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s. patroller
s. patroller
12:00 AM
Nah, the router is acting up AGAIN!
 
Gypsy Spellweaver
Gypsy Spellweaver
I've been on that river. :(
 
s. patroller
s. patroller
How did you deal wth it?
 
Gypsy Spellweaver
Gypsy Spellweaver
Finally replaced the beast dinosaur. Then my new modem flaked out.
 
s. patroller
s. patroller
Ouch :(
 
Gypsy Spellweaver
Gypsy Spellweaver
Upgraded to 1G on the router in the process. Old one was a LinkSys from '04.
 
s. patroller
s. patroller
12:04 AM
Cool, I'm waiting for optic.
 
Gypsy Spellweaver
Gypsy Spellweaver
iirc it was WRT-54G
My LinkSys EA6350 has been a trooper for a while now though.
 
 
4 hours later…
Ben I.
Ben I.
3:54 AM
@GypsySpellweaver Do you remember when you didn't know the SE lingo? There's always do much to learn about this place.
 
Gypsy Spellweaver
Gypsy Spellweaver
Aye. I do recall that.
And, in many cases, I still don't know what I ought to know.
 
s. patroller
s. patroller
Has anyone here used a fibre optic internet connection?
 
Gypsy Spellweaver
Gypsy Spellweaver
Many moons ago
 
s. patroller
s. patroller
Is it any good?
 
Gypsy Spellweaver
Gypsy Spellweaver
Good realtive to what?
 
s. patroller
s. patroller
3:57 AM
Cable tv connection
 
Gypsy Spellweaver
Gypsy Spellweaver
It could be called "Good" iff your hardware supports the extra speed AND your provider allows you to see that speed
 
s. patroller
s. patroller
Hmm, thanks.
 
Gypsy Spellweaver
Gypsy Spellweaver
Is your router, cables, and system 1G ethernet capable?
10/100/1000 is typical notation on hardware ports
 
s. patroller
s. patroller
Dunno, I'll talk to the landlord.
 
Gypsy Spellweaver
Gypsy Spellweaver
If you have one device in the chain that is 10/100, then you'll never even know you have fiber
 
s. patroller
s. patroller
4:01 AM
I use wifi
 
Gypsy Spellweaver
Gypsy Spellweaver
:))))))
Compared with wired:
 
s. patroller
s. patroller
Interesting comparison, thanks @GypsySpellweaver
 
Gypsy Spellweaver
Gypsy Spellweaver
If you have, or end up getting, a newer router with 802.11n or 802.11ac abilities, then things look a lot better. The degradation still applies, but you can start with higher numbers.
 
s. patroller
s. patroller
What are the technicians called who work in this area?
 
Gypsy Spellweaver
Gypsy Spellweaver
The bad news is that, unless the building was re-cabled recently, with speed in mind, it probably has CAT 5 wire in the walls, and the best the router will see is 100Mbps.
Network Engineers
actually, the could be under many names.
Could simply be "Cable Technician" or even "Service Tech."
@s.patroller Here's a bit to peruse: leblanc.com/blog/what-to-know-about-wifi.html
 
 
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Ben I.
Ben I.
1:50 PM
It's like someone turned off a switch, and the site went dead. This seems excessively long, even for a period in which I've been largely out of commission.
 
Buffy
Buffy
2:20 PM
If I get through tomorrow it'll have been a week without rep.
Only 55 total rep for this week. Total for everyone.
Hardly any visitors either.
Or, more likely, those who do come, see no changes on the active questions page and just move on.
 
ItamarG3
ItamarG3
We nees to revive the site.
@BenI. Are there any cs teachers, students etc. which you know and haven't invited here?
We should start sending twitter links to many places. Making twitter more active. Not only posts of posts, but also retweets about cs-related things
Promote the site in cs stackexchange more.
Find an "agent" there and....
 
thesecretmaster
thesecretmaster
3:24 PM
@ItamarG3 I mean... it's not dead dead. There are sites with lower activity than ours. Sure, more activity is better, but it's not as though SE is going to shut our site down.
 
Ben I.
Ben I.
3:58 PM
@thesecretmaster Community Building. Oh, the bitter irony.
@ItamarG3 No, I promote the site to every person, bird, leaf, and twig I see.
Also the occasional chipmunk.
 
Halp! I haz question!
Halp! I haz question!
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Peter
Peter
@GypsySpellweaver Good point. My real interest is this: what objective criteria can be used for HS CS placement? I would bet some, if not most, AP teachers have some requirement for admission, so what are they? I guess I'm assuming an answer of math, and then wondering how good an indicator of future success it ends up being.
@ItamarG3 I have been working on getting more active on the twitter of late. I've been posting new questions, but alas, there has not been much to post about in that regard.
 

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