Wednesday, June 4, 2003

I upgraded our ADSL connection

I upgraded our ADSL connection to the alleged speed of 7100/768. We seem to be getting the 768 up (from 384kbps) but only around 6500kbps down (might be due to line noise). Anyway, I was surfing with MSIE6 and thinking "Gee, this isn’t all that fast" in fact, it was poking along like no upgrade had occurred. I switched to Opera7 and was floored at how much faster it was. IE used to be quite fast, and I knew Opera had done improvements, but upgrading the line has really showcased the differences between the two. Maybe it’s time to dump MSIE?

e.p.c. posted this at 00:40 GMT on 4-Jun-2003 .

The terrorists are getting sneaky:

The terrorists are getting sneaky: Raging bull attacks Parliament — A raging bull facing slaughter outside Yemen’s parliament over a land feud has stormed the opening session of the newly elected legislature and injured three people.

e.p.c. posted this at 10:35 GMT on 4-Jun-2003 .

Right war, wrong reason: Because

Right war, wrong reason: Because We Could.

e.p.c. posted this at 14:09 GMT on 4-Jun-2003 .

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