Help me spend money

[Evan]

I got a $50 gift card for Circuit City yesterday from a rebate. What should I get?

[captZEEbo1]

pr0n

[ThaSaltCracka]

what sort of electronic intrests do you have?

[BusterStacks]

use it towards a Logitech MX1000 laser mouse.

[sthief09]

music is free for you, dvd's are free for you... you could put it toward something big. you could get an xbox controller or something, or a game if those aren't free for you

[ThaSaltCracka]

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music is free for you, dvd's are free for you... you could put it toward something big. you could get an xbox controller or something, or a game if those aren't free for you

[/ QUOTE ]this was what I was thinking too, but perhaps there is a cool $50 gadget out there, maybe an iPod accesory?

[mmbt0ne]

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use it towards a Logitech MX1000 laser mouse.

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I like this too.

[Evan]

I have some other Logitech wireless mouse.

[astroglide]

an apc back-ups es series for your pc, router, and monitor so you can keep playing during power blinks and protect your equipment

[Evan]

Does that actually provide power if it goes out for a bit or is it just a good surge protector?

[Lawrence Ng]

a BJ

Lawrence

[BusterStacks]

you wouldnt be able to keep playing poker.

[Evan]

If you can find one on their website feel free to post the link.

[wacki]

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you wouldnt be able to keep playing poker.

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Power is not on the same grid as phone/cable. With an APC your equipment would be protected from damage and you could play through many blackouts. You must have router and other equipment plugged in though.

And Evan, yes the APC has a battery in it. Unless there are movies/DVD's you want, I would go with Astros advice.

[wacki]

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If you can find one on their website feel free to post the link.

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Evan, don't be lazy. Go to best buy and type in APC in the search bar. Look for the ES series.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1051384661648&amp;skuId=5248154&amp;type=pr oduct

You will probably need a bigger one than this. I don't know your system specs so you have to take wattage into account.

[BusterStacks]

incorrect. cable is carried using electical power.

[wacki]

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incorrect. cable is carried using electical power.

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I thought the internet part of cable is tied into a backup power grid. Is this not correct?

[Evan]

haha, that was in response to Lawrence's post. Read it again and hopefully my brilliant sense of humor will shine through.

[wacki]

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haha, that was in response to Lawrence's post. Read it again and hopefully my brilliant sense of humor will shine through.

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Oops. My bad. That's what I get for scanning OOT. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[BusterStacks]

Specifically the internet part? I had not heard this, I thought you meant in general. Now I'm not so sure.

[Evan]

I live in NYC and have Time Warner cable service for internet (I don't know if that matters at all but you guys seem to know way more about this than I do so I figured I'd give you some more info).

[wacki]

Isn't Lawrence a cable guy?

[wacki]

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Specifically the internet part? I had not heard this, I thought you meant in general. Now I'm not so sure.

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I would think it would be. The internet is a military operation anyway. The whole point of the internet is fault tolerance.

[Evan]

I have no idea.

[BusterStacks]

The internet is a military opertation? Dude this isn't 1983.

[VBM]

how about a pin drive (http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Lexar-512MB-Portable-USB-Storage-JDSP512-260-/sem/rpsm/oid/89823/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do)?

[wacki]

Looks like COX cable is fault tolerant
http://www.cox.com/fairfax/Telephone/faqs.asp
In addition, if the problem is an electrical power outage, Cox provides back-up power so your phone keeps working.

Time Warner on the other hand doesn't sound to confident on their reliability.

should there be a power outage or other cable outage, Digital Phone will not be available.

http://www3.twcnyc.com/NASApp/CS/ContentServer?pagename=twcnyc/promo&amp;mysect=tarticles/listAllDisclaimer

Lame, I'm surprised DARPA/Congress allows that, especially in NYC.

[wacki]

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The internet is a military opertation? Dude this isn't 1983.

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DARPA invented internet for fault tolerant communication. Civilians expanded internet. Congress listens to military. Congress passes laws enforcing rules/regulations. Do you understand?

[david050173]

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The internet is a military opertation? Dude this isn't 1983.

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Ugh, DARPA invented internet for fault tolerant communication. Civilians expanded internet. Congress listens to military. Congress passes laws enforcing rules/regulations. Do you understand?

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If you think the military cares if comcast cable works when the power fails your nuts. They care about the backbone. Of course I am pretty sure the military pretty much built thier own network a while back. It might a requirement if the carrier wants to sell ip phones (911 requirement)

[wacki]

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If you think the military cares if comcast cable works when the power fails your nuts. They care about the backbone.

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A fault tolerant backbone is good for communication from base to base/bunker to bunker that happens to be near the backbone. Needless to say, not every base, power plant, aid worker, politician, government building, battlefield, or military base is near the backbone. I made the assumption that Congress might be interested in requiring internet companies to perform the simple task of supplying a backup generator for their information network. That isn't that big of a challenge. A backup diesel generator for internet doesn't have to be that big. I've used internet when the power has gone out so I know several places are like this. WTF is up with all the attitude? Seriously? The costs for this kind of fault tolerance is minimal and the benefits are actually rather large in the case of natural disasters/war. How am I nuts by simply thinking that Congress might have an interest in this? Do you have any idea how much the military spends on certain projects simply to ensure reliability? And yes the military has it's own network and they are developing another one called the Global Information Grid and another one called the TeraHertz Operational Reachback (THOR) and who knows how many more. Logistics and information collection/dissemination are vital to the military. The military could have 5 different internets and they would still want more.

BTW, if you had actually taken the time to really read my post you would see I already mentioned that NYC's cable may not be that fault tolerant. I also mentioned I was surprised that Congress/Military would would be ok with this considering their mentality on this kind of stuff. An internet that works in all locations would mean that every politician, every government official, every aid worker would have access to information in a crisis. If thinking for 1 second that some of these people would happen to employ comcast to get the job done (or add one more tier of security) makes me crazy, then I guess I'm crazy.

[wacki]

Sorry if this is a thread hijak Evan.

Buster, I concede that my assumptions were wrong.

[sthief09]

Porn is the way to go. you may be able to download it yourself, but nothing beats a dvd with multiple angles and whatnot

or you could sell it to someone for $40 cash and buy a bottle of nice whiskey

[thatpfunk]

I have Time Warner as well. Our house blows fuses frequently, but I have a laptop so it goes to battery. My internet stays connected when the power dies.

[TimM]

[ QUOTE ]
incorrect. cable is carried using electical power.

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It depends how big the blackout is. I have separate UPSs, one for my computer, and one for my cable modem and router. The computer one is pretty big, but can only keep me up for about 10 minutes. The other is fairly small, but keeps the internet up for hours. I can turn on my laptop and assuming it's charged, be good to go for a few hours.

We have long outages once or twice a year. The only time I lost internet access and power at the same time was during that major northeast blackout.

[CCass]

Our power has gone out 3 times since I bought my UPS. I have my cable modem, my router, and my computer plugged into the UPS. I have continued playing poker with no problems.

[edtost]

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or you could sell it to someone for $40 cash and buy a bottle of nice whiskey

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[nolanfan34]

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or you could sell it to someone for $40 cash and buy a bottle of nice whiskey

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In fact, I'll give you $40 for the card. I'll transfer it to you on Stars or wherever, or Neteller. And you send me the card.

[Tyler Durden]

[ QUOTE ]
Isn't Lawrence a cable guy?

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Touche.

[emonrad87]

Man, my power has NEVER gone out. Thank God for hydroelectric excess power.

[Evan]

I sent you a PM. If you want it replay and tell me where to send it.

[Alobar]

[ QUOTE ]
an apc back-ups es series for your pc, router, and monitor so you can keep playing during power blinks and protect your equipment

[/ QUOTE ]

bingo....$50 wont buy a nice one, but it will definately defray the cost

[nolanfan34]

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I sent you a PM. If you want it replay and tell me where to send it.

[/ QUOTE ]

Reply sent.

[Alobar]

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you wouldnt be able to keep playing poker.

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Ive played several sessions when the power has gone out. I've got about 30 mins of battery time, with my mon, can, modem and router all getting battery backup. I've got cox cable

[Kenrick]

"Tilt" isn't out on DVD yet, so you'll have to get either an APC as mentioned, or maybe just a bigger hard drive to hold all your porn. I think CC has a 160gig'er for $60 after rebate this week.