Re: [H] Regurgitation on the list?
No - Original Message - From: Chris Reeves To: 'The Hardware List' Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 6:29 PM Subject: [H] Regurgitation on the list? Anyone else seemingly getting repeats of days old emails from HWL? No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.1/310 - Release Date: 4/12/2006
Re: [H] desktop laser
I have had an HP 1012 for a couple of years and really like it. No trouble at all. Mind gets sporadic use as well. If you need support, though, I find that HP's is a big zero. Jeff - Original Message - From: Winterlight [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 4:00 PM Subject: [H] desktop laser I need a cheap Laser printer for documents and envelops. Very little use... on average a dozen envelopes, and 15 pages per month. What I want is something that is very reliable, no jams, no feed problems, minimizes paper curl ... in short... no freaking problems. A couple of years ago I bought a inexpensive Konica Minolta 135 at Staples for this job. What a piece of crap. It is one month shy of two years old and I am still on the original sample cartridge, which shows you how little I need to print out on it. When I first bought it I discovered it doesn't play nice with other printers it has to be the default printer. So I picked up a Netgear USB single device print server. Then at the end of every month I attempt to print out a few pages, and envelopes, and I have to fight with constant feed problems. Half the envelopes won't feed, and the cancel button takes a minute to clear out an error.So I have to power down, power back up, stack the envelopes and start over. And God help me if I want to print out more then one, or two normal pages, like a pdf manual, on any kind of paper, because I end up with a jam PDQ. You look at the inside of the printer, and it is still in new condition. No paper dust, no burns, nothing. I have had enough of this thing, and it is time to try another brand of cheap laser but what? I don't care about speed, endurance, features, I just want it to work reliably the little bit I am going to use it. I am thinking about HP LaserJet1020 laser printer which I can get on sale for hundred bucks. Anyone have any experience with this.
Re: [H] Weird BitTorrent problem
I hope you will like the Western way of life and an advance welcome to Spokane. As with everywhere there are always a few drawbacks, though. If you have never been here the topography is something you are not accustomed on most of the East Coast and we are at ~1800+ feet elevation in the lower areas. Getting way OT here so will back off for awhile. BTW I feel luck if I can get 50-75K d/l speed on the torrents. I do use BitLord and have tried other and did not care for them. I did get a speed increase when I set the port to 49502...about 25k on the average. I do agree that Comcast is probably clamping on P2P. Jeff - Original Message - From: warpmedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 1:13 AM Subject: Re: [H] Weird BitTorrent problem Oh man, that low? I just got used to 8MB (Gold, 6MB is standard/silver) on Comcast here in Nj for that much and will be moving to Spokane in the next few months if things work out right. If that's the speed it's a real bummer! Jeff Lane wrote: Comcast here in Spokane is $42.95(if you subscribe to cable..~$55 if you don't) for 4MB down and 384 up(and that just went up a couple of months ago). DSL is limited here...not many COsso the bandits have no competition. Phone company Quest is making some noise but I wonder if they are very serious as all the do is funnel our money to the heavy competition locations. Jeff
Re: [H] Weird BitTorrent problem
T, I don't knowit never worked well for me. I always attributed that to user errorme. Jeff - Original Message - From: Thane Sherrington (S) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 1:10 PM Subject: Re: [H] Weird BitTorrent problem At 04:06 PM 26/03/2006, Jeff Lane wrote: BTW I feel luck if I can get 50-75K d/l speed on the torrents. I do use BitLord and have tried other and did not care for them. I did get a speed increase when I set the port to 49502...about 25k on the average. I do agree that Comcast is probably clamping on P2P. I switched from Azureus to Bitlord because Azureus was a RAM hog. Have they fixed that? T
Re: [H] Weird BitTorrent problem
True...I have heard that some sites are now allowing Bitorrent or BitLord d/ls because they claim that the u/lds ratios can be manipulateddoesn't that suck - Original Message - From: Thane Sherrington (S) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 2:06 PM Subject: Re: [H] Weird BitTorrent problem At 05:56 PM 26/03/2006, Jeff Lane wrote: T, I don't knowit never worked well for me. I always attributed that to user errorme. Heh heh. At least you can separate your silicon based problems from your carbon based ones. :) T -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.2/293 - Release Date: 3/26/2006
Re: [H] Weird BitTorrent problem
THAT will be interesting!! Let's see how that wrings out, eh? J - Original Message - From: Thane Sherrington (S) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 2:30 PM Subject: Re: [H] Weird BitTorrent problem At 06:04 PM 26/03/2006, Jeff Lane wrote: True...I have heard that some sites are now allowing Bitorrent or BitLord d/ls because they claim that the u/lds ratios can be manipulateddoesn't that suck Yes it does. I'm not sure how the ratios work anyway - I don't see a speed increase after I've allowed my stuff to seed for days. I've also heard that BitTorrent is going to start encrypting it's transfers so ISP's can't block it. Not sure how that'd work, though, because I assume they are blocking based on ports. T -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.2/293 - Release Date: 3/26/2006
Re: [H] Weird BitTorrent problem
Comcast here in Spokane is $42.95(if you subscribe to cable..~$55 if you don't) for 4MB down and 384 up(and that just went up a couple of months ago). DSL is limited here...not many COsso the bandits have no competition. Phone company Quest is making some noise but I wonder if they are very serious as all the do is funnel our money to the heavy competition locations. Jeff - Original Message - From: Wayne Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 4:45 PM Subject: Re: [H] Weird BitTorrent problem At 03:19 PM 3/25/2006, Winterlight typed: Not COX where I am ... still paying 39.95 for 4Mb/s down and 512Kb upand I am standing 20 feet away from a fiber optic line. where was this? No FIOS here as of yet but I'm getting 5m/.5m D/U for $39.95 here I've routinely downloaded 15g while sleeping the wee hours of the morning without any effort at all from Usenet. --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.1/292 - Release Date: 3/24/2006
