Ask Ubuntu General Room

Avery

12:04 AM

american ISPs' screw up: increased speed

turkish ISPs' screw up:

TheXed

I think my head just might explode...

Avery

Zacharee1

huehue

TheXed

@Avery I think that is pretty close to my speeds back when I had dial-up

Avery

This is broadband

Thomas Ward

12:16 AM

i'm afraid to share my high-speed-cable speedtest results

Avery

and those are my speeds on most times

it's been rather well lately, but I don't want to jinx it

rather well being this

Zacharee1

@TheXed dialup is like 7KB/s

TheXed

48kb/s on a good day...

1Mb/s compared to 10Mb/s would feel like going from broadband to dialup

holy crap, anyone in the market for a mouse?

amazon.com/gp/product/B00E4MQODC/…

Thomas Ward

$ speedtest-cli
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Testing from XFINITY (NONE-OF-YOUR-BUSINESS)...
Selecting best server based on latency...
Hosted by Port Networks (Baltimore, MD) [104.08 km]: 41.091 ms
Testing download speed........................................
Download: 227.67 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed..................................................
Upload: 11.97 Mbit/s

Avery

@ThomasWard and they say comcast is bad

comcast >>> turkish isps

Thomas Ward

12:24 AM

i'm payin $90/month for 250Mbps down, 20Mbps up :P

TheXed

@Avery that isn't the only reason why Comcast is bad...

Avery

support in turkish isps is also bad

they're also expensive

TheXed

@ThomasWard I pay 70 for 60Mbps..

Avery

they're also unstable

TheXed

So I would happily pay 90 for 250/20

Thomas Ward

12:25 AM

@TheXed yeah, I pay for the higher speed because it's amazing. At least, that's the price in this area, and that's Internet only

no cable, no phone.

TheXed

@ThomasWard I have the fastest internet in this area...

Avery

I'd happily pay 70 for 60mbps

Thomas Ward

heh

Avery

hell, I'd pay 100 for 50mbps

Thomas Ward

Comcast has dominion over this apartment complex, there's no feeds from any other ISPs here

my wifi gets about a tenth of that speed, but eh

(ratelimited by force)

Avery

12:27 AM

in here, if you can get service by one isp, you can get it from other major ones too, because there's only one broadband system

TheXed

You need a fancy router with beam-forming technologies...

Avery

other isps just pay royalty to use it to the main isp

(and the main isp literally has scammy stuff, so meh)

Thomas Ward

@TheXed mine forms lasers.

no but fiberoptic would be nice

Journeyman Geek

vaguely how its here too

Thomas Ward

if it were here.

Journeyman Geek

12:28 AM

We have an op-co that owns fibre (which got sold off to the ex-state monopoly)

Everyone else pays them to use it

TheXed

@Avery here we have laws against utility companies getting to large to encourage competition...but it does the exact oppositie...it protects the companies in the areas that they are already in...

Avery

(like, they promise x for y mbps, but increase costs to 2x in a couple months etc)

fibre in turkey is well, very good, as another, competent isp laid down the cables... but they didn't come to our complex as they need signatures from everyone, and not everyone approved :(

Thomas Ward

well comcast WAS charging $150/month for this speed I get, but they recently had a massive increase in bandwidth availability in the area so they lowered prices a lot heh

Journeyman Geek

@Avery ah, Our government owns most of the housing ;p

so its

"Ok, we're laying cable on this date. You have an appointment on this date for free cabling. Else it'll cost you 150 SGD to get it"

Avery

that sounds like a competent government

ours just issued a new ID that 1m+ people need to enter university exams in 3 months, but only around 500 per city are given everyday.

Journeyman Geek

12:33 AM

To quote tha man in black "They gave me the number when I was young" ;p

Thomas Ward

@NathanOsman I have total ownership over those, so not an option for standard people

Journeyman Geek

(Singapore has ubiquitious national ID, and nearly everything is tied to that)

TheXed

@JourneymanGeek where do you live?

Journeyman Geek

@TheXed singapore

TheXed

ahh...

Journeyman Geek

12:34 AM

Ah, apparently the song I was thinking of was a cover...

TheXed

I think I am going to start my own ISP company...and sell it for $1k/m for 1Mbps..

(I have to pay for the fines some how...)

Journeyman Geek

0_0

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Whoa my newly annointed favorites "Falcons" are leading... Funny thing I only picked them 6 months ago because I like their hat and under-dog odds :)

@TheXed I'm glad you priced it at $1k/m because anything less and a business would laugh at you.

TheXed

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Matt Ryan is a hel of a guy...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Who is Matt Ryan?

OH he's on TV

#2 in red shirt

nvm.

TheXed

12:48 AM

@WinEunuuchs2Unix the Falcons quarterback...

Tom Brady is a arrogant jerk...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Yup....saw him in pre-game show.

I'm watching Fox sports on CTV (canadian television)

They air the show and throw in their own commercials, which is sad because Super Bowl commercials at half time are highly covetted.

TheXed

@WinEunuuchs2Unix they are largely over rated, and you can watch them all on YouTube after the game...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

You think if you were paying the cable company 60 bucks a month (I don't mind you it's a free trial) you could at least get original American commercials which can be entertainment in themselves.

TheXed

I have only seen one so far that made me think "that was watching the Super Bowl for".

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@TheXed Crap man how many responsible adults have time for Youtube?

Thomas Ward

12:51 AM

@WinEunuuchs2Unix how many such adults keep watching cat videos again?

TheXed

@WinEunuuchs2Unix you just might have to smoke an extra cancer stick tonight...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Granted there are news channels on youtube which I do watch but that is out of context with general Youtube usage.

TheXed

I watch mostly tech videos...and....um...cat...no not cat videos...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Yeah I never understood the attraction with cat videos...it seems g*y.

TheXed

I mean every once and a while I might stray upon a cat video (no pun intended, or was there?)

WinEunuuchs2Unix

12:55 AM

^^^ Thinks Stray Cats Strut 80's band.

TheXed

sick and glasses are a bad combo...

I can't see with them on because of all the snot splatters, and I can't see without...well because I can't see...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

try laser eye surgery...worked for me :)

I bought in 1998 when it cost $5K but now laser eye surgery is only like $1K plus change.

You save on glasses and contact lenses and cleaners in no time flat!

Not to mention new found freedom of eyesight

NEP are on board with three points

@ThomasWard I toke your advise to post political stuff on SE Politics Beta and now should get a badge there for downvotes... but I think you wanted me to go to Politics Meta where I would have saved some rep :)

Thomas Ward

I'm not sure exactly how to take your response... it comes off a little bit 'rudely' because of that first sentence, but i'll ignore that for now

Journeyman Geek

@WinEunuuchs2Unix I'm sure there's gay people who hate cats

and using it in that context is uncool

edwinksl

@WinEunuuchs2Unix ?

@WinEunuuchs2Unix can you please explain what you are trying to say? that seems to be homophobic

TheXed

1:08 AM

@JourneymanGeek I think by g*y he surely meant girly....

Journeyman Geek

I hope so! or goy!

edwinksl

uhh

that isn't much better

Journeyman Geek

I mean, we have users who're "not binary" as far as gender goes.

TheXed

@edwinksl just trying to make it so it isn't as bad...so I will take not much better...

Journeyman Geek

@TheXed I'm going to assume some level of good faith, and such.

TheXed

1:10 AM

@WinEunuuchs2Unix laser surgey for 1k? must be nice to have a working universal healthcare system...

Journeyman Geek

Cause I'd need to yell at him politely.

@WinEunuuchs2Unix though lasik has some risks no?

Dry eyes, and sometimes being stuck with long sight?

Serg

How programmers start relationship:"Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my github, so commit maybe"

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edwinksl

that's pretty good, considering it came from serg

Journeyman Geek

That's pretty good.

Serg

@edwinksl Sorry, I'm out of bad puns for tonight so gotta make bad songs

TheXed

1:17 AM

@JourneymanGeek I already have super dry eyes due to seasonal allergies....so that risk is eliminated...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@JourneymanGeek They warn you long sight sets in in your fifties anyway and laser surgery doesn't fix that. It's true I have to wear reading glasses to see things in front of my nose though.

TheXed

@Serg did you see my pun? It was pretty clever for me...

Serg

@TheXed link ?

TheXed

25 mins ago, by TheXed

I mean every once and a while I might stray upon a cat video (no pun intended, or was there?)

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Serg

Hehe, I see what you did there

WinEunuuchs2Unix

1:20 AM

^^^ Stray Cats Strut is a famous 80's band

TheXed

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Nobody cares about 80's rock hair bands :-P

Thomas Ward

blah

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Wait I was wrong Stray Cats is the name of the band and Stray Cat Strut is the name of the song: youtube.com/watch?v=vEtbfzMLVWU

TheXed

Hey that song was released before I was born.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@TheXed Not my fault you were born too late... blame your grand-parents for experimenting with birth control.

TheXed

1:22 AM

@WinEunuuchs2Unix I am glad they spared me the anguish :-P

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Well I'd be the last one to promote the 80's but at least we had "ignorance is bliss" without the internet and alternative media.

TheXed

@WinEunuuchs2Unix lol that reminds me of the first time I used the internet at my grandma's house...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Now we know truth and can't use "ignorance is bliss" anymore sigh

Lady Gaga was a rip-off in half-time show... they said she would use the platform to bash trump but she only did a montage of her famous songs sigh

TheXed

@WinEunuuchs2Unix she did an interview this morning and said that she wasn't going to use it for a political platform...

and she didn't so for that I am glad...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

But I have a history of bashing Lady Gaga... I can't do it if she says nothing I can bash :(

her "social disease" line is especially revolting.

Serg

1:37 AM

42,007 ^_^ \m/

WinEunuuchs2Unix

she will never gain real traction no matter how much money the MSN pours into her.

Serg

And now I am #23 in the total rep league

WinEunuuchs2Unix

You mean all stack sites?

Serg

No, only for our beloved Ask Ubantu

stackexchange.com/leagues/76/alltime/askubuntu

Hopefully, one day I can reach to the 100k level. Then I probably will retire into the mountain hills and only be doing reviews every now and then . . .

WinEunuuchs2Unix

^^^ I was #1 for the year on January 1st, 2017 so after that I felt I could retire from point chasing :D

Actually now I don't even look any more...haha

@Serg Funny you should say that I emptied all my queue reviews today but haven't done that in about a month... maybe I'm getting old and retired like you hope to be "in the hills".

Serg

1:45 AM

Maybe. Or maybe it's the thing you enjoy the most. I enjoy answering more than doing reviews

WinEunuuchs2Unix

True I remember when I first teased you for not doing queue review you said "I'm not a librarian" or something like that.

Truth be told I was guilted into doing queue review by @Zacharee1 and others who were freaking out about queue depth.

I mean we should do them and we have the power to do them but we don't do them as often as we should I guess. Mr. Foerster is the unsung hero in that department I think.

holy crap 63 yard pass by falcons.

#2 to #18.

Atlanta is killing New England.

TD Atlanta!

Serg

@Seth can we nuke the cross post plz ? askubuntu.com/q/880265/295286 I already answered the one on U&L

Zacharee1

@WinEunuuchs2Unix muauauauaua

chaskes

Forget Stray Cats, it's Brian Setzer's solo work that matters: youtube.com/watch?v=aHWcN5YxuYc

TheXed

2:07 AM

How the hell does a professional NFL Place kicker miss a extra point in the SuperBowl?

OMG...what is wrong with them...I have never seen that penalty called before...

Serg

<--- not watching superbowl because Broncos aren't playing

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Serg But the Bronco's are playing (with themselves or golfing) so you can watch Atlanta massacre New England :p

current score 28-9

Serg

@WinEunuuchs2Unix -_____-

WinEunuuchs2Unix

fill in the blanks...hmmm F U? LOL

If it makes you feel any better I don't even watch American football.... just education for work tomorrow because the canuckleheads like to talk american football and I'm trying to fit in :)

Serg

2:24 AM

This . . . is not the site you think this is : thecallofbooty.net/booty

WinEunuuchs2Unix

^^^ I refuse to click the link.... is it about hookers or boots or hooker boots?

Serg

Yer fARRR of in yer guess, matey

WinEunuuchs2Unix

senses Captain Highliner fish commercial

which would mean Davie Jones Footlocker or something like that hint.

Serg

Oh . . . you might be onto something

WinEunuuchs2Unix

I'm still not going to click the link :p

TheXed

2:27 AM

lol I was almost tempted to spread that through the school district via a mass email...

using a random email account...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

whoaa Brady just got sacked a second time on same rush.

TheXed

@WinEunuuchs2Unix no same set of downs...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

"Don't bring me down".

You're looking good like a CPU in the Trash.

TheXed

@WinEunuuchs2Unix just trying to help you with the proper terminology so you don't look silly in front of your friends...

because it would be rather impossible to get sacked twice on the same rush...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

I don't have any friends... coworkers

TheXed

2:30 AM

Yes coworkers is what I meant.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

good :)

I do hope to gain friends some day though... I guess that is called insanity.

Serg

@TheXed Spread what, the site for roleplaying as pirates ? Then you'd be responsible for increase in rum consumption and excessive use of R letter

TheXed

@Serg I don't care about that, I am just interested in the reaction to the URL.

Serg

yeah, the reaction when people see that is priceless

TheXed

although thecallofbooty.net/getsome

would have been better

WinEunuuchs2Unix

2:36 AM

@Serg I trust you have fully recovered from the flu now?

Serg

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Yes, I have. Although coughing here and there

TheXed

@WinEunuuchs2Unix it is me that is suffering now...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Serg Good. I still cough too after that flu but then again I smoke 2 packs a day so it is misleading.

TheXed

he some how managed to pass it to me from Colorado over the internet...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@TheXed It's called a Ubuntu Virus :p

Serg

2:38 AM

@WinEunuuchs2Unix I started smoking again as well, but not for long. I promised my girlfriend to quit and I will within 5 days

TheXed

@WinEunuuchs2Unix that is funny because my 5 year old said I must have gotten a virus from a sick computer...

@WinEunuuchs2Unix there is another sack on Brady...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Serg Your girlfriend in China? I don't think she can smell your smoker's breath.

Zacharee1

Android UI modding is exciting

@Serg stahp

no smok

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@TheXed No Falcons just got sacked.

TheXed

you must be delayed....

Zacharee1

2:39 AM

@Serg wil taek away ur internet

WinEunuuchs2Unix

I was just thinking you have 10 minute delay

TheXed

and nope the falcons didn't get sacked...he got rushed, but fumbled the ball so it was not a sack

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Ryan just got sacked... Brady was doubled sacked 10 minutes ago on same "downs".

TheXed

same set of downs lol

WinEunuuchs2Unix

"Oh what a feeling... what a Rush"

Serg

2:41 AM

@Zacharee1 yew haz no powah here,boi

Zacharee1

@Serg hao do u no

TheXed

I am not going to ruin it for you I will let you see what happens on your own...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

NEP just got TD.... no matter only 5 mintues left in game.

TheXed

never mind I guess you know...

Zacharee1

death and destruction

in other news, Lady Gaga was great

WinEunuuchs2Unix

2:42 AM

dungeons and dragons.

Serg

@Zacharee1 bkz I am 1337 h4x0r

TheXed

@Zacharee1 no she wasn't

Zacharee1

@Serg am 13373r

Serg

I knowes if your server is naughty or nice, and can DDoS it twice

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Lady Gaga wasn't that great same old songs I heard 5 years ago....nothing new there... move along foks...

Zacharee1

2:42 AM

@TheXed there was tons of choreography that had to go into that, and she managed to sing almost perfectly while doing all of it

had trouble with the high notes though

TheXed

Lip sing you mean?

Zacharee1

@TheXed you could tell when she went live because she would be flat occasionally

WinEunuuchs2Unix

lots of red blue and white flashlights on the field doesn't take away from the fact Lady Gaga has no new songs.

Serg

@Zacharee1 I said I'll quit within 5 days, so I am stopping. Aren't you supposed to be happeh , nubcake ?

Zacharee1

and more variance in pitch

@Serg happeher if nao

@WinEunuuchs2Unix she released a new album last year or something and one of the songs was from it

WinEunuuchs2Unix

2:44 AM

haha @Serg just called @Zacharee1 a nubcake

Zacharee1

but no one knows those because she hasn't been on the radio

Serg

@Zacharee1 well, then I won't be happeh, so we gotta balance

TheXed

@Zacharee1 maybe, but they all do it...because honestly no one can hear sing at the superbowl...

Zacharee1

@TheXed microphones?

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Zacharee1 Releasing a new "albumn" no one has heard because they don't have a record player and she sucks in all the bad ways doesn't count.

TheXed

2:45 AM

and 6 million screaming idiots that paid way to much money to be there...

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Zacharee1

@WinEunuuchs2Unix you know album is how we refer to digital media right?

WinEunuuchs2Unix

I don't think there are 6 million in the stadium maybe 60K

Serg

@WinEunuuchs2Unix ssshhh , that's "alternative fact" , if you know what i mean

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Zacharee1 I know I had 400 priceless albums and now record players are back in style and I have no records any more :(

@Serg I'm not going to stick up for Trump's campaign woman and "alternate facts".

Serg

@TheXed let me know if I should remove the star

TheXed

2:46 AM

@Serg the only thing I am not sure is how many people are actually there...

it could be a lot less then 6 million...I have no idea...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

I starred it too @TheXed because 6 million won't fit in a stadium :p

Serg

@TheXed just make it "thousands of" instead of "millions of"

TheXed

I can't edit it now...to late...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

I'm not removing my star because I'm mean :p

Serg

Well, it's going to be there forever now :/

WinEunuuchs2Unix

2:48 AM

Don't worry we all starred @Seth saying "I'm an idiot".... so humble that mod is hint to THomas Ward

TheXed

@Serg Oh I don't care...I am always good for a laugh...regardless of the inaccuracies...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

holy crap you should have just seen the throw by #2 Matt Ryan.

TheXed

Screw the throw, what about the catch?

Zacharee1

should I really have?

WinEunuuchs2Unix

yes I ordered it :p

TheXed

2:50 AM

@Zacharee1 you can watch it on ESPN highlight reels later tonight...or youtube...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Thou shall not... whatever

Zacharee1

@TheXed or not

TheXed

whoops...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

whoaa Ryan just got sacked.

Zacharee1

rip

TheXed

2:51 AM

His own guy took him out...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Oh I missed that part.

TheXed

Lol the owner just about ripped his wifes arm off...

I assume that is the owner anyways...

Serg

I need to start doing something about my shoulders

I sit in front of computer a lot, so naturally my shoulders and neck are all tense often

TheXed

@Serg you need a egomaniac chair...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Serg I didn't know you sit in front of your computer alot ;)

TheXed

2:53 AM

Or a standing desk...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Or a treadmill that powers the computer\

TheXed

I prefer the egomaniac chair though....

It really makes you feel good about yourself...

Serg

@TheXed I was thinking about that, and what @WinEunuuchs2Unix suggested ( treadmill ). Treadmill is kinda expensive, and takes a lot of space. Desk . . .mmm, I could make a custom one, because my room doesn't have much space anyway . . .But then again, I cannot do any of those at work

WinEunuuchs2Unix

I use a reclining couch. Not as good as a lazy boy but it was only 30 bucks used plus 30 bucks delivery.

TheXed

@WinEunuuchs2Unix I will sell you my living room couch for 15 bucks if you come and get it.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

2:56 AM

The game is 20 to 28...it's getting interesting now tihe 2 minutes left.

TheXed

this two minutes will take about 20 though...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

perhaps,,,, they might throw in a commercial or 10

TheXed