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You know what really pisses me off? Fibre optic cable being placed 3 meters away from my house and ready for use but the ISP doesn't offer it here yet. And a 50mb/s connection only costs 40€. Fuck em...

I want a 50MB/s connection



The UK is probably like, somewhere around the bottom when it comes to laying down fibre and generally improving infrastructure in any form or manner

The Government has its typical Socialist agenda for the future of internets in the UK. Instead of going ahead with just improving the infrastructure and laying down fibre etc.. it wants to ensure that everyone in the UK gets at least a 2Mbit connection or some shit.

Last edited by Mekstizzle (2009-11-17 13:22:05)

Hard to believe how expensive electronics used to be

ebug9 wrote:

I was just helping my parents clear a spot in the basement for the new TV they bought and came across the receipt for the old 29" CRT television ($918) and VCR ($549).

Pahaha so true, 5 years ago we bought a 32" Sony Trinitron flatscreen CRT tv...something like £500 back then Now you're getting ridiculously big, much better tvs for less than that lol.

Cheez wrote:

I have a 1.2GB HDD with a price tag of $700.

BTW: anyone ever heard of a HDD company called Champ?

SAY WHAT!?!  Oh wait, that's about £30 Sterling

I remember my first PC had a 3gb hdd...cutting edge to say the least!

AussieReaper wrote:

.Sup wrote:

You know what really pisses me off? Fibre optic cable being placed 3 meters away from my house and ready for use but the ISP doesn't offer it here yet. And a 50mb/s connection only costs 40€. Fuck em...

You know what you have to do.

Start digging.

burnzz likes this

Mekstizzle wrote:

The UK is probably like, somewhere around the bottom when it comes to laying down fibre and generally improving infrastructure in any form or manner

Imagine Canada had anything close to fibre

It seems the Commonwealth sucks for internet: UK, Canada, Australia, etc

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:

Ahh Fermi Geforce pics are out.

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak … 0687_n.jpg

Wood screws, 1.7%, etc.

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

today my shure earphones died. well, the right-earbud did. it now only produces a tiiiiny amount of sound, so i know the cable-soldering hasn't gone (which is fairly robust on shures anyway, as you'd expect), it seems the actual speaker component is somehow kaputt. goddamn annoying! really can't afford £200 for another pair of earphones right now. have sent an email to shure's warranty services about it but i really doubt i'll have much luck, considering my only form of 'receipt' is an email receipt provided by amazon 12+months ago. they have a 2yr warranty, though...

RIP RIP RIP

used them everyday for like 18mnths :'( best pair of earphones i have ever had

se530's

Mekstizzle wrote:

I want a 50MB/s connection



The UK is probably like, somewhere around the bottom when it comes to laying down fibre and generally improving infrastructure in any form or manner

The Government has its typical Socialist agenda for the future of internets in the UK. Instead of going ahead with just improving the infrastructure and laying down fibre etc.. it wants to ensure that everyone in the UK gets at least a 2Mbit connection or some shit.

There's been plans put in for a £>million project to make Dundee one of the first fully Fiber-optic cities in Britain.

Uzique wrote:

Winston_Churchill wrote:

Sweet, I only have the 210s

I prefer my speakers considerably though, far better investment

lemme know when i can carry around krk rokits in mah pockits

wtf are krk rokits?

I have Klipsch speakers, theyre pure sex.  I do most of my listening at home so its worth it.