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How many hours spent on LP

1 hour

[ 2 ]

[ 4.4% ]

2 hours

[ 2 ]

[ 4.4% ]

3 hours

[ 0 ]

[ 0.0% ]

4 hours +

[ 3 ]

[ 6.7% ]

Jump on and off many times a day

[ 33 ]

[ 73.3% ]

stay logged on all the time

[ 5 ]

[ 11.1% ]

Total valid votes

[ 45 ]

Discarded votes

[ 1 ]

LottoBoner

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May 28, 2012, 1:20 am

Quote: Originally posted by grwurston on May 28, 2012
You can buy your own router at Best Buy or any place that sells computers or laptops. After you pay your $5.00 a month for a couple of years, you could have bought 2 or 3 of them. And you know they're going to raise the rental fee at some point. A decent one is about $40, a better one is about $75.

thanks for the info...the funny thing is that i felt something was strange when the router TWX(timewarner)

installed was a Netgear...

and they never disclosed there would be extra cost.

At least the verizon router had their name on it...

In my opinion for TWX to install a netgear router is unprofessional and cheap.

I still have the Verizon(VZ) router...they didn't take it when the service was changed...

I guess its not worth too much. I have wondered if somehow i could use the VZ router still...

I should have complained sooner...but i have been hijacking a unsecured router that is in the vicinity...it has a better connection then mine...

although sometimes i get the message..."windows has encountered an IP address conflict"...which means the other person must be aware as well...

funny the signal I hijack is also TWX...so i dont know why i can use my neighbors router no problem...while mine give me a headache.
grwurston

100

Same digits. Different games.

United States
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April 24, 2010
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May 28, 2012, 2:34 am

Quote: Originally posted by LottoBoner on May 28, 2012
thanks for the info...the funny thing is that i felt something was strange when the router TWX(timewarner)

installed was a Netgear...

and they never disclosed there would be extra cost.

At least the verizon router had their name on it...

In my opinion for TWX to install a netgear router is unprofessional and cheap.

I still have the Verizon(VZ) router...they didn't take it when the service was changed...

I guess its not worth too much. I have wondered if somehow i could use the VZ router still...

I should have complained sooner...but i have been hijacking a unsecured router that is in the vicinity...it has a better connection then mine...

although sometimes i get the message..."windows has encountered an IP address conflict"...which means the other person must be aware as well...

funny the signal I hijack is also TWX...so i dont know why i can use my neighbors router no problem...while mine give me a headache.

The router I have is netgear and I have no problems with it or the comcast cable. Just a basic trouble shoot, but are all of your cable connections tight? Sometimes we can overlook the simple fixes. And then we're like...

Before you play there are 2 choices to make. Low sum or high sum and consecutive pair or no consecutive pair. Choose correctly and you go from 120 combos down to 30. Not a bad starting point.
LottoBoner

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May 28, 2012, 2:51 am

I dont know if the cable connections are tight...i see you work for the cable behemoth...

hey with all this complaining about the U.S. education system...how come you can rarely find anything intelligent on discovery or NGC?

i know marijuana INC is fascinating...but is it helping our youth learn? (i mean learn something besides hypocrisy)

also i know tuna junkies is interesting...and sometimes i do really want to know if that guy fell over board...

but when did media become the prostitute of america?? Its... funny prostitution is illegal in this country...its "bad"...as conservatives preach...

but if you work for the secret service and its beyond the eyes of the puritanical right...then go ahead...

but really when did the media become the TRUE WHORES...?

Am i digressing?

I need a job...I probably should get one with the corporate media internet whores...i would fit in real nice.
mediabrat

upstate NY
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March 31, 2011
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May 28, 2012, 4:10 pm

The cable companies want you to think you have to use their router (and pay them the extra $5/month) if you want wireless in your home and/or the ability to run multiple computers/other Internet-connected devices on the same connection, but this isn't true. You're free to go out and buy your own router; the catch is, if there's a problem with the router, they won't help you. They'll make sure the connection through the cable modem is working, but everything else on your network is your responsibility. Likely the most they'll do is tell you to reboot your router. I've always used my own router and Time Warner has never given me any beef about it.
grwurston

100

Same digits. Different games.

United States
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April 24, 2010
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May 28, 2012, 5:39 pm

Quote: Originally posted by LottoBoner on May 28, 2012
I dont know if the cable connections are tight...i see you work for the cable behemoth...

hey with all this complaining about the U.S. education system...how come you can rarely find anything intelligent on discovery or NGC?

i know marijuana INC is fascinating...but is it helping our youth learn? (i mean learn something besides hypocrisy)

also i know tuna junkies is interesting...and sometimes i do really want to know if that guy fell over board...

but when did media become the prostitute of america?? Its... funny prostitution is illegal in this country...its "bad"...as conservatives preach...

but if you work for the secret service and its beyond the eyes of the puritanical right...then go ahead...

but really when did the media become the TRUE WHORES...?

Am i digressing?

I need a job...I probably should get one with the corporate media internet whores...i would fit in real nice.

No, I do not work for any cable co. LOL. Look at it this way. If a light bulb in a lamp gets loose it won't light, you screw the bulb in (ie, tighten it) and bingo! It lights.

If the cable on your car battery gets loose, the car won't start. You tighten it and guess what? It starts.

If your router doesn't work, check the connections. If they are tight and it doesn't work, then call the cable co.

Before you play there are 2 choices to make. Low sum or high sum and consecutive pair or no consecutive pair. Choose correctly and you go from 120 combos down to 30. Not a bad starting point.
mcginnin56

United States
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May 25, 2011
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May 28, 2012, 6:21 pm

Quote: Originally posted by grwurston on May 28, 2012
No, I do not work for any cable co. LOL. Look at it this way. If a light bulb in a lamp gets loose it won't light, you screw the bulb in (ie, tighten it) and bingo! It lights.

If the cable on your car battery gets loose, the car won't start. You tighten it and guess what? It starts.

If your router doesn't work, check the connections. If they are tight and it doesn't work, then call the cable co.

Hence the old saying, "Keep it Simple, Stupid!" (K-I-S-S)
haymaker

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May 28, 2012, 6:37 pm

Quote: Originally posted by grwurston on May 28, 2012
No, I do not work for any cable co. LOL. Look at it this way. If a light bulb in a lamp gets loose it won't light, you screw the bulb in (ie, tighten it) and bingo! It lights.

If the cable on your car battery gets loose, the car won't start. You tighten it and guess what? It starts.

If your router doesn't work, check the connections. If they are tight and it doesn't work, then call the cable co.

Also when tightening anything, keep in mind T.S.A.R. T.L.A.R AND T.F.A.R.

that seems about right.

that looks about right.

that feels about right.

Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds -- Charles Mackay LL.D.
grwurston

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May 28, 2012, 8:22 pm

Quote: Originally posted by haymaker on May 28, 2012
Also when tightening anything, keep in mind T.S.A.R. T.L.A.R AND T.F.A.R.

that seems about right.

that looks about right.

that feels about right.

Don't forget B.N.T.T.

But not too tight.

Before you play there are 2 choices to make. Low sum or high sum and consecutive pair or no consecutive pair. Choose correctly and you go from 120 combos down to 30. Not a bad starting point.
haymaker

Egg Harbor twp.south Jersey shore
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May 28, 2012, 9:11 pm

Quote: Originally posted by grwurston on May 28, 2012
Don't forget B.N.T.T.

But not too tight.

Thanks, i'll add that my spec. sheet legend.

Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds -- Charles Mackay LL.D.
haymaker

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May 29, 2012, 7:54 pm

@ Plshelpme

Thanks for the stars.

Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds -- Charles Mackay LL.D.

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