I'm in Santa Rosa, NM staring at the Comfort Inn, Baymont Inn Suits, and
Holiday Inn Express. It's a buffet of wireless! :)
Luther
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 21:17:18 -0500, Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm in Amarillo, bumming some wireless internet off of Super8. Have a car
load
of
You wrote:DSL may have a lower advertised bendwidth but the entire
bandwidth is yours
all the time
Howdy -
My cable modem runs at 100mbps all the time - it's been like that for 4 or 5
years. DSL was advertised as operating at about 70 or 80% of that figure.
I never experience any slow downs -
LarryT wrote:
I know you said DSL was faster over the whole time frame but I do not
believe that is the case in my area (Va) which is served by Comcast.. The
DSL provider I considered was Verizon.
I wish Cable was cheaper though!
AtT/SBC/Yahoo advertises DSL as the fastest for the
I took my oldest son to the doctor the other day. On
a whim, I fired up the MacBook Pro, and lo and behold,
I had a wide-open connection from a Linksys wireless
router. The didn't even bother to change the default
admin password. And this was in an office building
full of doctor's offices
I personally purchased a T21P for myself last year and I love it. I have had
Dells, HP, and Compaqs before and I will never go back. I just installed FC6
on it a few months back and then last week needed some stuff off the windows
partition, it was amazing how much nice FC6 was than windows xp.
I just pulled the engine and transmission out of a 130k mile 1991 560SEL to
fix the oil leaks. The upper oil pan gasket had about 1 inch missing in the
gasket and someone in the past had put epoxy on the outside in an attempt to
fix the oil leak. My only guess would be it was that way from factory
Leaving FlyingJ in Albuquerque now. Next stop, Gallup. The Benz is running
about 28mpg with about 500-600 lbs of bowling equipment in it. I'm cruising
along about 60mph. Enjoyable drive.
Luther
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:44:59 -0600, Luther (Reno or bust) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I'm in
It's all a matter of features, service, and what you already have. If
you already have an analog phone line, and no cable, it doesn't make
sense to get the cable run just for Internet access. If you are using
cable for TV and your phone service, don't get DSL just for Internet
access. If you've
When you're talking about rebuilding them like that, you have to plan
to drive the money out. The value will be in the service, enjoyment,
and pride you get from the car, not it's resale value.
I started down that path with the SLC, but kind of lost interest after
I got the 124 chassis. Now I'm
Ah, to be young and caffeinated again! I used to enjoy driving all
night (until the sun started coming up).
On 6/18/07, Luther (Reno or bust) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Leaving FlyingJ in Albuquerque now. Next stop, Gallup. The Benz is running
about 28mpg with about 500-600 lbs of bowling
However to drive a perfect W126 is kind of priceless.
I have hopes that someday I can get to our SDL and render
it prideful again.
Note I took lots of pictures of the transmission rebuild if anyone is
interested.
Just how far did you go? All bands? All clutches? Pistons? Or just
seals
Cable internet is nice, our provider is 10Mbs download, quite a bit
faster than DSL. Have not tried the phone service -- we have cable
outages least once or twice a year during storms; I cannot remember
the last time the telephone did not work.
I don't think you can get internet from the
i was in reno about 20 years ago and i kinda remember the town as
shitholeesque. but i don't have any really distinct specific memories of
the place.
On 6/18/07, LWB250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I took my oldest son to the doctor the other day. On
a whim, I fired up the MacBook Pro, and lo
That is all true. In my neighborhood I have never noticed any
appreciable bandwith congestion -- we are in a semi-rural area though,
the housing density is pretty low.
Tom Hargrave [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Cable claims to be the fastest is providing you are the only one
on-line in your
Allan Streib wrote:
I don't think you can get internet from the sattelite companies, or if
you can I think it requires you to use your phone for the upload side.
Unless that's changed since I last heard anything about it...
There is one-way sattelite such as you describe, and there is
You gotta give him credit for full disclosure, though.
He must get a royalty from the Apostrophe Association...
On 6/16/07, Allan Streib [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Chuck Landenberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But this guy should never be allowed to own a Benz...
Judging from prior porsts, it obviously depends on the condition (just like
anywhere else).
On 6/17/07, Zeitgeist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A former co-worker just sold her '84 300D w/275k for her asking price of
$5500
On 6/15/07, Allan Streib [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What would a '83
I currently have DSL because Comcast wanted $100 to turn on the cable modem...
Comcast made me buy the cable modem (or rent from them), Verizon (DSL provider)
GAVE me my DSL modem which has ports for 4 computers AND wireless. The service
is cheaper and speeds are better.
-Curt
Date: Sun, 17
I wonder why they picked on the Reno PD for that show.
On 6/18/07, Kevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Eh, Reno PD isn't that bad. Neither is the Washoe County Sheriff or the
NHP.
That is, of course, unless you're being an idiot. ;)
On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 01:44:39PM -0400, andrew strasfogel
Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I currently have DSL because Comcast wanted $100 to turn on the
cable modem... Comcast made me buy the cable modem (or rent from
them), Verizon (DSL provider) GAVE me my DSL modem which has ports
for 4 computers AND wireless. The service is cheaper and
Ummm, nope.
You've got apparently 100Mbs between your computer and the Cable modem which is
pretty common but thats related to the network connection speed between the two
and nowhere else.
Actual internet connection speed is probably at max 1.5Mbs.
I've got 1000Mbs between my computer and the
Allan,
With some, cable modem is the only choice but if given a choice, DSL is
usually better.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
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The car in question had inop AC and one of the rear windows didn't work. It
was nice, but not that nice. She'd owned it for maybe 5 years and sold it
for more than the purchase price.
On 6/18/07, andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Judging from prior posts, it obviously depends on the
Tom Hargrave wrote:
DSL may have a lower advertised bendwidth but the entire bandwidth is yours
all the time.
Having worked at a company that makes telecom equipment I disagree.
With DSL, the bandwidth to the 'telco equipment' is all yours. After
that it is shared. The cable company
andrew strasfogel wrote:
I wonder why they picked on the Reno PD for that show.
The chief was begging for publicity / willing to sacrifice law
enforcement for entertainment?
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Anyone connected to one of these? I think there are two choices, but I'm
not sure about that.
I'll not live long enough to see DSL or cable in the area I live and the ten
miles of twisted copper coming my way is getting older as we speak.
Harry
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Well, the transmission shifted fine except for slipping in 3rd, which is
common symptom of worn out clutches. Thus I generally just replace the
clutches and the seals. I do not go into the valve body unless there is a
problem, and the valve body can be rebuilt with transmission in car.
As far as
I guess Comcast is different in different areas - no charge to hook up to
computer - they even ran a dedicated line for the desktop. No charge for
the cable modem with wireless ability although i had to buy the router so I
could rn my laptop viz ethernet or wireless using the same
Would you please email me all the pictures you have
of the trans rebuild.
Thanks
roger
Subject: [MBZ] Cheap Mercedes, W126 rebuild
Note I took lots of pictures of the transmission rebuild if anyone is
interested.
Trampas
1987 420SEL
1991 560SEL
1985 300SD
1984 500SEL with OM617
1990 F250
I would be interested in seeing the pics too.
thanks,
Ed
300E
On 18/06/07, Roger Conlon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Would you please email me all the pictures you have
of the trans rebuild.
Thanks
roger
Subject: [MBZ] Cheap Mercedes, W126 rebuild
Note I took lots of pictures of the
If the pics would apply to the tranny in my 83 300TD I would love to see
them. My e-mail is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks, Mike
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Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 1:19 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cheap
I will write up a brief document with pictures and post them somewhere,
maybe Kaleb could host?
Trampas
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Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 1:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ]
On 6/18/07, John Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
With DSL, the bandwidth to the 'telco equipment' is all yours. After
that it is shared. The cable company just shares it earlier. For
example, the company I worked at sold DSL units you could mount on
The truth of the internet is that
On 6/18/07, Harry Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyone connected to one of these? I think there are two choices, but I'm
not sure about that.
Make sure that you get a *bi* directional satellite system and not one
of the *uni* direction systems that requires you use a 56K modem for
send and
Ed Booher [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My preference in DSL over Cable is DSL solely for the fact that I've
worked Comcast tech support. I know how much they hate second and
third computers on the line behind the modem and how hard they work
to prevent it.
Strange. My cable service makes no
On 6/18/07, Allan Streib [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ed Booher [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My preference in DSL over Cable is DSL solely for the fact that I've
worked Comcast tech support. I know how much they hate second and
third computers on the line behind the modem and how hard they work
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Ed Booher [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
IU University Cable? Seriously, if your cable provider allows
multiple MACs to pass through the DOCSIS interface, I'd capitalize
on it.
No, at home. Local cable TV company's internet service. I have a
cable modem, with a 4 port + wireless router attached
No, because I don't use gmail. :D
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On 6/18/07, Allan Streib [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ed Booher [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
IU University Cable? Seriously, if your cable provider allows
multiple MACs to pass through the DOCSIS interface, I'd capitalize
on it.
No, at home. Local cable TV company's internet service. I have
Thanks Dwight. I'm leaning toward going with Comcast, though I already have
a satellite dish that does pretty well. Anyone have suggestions about
combining phone / internet / cable service into one or keeping separate?
BillR
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Yeah, access to open Gmail has become inordinately slow (e.g, 20-30 sec.) in
the last week or so (Note: I use dial-up service).
G. M. Brown
Rochester, NY
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We do this in my school system, as well as at USF,
since the worst thing you can have on a LAN is some
idiot with a wireless (or wired, for that matter)
router passing out IP addresses.
My personal favorite spoof MAC address:
DE:AD:BE:EF:CA:FE
MacDan
--- Ed Booher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
LWB250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
We do this in my school system, as well as at USF,
since the worst thing you can have on a LAN is some
idiot with a wireless (or wired, for that matter)
router passing out IP addresses.
OTOH also bad is a compromised PC acting as a spam mailer, etc. which
is
I may be having some problems, and a lot slower than 30 secs. I have
highspeed.
Ed
300E
On 18/06/07, Glenn Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yeah, access to open Gmail has become inordinately slow (e.g, 20-30 sec.)
in
the last week or so (Note: I use dial-up service).
G. M. Brown
Rochester,
*http://tinyurl.com/2gc8y3*
Comes complete with a famous star's pedigree but not much else.
On 6/18/07, Allan Streib [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ed Booher [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My preference in DSL over Cable is DSL solely for the fact that I've
worked Comcast tech support. I know how
andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
*http://tinyurl.com/2gc8y3*
From the photos, looks like this seller has a yard full of heaps.
How about this one:
it's a collection of tremendous POS's
On 6/18/07, Allan Streib [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
*http://tinyurl.com/2gc8y3*
From the photos, looks like this seller has a yard full of heaps.
How about this one:
The picture in the first auction looks like Benz Friendz in south
Seattle, I bought my wagon from them a long time ago... Nice guys,
lots of old junk.
They have on and off problems with the city due to the fact that they
are smack in the middle of a residential neighborhood...
-Zach
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Howdy folks.
Looks like 2 of my 3 603s are in need of a (Never fails) KLIMA
relay. The one I need is a 001 545 80 05 for a 124 87 TD wagon.
If anyone has a KLIMA relay for an OM603 engine, I'd buy or trade.
I have one for an 85 300D (123) 001 545 74 05
One for a 420SEL (126) probably fits
They have had sat internet for quite a while now, you upload and
download with the sat.
Allan Streib wrote:
Cable internet is nice, our provider is 10Mbs download, quite a bit
faster than DSL. Have not tried the phone service -- we have cable
outages least once or twice a year during storms;
Go to dish networks website, dishnetwork.com, they offer 2 way sat
internet. I used to have direcway, check their website also. Its quite
a bit better than dialup thats for sure
Harry Watkins wrote:
Anyone connected to one of these? I think there are two choices, but I'm
not sure about
Yea, just email it to me and I will setup a page. In fact, I need all
sorts of tech stuff so I can really get the tech pages going.
Trampas wrote:
I will write up a brief document with pictures and post them somewhere,
maybe Kaleb could host?
Trampas
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I have seen that car or one like it around a few times.
andrew strasfogel wrote:
*http://tinyurl.com/2gc8y3*
Comes complete with a famous star's pedigree but not much else.
On 6/18/07, Allan Streib [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ed Booher [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My preference in DSL over
Thats funny, I also need one. And I am fresh out.
Loren Faeth wrote:
Howdy folks.
Looks like 2 of my 3 603s are in need of a (Never fails) KLIMA
relay. The one I need is a 001 545 80 05 for a 124 87 TD wagon.
If anyone has a KLIMA relay for an OM603 engine, I'd buy or trade.
I have
Well, they never fail, howcome you need one?
At 06:31 PM 6/18/2007, you wrote:
Thats funny, I also need one. And I am fresh out.
Loren Faeth wrote:
Howdy folks.
Looks like 2 of my 3 603s are in need of a (Never fails) KLIMA
relay. The one I need is a 001 545 80 05 for a 124 87 TD
The driver's door seat switch on my 300TE is broken (not just dirty,
something snapped off inside). Does anyone have one?
I may need this car for a trip in mid July, and the seat is currently
stuck in the very strange position my mother puts it!
Peter
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I have had several fail actually. Whoever said they never fail is wrong.
Loren Faeth wrote:
Well, they never fail, howcome you need one?
At 06:31 PM 6/18/2007, you wrote:
Thats funny, I also need one. And I am fresh out.
Loren Faeth wrote:
Howdy folks.
Looks like 2 of my 3 603s are in
Nope - it's working fine -- best I can tell --
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Mine never failed...except that one time it failed.
On 6/18/07, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have had several fail actually. Whoever said they never fail is wrong.
Casey
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Looks like 2 of my 3 603s are in need of a (Never fails) KLIMA
relay. The one I need is a 001 545 80 05 for a 124 87 TD wagon.
They fail just fine. And sometimes resoldering brings them back.
I repaired one, but its problem was an internal relay coil that
opened up. Enclosed are my notes on
LarryT wrote:
DSL was advertised as operating at about 70 or 80% of that figure.
I never experience any slow downs - weekends included. I also get 24/7
tech support and in the 4 or 5 times I;ve called I have never wait for more
than a minute. My IP provides free virus, spyware and
Thanks Dwight. I'm leaning toward going with Comcast, though I already
have
a satellite dish that does pretty well. Anyone have suggestions about
combining phone / internet / cable service into one or keeping separate?.
Just keep in mind that if you move to internet tel service, when your
So I happened to have the Speed channel on early Sunday morning and
saw where the Audi team won the 24 Hours of Le Mans with their TDI
car.
I didn't see Mercedes anywhere in the running, don't they normally
have a car or two in that event?
Allan
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That's the puppy I need. Since I have two candidates for
resolder/repair, Jim are you up for another attempt? I have one
place to try that ***might*** have a used one. Otherwise I am SOL or SOA/C
Loren
At 08:35 PM 6/18/2007, you wrote:
Conts: (1) Klima from 603.960 (SDL).
This may be why, Mercedes gets confused as to whether Le Mans is a air race
or road race.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1252498464502394753
Here is Le official entree list de compatitors
http://www.lemans.org/24heuresdumans/pages/engages_gb.html
Perhaps MB are focusing on F1 and cannot
That's the puppy I need. Since I have two candidates for
resolder/repair, Jim are you up for another attempt?
I'm out of that business! Unlike the cruise amps, however,
the Klima is something a relative novice has a good shot at
fixing himself. There's no core charge, and they don't work
as
How do you open the case?
At 11:08 PM 6/18/2007, you wrote:
That's the puppy I need. Since I have two candidates for
resolder/repair, Jim are you up for another attempt?
I'm out of that business! Unlike the cruise amps, however,
the Klima is something a relative novice has a good shot at
Scroll down to the moonroof story video
www.emercedesbenz.com/index.htm
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