The 43rd TPBM "Waiting (impatiently) for Noir" Random Chat

3Turner wrote in post #11902684
Computer woes Terri?

Hate when that happens. I've had some weird stuff happen to my computer recently, but ran CCleaner, a registry cleaner, check disk....and all has been well. *whew*

Mostly just very sluggish. I did not have my wireless secured, so I figure the neighbors were appreciating that
Now that is fixed, but still running a tad slow, but I am thinking FireFox may have been part of the problem. I am test driving google chrome and it is quite zippy!

sometimes my internet will slow down for no real reason. I wonder if it is firefox?

Well, there will always be a lag during peak hours, especially with any streaming. We cannot have Netflix on the tv and try to be online, too.
But last night there was no rhyme or reason that I could discern (other than some neighbors copping a free ride :lol
So with that no longer an option, FF was the next easy thing to look at. Plus, I have GC at work and have been quite impressed with its speed and ease of use! And knowing that Chris has been using it and likes it factored in as well.

misspix wrote in post #11902694
Mostly just very sluggish. I did not have my wireless secured, so I figure the neighbors were appreciating that
Now that is fixed, but still running a tad slow, but I am thinking FireFox may have been part of the problem. I am test driving google chrome and it is quite zippy!

Very sluggish overall or just on the internet?

Reason I ask is because I had the same situation with my internet back in December. At the time I had a Sprint Broadband card in a wireless router serving 5 wifi spots from the router. It was so sluggish on the internet that it would take an HOUR to load Google.com. Called Sprint to make sure that there were no problems with the reception here in the area....long story short, if I wanted to get faster service (3G), I had to upgrade hardware and contract with no unlimited data . All the options didn't work and I didn't want to lose unlimited data. Soooo....I went to Clear...my brother works for them. Now I am on 3G...but one day the internet was a little sluggish taking longer than usual to load a page and then began flashing an error message on the hotspot. When I googled it, I found several claims all over the internet that Clear Wireless (feeding off of Sprint Cell Towers) is throttling the internet during peak hours!! Made me mad.....but then the peak hours are late...like 10PM to Midnight here....weird. Anywhoo....another thing that I noticed that slowed down the wifi on both Sprint and Clear....was the number of devices on the wifi at one time. If there are only 5 slots available, but 8 devices all fighting for a spot on the wifi router, it will get sluggish as connections drop out and reconnect. This is what really got me on the Sprint card.....and I didn't figure it out until I cut the service. How you ask? Clear has a little screen on the wifi hotspot to tell you how many users are on the wifi....that first day I had the wifi, there were 5 and the device IDs were changing every couple minutes as things would connect and disconnect....like the printers, work computers, Evan's iPod my desktop....yadda yadda yadda.

is there an adblock for chrome? I just opened it up and I HATE the ads in here.

Permagrin wrote in post #11902790
is there an adblock for chrome? I just opened it up and I HATE the ads in here.

https://chrome.google.​com …iobklfepjocnamg​kkbiglidom

thank you Bobert. That works great.

Do you happen to know of an exif viewer for Chrome?

3Turner wrote in post #11902777
Very sluggish overall or just on the internet?

Reason I ask is because I had the same situation with my internet back in December. At the time I had a Sprint Broadband card in a wireless router serving 5 wifi spots from the router. It was so sluggish on the internet that it would take an HOUR to load Google.com. Called Sprint to make sure that there were no problems with the reception here in the area....long story short, if I wanted to get faster service (3G), I had to upgrade hardware and contract with no unlimited data . All the options didn't work and I didn't want to lose unlimited data. Soooo....I went to Clear...my brother works for them. Now I am on 3G...but one day the internet was a little sluggish taking longer than usual to load a page and then began flashing an error message on the hotspot. When I googled it, I found several claims all over the internet that Clear Wireless (feeding off of Sprint Cell Towers) is throttling the internet during peak hours!! Made me mad.....but then the peak hours are late...like 10PM to Midnight here....weird. Anywhoo....another thing that I noticed that slowed down the wifi on both Sprint and Clear....was the number of devices on the wifi at one time. If there are only 5 slots available, but 8 devices all fighting for a spot on the wifi router, it will get sluggish as connections drop out and reconnect. This is what really got me on the Sprint card.....and I didn't figure it out until I cut the service. How you ask? Clear has a little screen on the wifi hotspot to tell you how many users are on the wifi....that first day I had the wifi, there were 5 and the device IDs were changing every couple minutes as things would connect and disconnect....like the printers, work computers, Evan's iPod my desktop....yadda yadda yadda.

Sounds extremely frustrating! I am using Charter internet, with a wireless router, so not quite as advanced as you all But, yes, it has been just the net being sluggish.

3Turner wrote in post #11902798
https://chrome.google.​com …iobklfepjocnamg​kkbiglidom

NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE!!!

Permagrin wrote in post #11902812
thank you Bobert. That works great.

Do you happen to know of an exif viewer for Chrome?

I see two exif viewers
https://chrome.google.​com …ahncnilbicljpnb​fobpnljnki

https://chrome.google.​com …bkidnmcfidnohff​epopnhhpkk

Permagrin wrote in post #11902812
thank you Bobert. That works great.

Do you happen to know of an exif viewer for Chrome?

Yes. I use "Jeffrey's Exif Viewer." It works great and you get so much more info that I've gotten in the past.

that would be the 2nd link of Boberts then?

How do you guys find these things?

misspix wrote in post #11902830
Sounds extremely frustrating! I am using Charter internet, with a wireless router, so not quite as advanced as you all But, yes, it has been just the net being sluggish.

Yes it has been.

You probably have the same problem as me with the router....too many devices wanting wifi and not enough slots.


Yo Chris.

boy this is much faster than firefox. Wow.

Skrim17 wrote in post #11901780
aah, OK I have seen them, they look like a grackle without the nice eyes and some more spots.

I am NO birder, LOL!!

I can't wait to have a larger easier to cook in kitchen!

Yeah, that's about what they look like. Just send T-Spin after them.

Permagrin wrote in post #11901847
the sad part about the starlings is that they were NOT introduced to North America for a good reason.

I mean, we got the cane toad because they were trying to eradicate the cane beetle. We got the mongoose (who has nearly wiped out the the entire bird population of Hawaii, except on one island I believe) because they were trying to wipe out the rat that was destroying the sugar cane.

But the reason we have starlings...because, in 1890, a small group of people thought that North America should be exposed to all the animals in Shakespeare. So they let loose 60 starlings in Central Park. Now there are over 150 million in NA and heading to South.

Yep. English Sparrows, too.

Skrim17 wrote in post #11901861
friggin new yorker's...

Yeah.,

short5 wrote in post #11901876
This is the case for English sparrows as well I believe.

True.

short5 wrote in post #11902311
You mocketh me Hi T

Indeedeth?

BearLeeAlive wrote in post #11902421
They are an awful bunch, eh?

I'm pretty sure the House Sparrow was introduced.

Cute kitties.

Meany head girls, they are Tim.

House Sparrow = English Sparrow.

JWright wrote in post #11902457
Thing is, I saw them just recently and I still can't remember where I saw them. Getting old sucks...

Try under your red socks in the special drawer alongside the diving undies.

3Turner wrote in post #11902496
Bueno!!!

*passes snoik a spleen-guard*

Permagrin wrote in post #11902846
that would be the 2nd link of Boberts then?

How do you guys find these things?

Yup. Didn't click it before.

Finding them is very tedious. I go to Google and type in: CHROME EXIF VIEWER