Things that are AWESOME...

[MattPie]

I thought there was no FiOS downtown.

 

 

That's what I was thinking.

 

Maybe your office is benefitting from them making their provider upgrade the block.

 

Commercial ISPs have a lot more options than residential. You can essentially have as much bandwidth as you want to pay for. If it's not FIOS per se, Verizon Commerical Services will do a more traditional connection with the right bandwidth. Cable will too, for that matter. For instance, TWC has a 300/20 package. Yes, if you wanted you could probably get that at your house but it's not cheap.

https://business.timewarnercable.com/services/internet/business-internet/overview.html

 

Verizon advertises 1Mbps to 10GigE service (10,000 Mbps).

http://www.verizonenterprise.com/products/networking/dedicated-internet-services/

Edited April 25, 2016 by MattPie

[SwampD]

Are you saying Paul Cambria and 11 are alter egos? Angry 11 makes so much more sense now.

 

 

 

Maybe not, what do I know? I'm just a suburban dweller. But I honestly don't know of a non-college ISP in the area that can sniff those upload speeds.

In North Jersey it's pretty common.

[TrueBlueGED]

Would you kindly stop saying "sniff those upload speeds"?

No. Maybe if you had asked less nicely.

Commercial ISPs have a lot more options than residential. You can essentially have as much bandwidth as you want to pay for. If it's not FIOS per se, Verizon Commerical Services will do a more traditional connection with the right bandwidth. Cable will too, for that matter.

Ah, that makes sense.

In North Jersey it's pretty common.

Not surprised. Home ISP choice in and around Buffalo is horrible. For example, my only alternative to Time Warner is Verizon DSL at 3 Mbps.

[darksabre]

At some point this summer the new USS Little Rock is going to be commissioned in Buffalo alongside the old USS Little Rock. It will be a week long event and will include public tours of the NEW Little Rock. How cool is that? 

The commissioning board has its own Facebook page so follow along for updates. https://www.facebook.com/USS-Little-Rock-LCS-9-957333414302696

http://usslittlerocklcs9.org/

[josie]

At some point this summer the new USS Little Rock is going to be commissioned in Buffalo alongside the old USS Little Rock. It will be a week long event and will include public tours of the NEW Little Rock. How cool is that? 

 

The commissioning board has its own Facebook page so follow along for updates. https://www.facebook.com/USS-Little-Rock-LCS-9-957333414302696

 

http://usslittlerocklcs9.org/

 

um let's go

[darksabre]

um let's go

I would like to very much. I hope it's a weekend that we aren't already booked up  :wacko:

[SwampD]

I would like to very much. I hope it's a weekend that we aren't already booked up  :wacko:

You already have events planned for spring of 2017? :blink:

[darksabre]

You already have events planned for spring of 2017? :blink:

They've already got the thing built and in the water. I don't expect it will take until next year for them to get it commissioned. I could see them doing this in late summer. 

[dEnnis the Menace]

These little nuggets. That is all. Already a month and a half. Yeesh

[That Aud Smell]

Hahaha - oh, man. AWESOME indeed!

 

God bless.

[Eleven]

They've already got the thing built and in the water. I don't expect it will take until next year for them to get it commissioned. I could see them doing this in late summer. 

 

It will be this summer.  I'll have the date for you by the end of the week.

[darksabre]

It will be this summer.  I'll have the date for you by the end of the week.

[Stoner]

it, I can't keep the secret anymore. IKP's avatar is the Little Rock, at sea. I love that.

[Stoner]

Watched a mother Canadian goose and her four goslings (gaustads?) today. She was leading them around the water, then guided them to shore, where they fed on thin, tender grass. Mom had a few bites too. The kids would clamber up on some small rocks, and when they got a little too far afield, she groaned and they froze and locked eyes with her. She would then take them back out for a swim. They kept repeating the cycle. So fun to watch.

[Taro T]

The Fixx.

[Neo]

My son and his family return today .... After six years in the United States Navy, oceans, ports and deployments, he is now a veteran whose tours of duty have ended. USNR and the beginning of the rest of his life. Love, respect and gratitude.

 

He and his arrive at my house, today ... transition central for a week or so.

Edited May 8, 2016 by N'eo

[Weave]

Thats a hell of a Mothers Day gift right there.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

The Fixx.

 

One Thing Leads to Another?

[biodork]

That's awesome, N'eo.

[darksabre]

My son and his family return today .... After six years in the United States Navy, oceans, ports and deployments, he is now a veteran whose tours of duty have ended. USNR and the beginning of the rest of his life. Love, respect and gratitude.

 

He and his arrive at my house, today ... transition central for a week or so.

This is excellent news.

[That Aud Smell]

One Thing Leads to Another?

 

Reach the Beach!

 

My son and his family return today .... After six years in the United States Navy, oceans, ports and deployments, he is now a veteran whose tours of duty have ended. USNR and the beginning of the rest of his life. Love, respect and gratitude.

 

He and his arrive at my house, today ... transition central for a week or so.

 

God bless 'em all.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

My son and his family return today .... After six years in the United States Navy, oceans, ports and deployments, he is now a veteran whose tours of duty have ended. USNR and the beginning of the rest of his life. Love, respect and gratitude.

 

He and his arrive at my house, today ... transition central for a week or so.

 

Is this son Legacy61?

 

Awesome news in the land of Neo.

[qwksndmonster]

I used to really like Woody Allen. His movies resonated with me. But then I learned about how much of a disgusting human being he is and I can never look at a movie like Manhattan the same way again. I don't trust this man who sexually assaulted his daughter and married his other daughter with depicting women in his films.

 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/my-father-woody-allen-danger-892572?utm_source=twitter

 

Here's an excellent article by his son, Ronan. It's about the pain his sister has to go through every single time stars line up to work with their father. It's also about how incredibly unfair media coverage is when it comes to a powerful man being accused by a woman. He also makes a clear point about the dangers of silence in main stream media.

 

I was a Woody Allen fan for years before I heard anything bad about the man.

[biodork]

I used to really like Woody Allen. His movies resonated with me. But then I learned about how much of a disgusting human being he is and I can never look at a movie like Manhattan the same way again. I don't trust this man who sexually assaulted his daughter and married his other daughter with depicting women in his films.

 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/my-father-woody-allen-danger-892572?utm_source=twitter

 

Here's an excellent article by his son, Ronan. It's about the pain his sister has to go through every single time stars line up to work with their father. It's also about how incredibly unfair media coverage is when it comes to a powerful man being accused by a woman. He also makes a clear point about the dangers of silence in main stream media.

 

I was a Woody Allen fan for years before I heard anything bad about the man.

Not sure this belongs in the awesome thread...  :sick: .  I had no idea.

[qwksndmonster]

Not sure this belongs in the awesome thread... :sick: . I had no idea.

Well, the article was awesome, even if it is the kind of article that makes you go uuuugggghhhhh. I chose this thread over the random thread.