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Vacation Times
Posted by Henrik on 28 June 2002, 22:00 GMT

It is vacation times for the ticalc.org staff. Being based in the northern hemisphere, we will enjoy summer. I know at least some of us will do some extensive travelling around the globe. Due to this, pending files will grow, help mail will be answered with greater delay, and not much new will happen for a month or two.

The ticalc.org staff wishes all our visitors a good summer (or winter if you are below the equator) and hope you all understand we all need some vacation.

Tell us about your own vacation plans below.

The comments below are written by ticalc.org visitors. Their views are not necessarily those of ticalc.org, and ticalc.org takes no responsibility for their content.

Re: Vacation Times
rob.squared (Web Page)
Thank God! A new news article, eventually I think people would have reached 1000 on the last one.
	29 June 2002, 01:17 GMT

Re: Re: Vacation Times
343GuiltySpark (Web Page)
When a news article starts to take more than half a minute to load (with a cable modem), you know it's time to abandon it and find a new one.
	29 June 2002, 04:03 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
Charlemagne (Web Page)
Yeah, tell me about it....
	29 June 2002, 05:39 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
TheCalcGenius
TechTV's Internet Connection is fast! I've seen them download a 5 MB application in about 2 minutes! It takes me an hour just to download a 7.5 MB file. And I'm using one of those programs that say that they can increase download speed by 400%! Grrrrr... If I had that TechTV's internet connection, I could easily view that 800 comments, if on one page, in less than a second. Internet service should be free!
	1 July 2002, 04:15 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
Beta (Web Page)
Isn't that only 42 KB/s? That's about 336 Kb/s, which is lame compared to any DSL or cable connection...I'm surprised they don't have a faster one... Don't fall into those "ACCELERATE YOUR DOWNLOAD BY 1000X FREEEEEEEEE!!!" ads. They aren't magic, and they don't accelerate download speeds much. ^ See the URL ^
	1 July 2002, 23:22 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
garyanddepleatedteamup
... i know of one that does work. for downloads, not web browsing it downloads the file in 4 parts all at once. it took me 30 minutes on cable to d/l a 650 mb linux cd image know beat that for working took me 2 1/2 hours to d/l it without the accelorator
	2 July 2002, 17:14 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
garyanddepleatedteamup
download excellorators work, if you don't get one for web browsing! i recommend download accelorator plus, it gives AMAZING results like i stated above
	2 July 2002, 17:16 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
rob.squared (Web Page)
That's what I use, its friggin great!
	3 July 2002, 07:43 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
no_one_2000_ (Web Page)
You lie!
	3 July 2002, 16:31 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
rob.squared (Web Page)
I do!? Glad you told me. j/k
	4 July 2002, 00:03 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
no_one_2000_ (Web Page)
You lie again!
	7 July 2002, 01:50 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
rob.squared (Web Page)
What the hell?
	7 July 2002, 02:38 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
no_one_2000_ (Web Page)
You lie a third time!
	8 July 2002, 15:54 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
Michael Vincent (Web Page)
It has to be faster than that...I can download at 350 KB/sec. on cable, that's about 15 seconds for 5 MB. If TechTV was using a standard T1, they'd take 26 seconds. Maybe it's bigger than 5 MB?
	4 July 2002, 00:19 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
rob.squared (Web Page)
Yeah, in my prefs I have all the replies load on one page. At last check (810 posts) it was almost 4mb.
	29 June 2002, 08:07 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
343GuiltySpark (Web Page)
So do I. But I abandoned the article when it was around 700, maybe upper 600s. I might be crazy, but I'm not crazy enough to scroll through THAT many comments.
	29 June 2002, 21:19 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
no_one_2000_ (Web Page)
It took me over an hour to read through all 800 of them.
	30 June 2002, 03:08 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
rob.squared (Web Page)
I got lazy, I stopped reading posts after it hit 500. Though I bet it would have taken me just as long to read the whole thing. I got tired of reading "parade". Anyways... PARADE!
	30 June 2002, 04:22 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
rob.squared (Web Page)
I gave up after it got to about 500 posts. Mainly because I was tired of reading "parade" threads. Anyways... PARADE for PARADES!
	30 June 2002, 05:44 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
Charlemagne (Web Page)
PARADE!! for double-posts!! PARADE!!
	1 July 2002, 04:02 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
Charlemagne (Web Page)
PARADE!! for double-posts!! PARADE!!
	1 July 2002, 04:06 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
no_one_2000_ (Web Page)
PARADE!! for double-posts!! PARADE!!
	3 July 2002, 16:32 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
Charlemagne (Web Page)
Dude, you have to post it twice!
	5 July 2002, 18:37 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
benryves (Web Page)
PARADE!
	6 July 2002, 11:15 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
no_one_2000_ (Web Page)
Dude, you have to post it twice.
	7 July 2002, 01:51 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
TheCalcGenius
PYRAMID!
	7 July 2002, 03:41 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
Joe Blow
what does woot, parade, and pyramid mean? (I want to use them but first I want to know what they mean)
	8 July 2002, 07:00 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
Joe Blow
what does woot, parade, and pyramid mean? (I want to use them but first I want to know what they mean)
	8 July 2002, 07:00 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
rob.squared (Web Page)
Firstly, its w00t!, not woot and it's a term from an old video game which has come to mean something close to "woohoo!". A parade is a whole bunch of things in a row, in this case posts. And pyramids are triangular sided structures like those found in Egypt. Now that you know this you can have hours of fun annoying people who hate the use of "w00t!", "PARADE!", and "PYRAMID!".
	9 July 2002, 03:33 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
no_one_2000_ (Web Page)
w00t! PARADE! PYRAMID! p00p! sp00n! SKREEEEEEEE!!!!!! All your base are belong to us! f@rt! TEA_PARTY!
	10 July 2002, 19:26 GMT

PARADE!
RCTParRoThEaD_ (Web Page)
w00t! PARADE! PYRAMID! p00p! sp00n! SKREEEEEEEE!!!!!! All your base are belong to us! f@rt! TEA_PARTY! b00b!
	13 July 2002, 18:15 GMT

PARADE!
RCTParRoThEaD_ (Web Page)
w00t! PARADE! PYRAMID! p00p! sp00n! SKREEEEEEEE!!!!!! All your base are belong to us! f@rt! TEA_PARTY! b00b!
	13 July 2002, 18:15 GMT

Re: PARADE!
rob.squared (Web Page)
SKREEEEEEEEEEEEE! w00t! h@><0r!
	13 July 2002, 20:53 GMT

Re: Re: PARADE!
no_one_2000_ (Web Page)
00000001 00000010 00000011 00000100 00000101 00000110 00000111 00001000 00001001 00001010 00001011 00001100 00001101 00001110 00001111
	15 July 2002, 17:27 GMT

Re: Re: Re: PARADE!
no_one_2000_ (Web Page)
BINARY IS BETTER THAN p00p!
	17 July 2002, 16:19 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: PARADE!
rob.squared (Web Page)
Yes, but w00t! is better than binary or p00p!
	18 July 2002, 04:26 GMT

You shall die.
RCTParRoThEaD_ (Web Page)
You have angered the gods of w00t!. Now I shall kill you.
	14 July 2002, 05:02 GMT

You shall die.
RCTParRoThEaD_ (Web Page)
You have angered the gods of w00t!. Now I shall crucify you.
	14 July 2002, 05:02 GMT

Re: You shall die.
TheCalcGenius
Make up your mind, parrot head!!! First you want to kill him, then you want to crucify him!!! Now execute what your mind says!!! NOW!!!
	17 July 2002, 04:36 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
rmohr02 (Web Page)
I have it set on 20 comments per page, but the first page of the Void article took five minutes to load.
	30 June 2002, 00:55 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
no_one_2000_ (Web Page)
I have it set on 20 per page as well, but it only takes me about 30 seconds to load a page (even the pyramid page!). I have a 56K modem, which I usually consider VERY slow. What do you have to connect to the internet?
	30 June 2002, 03:09 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
Michael Vincent (Web Page)
My guess is that his modem is RFC 1449 compliant (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1149.txt) :)
	30 June 2002, 22:47 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Vacation Times
Michael Vincent (Web Page)
err 1149
	1 July 2002, 02:05 GMT

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