Comment Re:Lessons not learned (Score 1) 121
Probably try to get himself named to the Wake County Board of Education.
Probably try to get himself named to the Wake County Board of Education.
I had one "24/96" faxmodem that could connect v.42/mnp... but only when I used the Cheyenne Faxmodem software, or whatever it was, to dialin to the BBSes I called. It was the damnedest thing, I mucked with every init string, did every bit of research I could on the thing (in the pre-Google days), but could never get compression to work with any of my comm programs. So when I was just browsing forums or door games, I'd use my comm program of choice... but when I wanted to transfer files, I'd dialin with the faxmodem software for that extra 15-20 bps.
Huh. Surprised no one brought up term programs. I seem to remember using... something... I forget what, before a friend introduced me to QModem. And QModem lasted me a long time, until Telix. A lot of people liked Telix, or perhaps still do. I always liked Commo, which was scriptable/macro-able to the nth degree... or Terminate!, which had all the bells and whistles.... and a lot of weird history behind it, iirc.
It is unlikely that you have children under the age of ten. They like to watch the same animated film over and over.
This. And having now seen Cars about a half dozen times in 1080i on our DVR, and then nearly that many times more in 1080p since we decided we might as well buy the BR, it's becoming worth it to us. Animated films are turning out to be the best candidates for Blu Ray anyway. If the kid gets to watch what he wants, and I don't have to suffer through horribly pixelated SD stuff on the kid channels (Noggin, et al), it's win-win.
You may find this website useful in determining whether or not your screen resolution and viewing distance can/should be adjusted to affect any discernible difference.
http://www.carltonbale.com/home-theater/home-theater-calculator/
You will have many recoverable tape errors.