mjc
12-10-2000, 11:50 PM
Some food for thought;
Did you ever notice that your chance of experiancing a modem discontect is inveresely proportional to the importance of what you are are doing at the time? If you are downloading a multi-megabyte file from a server that doesn't support resuming broken downloads then just glancing away from the screen will get you disconnected but if you are sitting at a page comparing memory prices and have to run off and go to the restroom, feed the kids lunch and change the transmission in your car (whatever) you'll still be connected when you return!
I'm sure that those of you out there with DSL and other broadband connections don't have these kinds of problems; just us poor slobs with dial-up service.
Also it's called Plug-and-Play (and play and play.....) NOT Plug-and-Use?
And if your computer is behaving perfectly, not a single hiccup, anyone else (mostly businesses) you talk to that day will be experiancing "minor systems related problems... so please call back some other time"!
Whenever you have something important to do and you just need to QUICKLY check your e-mail or the weather your computer "decides" to lose the MBR or "Booting into safe-mode...." or something else that requires more time than you can spare to fix at that moment.
Did you ever notice that your chance of experiancing a modem discontect is inveresely proportional to the importance of what you are are doing at the time? If you are downloading a multi-megabyte file from a server that doesn't support resuming broken downloads then just glancing away from the screen will get you disconnected but if you are sitting at a page comparing memory prices and have to run off and go to the restroom, feed the kids lunch and change the transmission in your car (whatever) you'll still be connected when you return!
I'm sure that those of you out there with DSL and other broadband connections don't have these kinds of problems; just us poor slobs with dial-up service.
Also it's called Plug-and-Play (and play and play.....) NOT Plug-and-Use?
And if your computer is behaving perfectly, not a single hiccup, anyone else (mostly businesses) you talk to that day will be experiancing "minor systems related problems... so please call back some other time"!
Whenever you have something important to do and you just need to QUICKLY check your e-mail or the weather your computer "decides" to lose the MBR or "Booting into safe-mode...." or something else that requires more time than you can spare to fix at that moment.