allowd to play anymore! Well, if we actually had a room full of people ...it would much more fun... see who can type the fastest, and has the least amount of lag __________________ Quote: Originally posted by coleslaw I think we just need to update the trivia|bot... I agree. Bot def needs more questions Mavi forum

Looking for......

I amlooking for somewhere online whe i can find a printer for a good price the specific on i am looking for is the Epson Stylus 777 anybody know her i can get a good deal on thsii would appeciate your input thanks __________________ http://www.pricewatch.com __________________ is this: http://www.gotapex.com/forums/forumd...=19&daysprune= Mavi forum

Please take a look my friends new deal site...

Hey all, I know this is a bit of a conflict of interest, but my best friend opened up a deals/cupons site a few days ago. If it's OK with the GAM's, I'd like to post the link so ya'll can go check it out... http://www.thedealwizard.com/ I'll be glad to pass along any suggestions or ideas. Thanks! __________________ Nice format, but why does every deal site have the same deals? There are more original deals that come out of the gotapex forums than just about anywhere. Mavi forum

REVENGE (not that I would do something like that...)

This could be a fun topic... Hey GotApex users...wondering if someone can give me some good revenge advice. So I exchanged some e-mail with a stranger who was sending me spam. She was basically a dick everytime she wrote something. I made sure I didn't do anything to violate my own TOS and give her ammo to use against me. Anyways, HYPOTHETICALLY, say I had this person's name...and address...and phone number...and primary e-mail address. Not that I would WANT to use this information or anything, but what COULD I do to make this person's life just a little more inconvinient. Nothing illegal, of course (seriously). And of course nothing that can be traced back to me. I think this person knows her **** about the way the Internet works too, pretty much an expert. I have access to public-use computers...if that helps at all. I guess this is my passive-aggressive side showing... __________________ Magazine subscriptions. Dozens of them. The little "bill me later" cards that are always falling out of the magazines are perfect for this. Drop them in a mail box at the post office so it's not at all traceable. Those free "Win a car" contests at the mall, be sure to enter her (don't check the little box that says she doesn't want a new long distance carrier). Set up a free e-mail account from a public computer. Use fake information from the account. Sign up for all the junk lists you can find. Always use her email address or give her as a refference in the "refer a friend" field. Of course, I could never do any of these things to someone. It would be wrong. __________________ find the most bizarre, off color porn magazine. Be kind enough to pay for it, and sign up under HER name. Then put the wrong address. Give it to her next door neighbor, or if you have it, her old address when she lived with her parents (preferrably who still live there) Either way, she'll have a lot of explaining to do. if that's too much effort, the guys on my floor love to sign each other up for random spam mail. I've got tons of these...let me know what kind of revenge you're interested in.. [Edited by gwilks98 on 12-08-2000 at 11:30 AM] __________________ I like the porm idea hehe but heres one that i "heard" works very well there is just of net porn out there sing up for a site that has lots of banners and sing up for the mailing lsit i swear in a weeks time the personj will be getting email from about twenty sites every days in another week it will be like 60 sites it just keeps growing and growing after a while she will jsut change her email cause the bo will be so overloaded __________________ You could post her e-mail address somewhere for others to enjoy it __________________ good ideas so far peeps! keep them coming! i just want to annoy the hell of out this person. not gonna post the info though. i don't wanna get into serious trouble for stuff other people are doing. __________________ hehehhe i jsut thought of one find the sickest most twisted off the wall presonals add and amke one for your friend ya know include items such as transvesties welcome S&M water sports and whatever other kinda bizzare stuff you can come up with your buddy will be getting calls and emails non stop form some really sick puppies hhe __________________ sign her up for EVERY religious campaign known to man-the mormons are great for making housecalls as are the Jehovah's and NEVER leave you alone once 'you' show some sort of an interest. I imagine if you give them a call and ask for someone to visit 'You' because you have a HUGE donation you want to give-they will be on your doorstep indefinately. (better yet-give two or three bucks to them sent under The person's name-its like leading the rat to cheese) ps-she may just enjoy the porno-so instead send her name in for free bibles. __________________ Everything is traceable! __________________ Go to the post office and have her mail sent to Alaska. __________________ Do NOT screw around with the US Post Office. Changing someone elses address can get you federal time. They do not play around. They have no sense of humor. You can end up in a prison. A big sweaty black man named "Tammi" is just waiting to introduce you to a new lifestyle when you get there. __________________ take out an ad in the paper for "intimate massages" done by your friend. they will have lots of disgusting men calling! ha ha! but it is a little tricky, because usually newspapers required things payed for by check or credit card, which is not something you want to do. maybe you could do one on a free online classified site. __________________ better yet, instead of sending the porn to a person next door, send it to her parents or even better (this would require some time) take a couple pictures of her, and paste her head over a porn picture of a body. Then you can send them out to everyone and their moms. __________________ Ya spigidygak is giving away free porn on the IRC channel today. Just paste her head on one of those pictures. ~NiceMann __________________ Quote: Originally posted by styleee take out an ad in the paper for "intimate massages" done by your friend. they will have lots of disgusting men calling! ha ha! but it is a little tricky, because usually newspapers required things payed for by check or credit card, which is not something you want to do. maybe you could do one on a free online classified site. thats what i said!!! loook above /\ / \ / \ __________________ Quote: Originally posted by The Happy Squirrel hehehhe i jsut thought of one find the sickest most twisted off the wall presonals add and amke one for your friend ya know include items such as transvesties welcome S&M water sports and whatever other kinda bizzare stuff you can come up with your buddy will be getting calls and emails non stop form some really sick puppies hhe You stole that ad from Hackers, didn't you? While you're at it, why don't you hack into her bank and get her credit cards canceled? Then make her employer think she's dead. I've never seen those done before. __________________ Quote: Originally posted by The Happy Squirrel thats what i said!!! loook above /\ / \ / \ i don't mean to be rude Happy, but i really can't read half the stuff that you write. so i've sorta given up on all of it try spell check, please ?!? just once in a while __________________ Ice-9 damn right i did i thought i had given the due credit but i have a buggy netscape, and it crashes alot. Styleee, well then...... __________________ Scotch Tape don't be vindictive. Obviously this person is mentally incapacitated. Is there a way you can block mail from this person? If not go to the authorities as what this person is doing is harassment in the eyes of the law. Give fair warning to them and if they continue to harass you take it to the proper people and maybe they will put a scare into that person and all the spamming will stop. By taking this through the proper channels there is less of a possibility that you will bear any reprocussions from the outcome and will look like the good guy trying to get help for someone who desperately needs it. Good Luck! __________________ Call the law on them? Damn, abbra, that's too cold even for me... __________________ Quote: Originally posted by The Happy Squirrel Ice-9 damn right i did Nice. Quote: i thought i had given the due credit but i have a buggy netscape, and it crashes alot. Styleee, well then...... Funny, mine does too, usually when viewing the forums here. What version are you running? __________________ i think 6.72 or somewhere there of hehe now i have no java support man this sux __________________ One word COD! Go to hobbytown.com or some other hobbie place and you can COD her some expensive **** that will cost a **** load to send back. Or you can send her many pizza's and watch all the pizza men come down the road and laugh your ass off. __________________ Geez, man i was sitting there trying to figure out what COD had to do with shipping stuff took me ahwile to make the connection __________________ Quote: Originally posted by giambona Everything is traceable! Not Everything hehe __________________ Quote: Originally posted by The Happy Squirrel Geez, man i was sitting there trying to figure out what COD had to do with shipping stuff took me ahwile to make the connection Wow your not the "Sharpest tool in the shed" are you? For all of the dumb people that cannot figure out a simple phrase COD Cash On Delivery __________________ Quote: Originally posted by hapoo better yet, instead of sending the porn to a person next door, send it to her parents or even better (this would require some time) take a couple pictures of her, and paste her head over a porn picture of a body. Then you can send them out to everyone and their moms. Half of this idea is spoken forr, hapoo. Get your own pranks... ;-) __________________ Quote: Originally posted by gwilks98 Quote: Originally posted by hapoo better yet, instead of sending the porn to a person next door, send it to her parents or even better (this would require some time) take a couple pictures of her, and paste her head over a porn picture of a body. Then you can send them out to everyone and their moms. Half of this idea is spoken forr, hapoo. Get your own pranks... ;-) I was just adding on to it __________________ i am very disappointed in all of you, afraid to get your hands dirty. shame, shame! here are a couple little ideas that will give you much more satisfaction: find a friend with a stun gun, or go buy one-they're cheap- lay under the scumbag's car and shock her starter. cars that dont work always annoy the crap out of people. you could try caulking the door jams and putting a garden hose in the car, in the morning the car will be pretty full-you can even throw a few goldfish in to add a little flare-or pirannas if you can find them locally. there is a ton of stuff you can do to people's door handles my favorites are, if they have the type that you lift up on, you can stick dog crap up in there for them to find when they grab the door handle-dont use your own, dna testing!- or you can rub poison oak/ivy on the door handles, that really sucks. i have found that the automobile is the best way to exact your revenge, you dont have to get close to the person, and you dont necessarily have to get them when they are at home, so less chance of being detected. __________________ Yes i realized it was cash on delievery. I knew about it b4 and all. Its just taht i was working on such little sleep that day. okay best one yet, if she really dislikes you you can take my approach. there was this girl who I completly hated because she was rude, incosiderate, bitchy, stuck-up, and all of those other great qualities. Her opinion as that if your not rich, or beautiful, your not even good enough to talk to. In fact it would greatly insult her htat you would even have the nerve to say Hello in passing and expect a response. WEll what I did as a type of revenge, was to make sure to catch her when she was with her friends, go up, sit down next to her, and start hitting on her. I told her she was very beautiful and I have been admring her from a distance for such a long time. I threw in a few more complements, cheesy pick up lines, and then porceed to ask her out in front of her "eliete group." She almost had a heart attack on the spot. She was so pissed off and disgusted that she could even respond. I then so Ill ake your siclence as a yes, see you at 8 tomorow. I got up and walked away. I told my roomies that i wasnt taking any calls for the rest of the night. She and her friends must ahve called 30 times that night and the next day. I never did show up and i doubt she was there either, but was she ever terrified for a day and a half!!! Mavi forum