Good thing I am working this week and part of next... Just ordered the Twisted fun pack from the facebook special...... must start trying to control these impulse buys..... (or not)

tenuki wrote:Sorry about your kid, but part of me's totally cracking up at the thought of you teaching restraint

I told him if he needed an example of how not to hit someone when you really really wanted to, just study me right now. I think he got the meaning. I was beyond pissed as we have talked ad nauseum about keeping your hands to yourself no matter what someone else says or does. Oh well, The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) happens.

tenuki wrote:But ... But ... It's Vegas!

Anyone know much about VoIP for a small business? We're moving to a so looking into new options since there's also a large charge to move our current system, and we should save money every month. We really don't know anything about it though. Basically we just need broadband, new sip phones, and a hosting company?

Yes and no. You need to make sure the broadband you get will be enough to handle your internet needs as well as phone needs. Normal DSL will not work. I'm not sure if FiOS would either.

I believe that most of the time, you need to get a T1 line, which can range from $212 to $1200 per month.


Sometimes you can get a split T-1 line, so the cost is less.

mommadeb1 wrote:most schools now have a "zero tolerance" policy, which translates to "we are tired of parents not dealing with things and coddling their kids, so we will act by over reacting to every small incident" how about the 1st grader or was it kindergarten kid who were charged with sexual harassment because the little one kissed another student... Whatever happened to letting kids be kids? Yes, I understand their is a problem with kids bulling, but come on people...we need to bring back common sense........ end of rant

Let kids be kids to some degree. Teach them to cope with bullying (for those who can) and accept the consequences. Of course. school districts are also afraid of lawsuits and weapons. Of course, nobody's child ever does anything wrong. . .

tenuki wrote:Sorry about your kid, but part of me's totally cracking up at the thought of you teaching restraint

Ditto!

MarkDaSpark wrote:Ditto!

Ah, but you guys have never met Bowtie!

bhodilee wrote:I told him if he needed an example of how not to hit someone when you really really wanted to, just study me right now. I think he got the meaning. I was beyond pissed as we have talked ad nauseum about keeping your hands to yourself no matter what someone else says or does. Oh well, The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) happens.

Isn't being a parent "fun" at times like those?!!

bhodilee wrote:that's what cracks me up about warm areas that get snow. MY GOD WE'VE GOT AN INCH OF SNOW, CANCEL CHRISTMAS, CALL THE GUARD! I know it makes sense since there are no/inadequate plows. But really? You don't even need to plow an inch or two of snow.

Heh, had to check to see if this was filtered.

I am amazed as well. Occasionally, I wished I lived in an area like that, although I decided it's the lack of light that bothers me the most.

MarkDaSpark wrote:Yes and no. You need to make sure the broadband you get will be enough to handle your internet needs as well as phone needs. Normal DSL will not work. I'm not sure if FiOS would either.

I believe that most of the time, you need to get a T1 line, which can range from $212 to $1200 per month.


Sometimes you can get a split T-1 line, so the cost is less.

Not sure that a T-1 line is as fast as cable...but don't quote me on that, I read it somewhere on the internet...

bahwm wrote:Let kids be kids to some degree. Teach them to cope with bullying (for those who can) and accept the consequences. Of course. school districts are also afraid of lawsuits and weapons. Of course, nobody's child ever does anything wrong. . .

I can guarantee mine do and they pay dearly if they don't learn.

Did I mention how happy it makes me to be able to eat normal food or just food at all for that matter.

bahwm wrote:Let kids be kids to some degree. Teach them to cope with bullying (for those who can) and accept the consequences. Of course. school districts are also afraid of lawsuits and weapons. Of course, nobody's child ever does anything wrong. . .

as a parent, let me say.... I am sick and tired of parents making excuses for their kids!!!!!!!! (yes, I know I have been guilty of this at times...but) I do hold my kids accountable!! Have you noticed kids aren't allowed to fail at sports? everyone gets a trophy and pat on the back? "good try" is what we tell them, even if they sucked at whatever?

otolith wrote:Did I mention how happy it makes me to be able to eat normal food or just food at all for that matter.

Glad you are feeling better!!! Normal food is pretty amazing after you have unable to eat or keep in your system for a while!!

mommadeb1 wrote:Glad you are feeling better!!! Normal food is pretty amazing after you have unable to eat or keep in your system for a while!!

Thanks!


Never thought I would be doing this...but my wife is upstairs, and I'm downstairs, and we're emailing each other back and forth. LOL

bahwm wrote:Let kids be kids to some degree. Teach them to cope with bullying (for those who can) and accept the consequences. Of course. school districts are also afraid of lawsuits and weapons. Of course, nobody's child ever does anything wrong. . .

MINE DOES. He has a PhD in screwing up. That's autism for you, you just sigh, try to explain to the clueless why he's in trouble and why its his fault regardless cause he CHOSE to hit the kid. Realize it does zero good and just move on

bhodilee wrote:MINE DOES. He has a PhD in screwing up. That's autism for you, you just sigh, try to explain to the clueless why he's in trouble and why its his fault regardless cause he CHOSE to hit the kid. Realize it does zero good and just move on

My autistic student has changed drastically since the beginning of school. The honeymoon period is over! The great news (sarc font) is that the mom is saying that he is behaving this way because everybody is picking on him. Um, no. He's the one picking on others and making threatening comments. The father is a lawyer. I am soooo thrilled!

otolith wrote:Thanks!


Never thought I would be doing this...but my wife is upstairs, and I'm downstairs, and we're emailing each other back and forth. LOL

you need a smaller house ;-)

otolith wrote:Did I mention how happy it makes me to be able to eat normal food or just food at all for that matter.

Glad to hear that you're feel so much better and eating again!

so there is this place here called Romeos Mexican food and pizza. It doesn't do either great, but it does both surprisingly well. Perfect for when you need greasy food though. Tasted great tonight!

bahwm wrote:My autistic student has changed drastically since the beginning of school. The honeymoon period is over! The great news (sarc font) is that the mom is saying that he is behaving this way because everybody is picking on him. Um, no. He's the one picking on others and making threatening comments. The father is a lawyer. I am soooo thrilled!

sounds just like my kid. Its honestly no wonder he has no friends. He's kind of an chilling zephyr to everyone but its always everyone else's fault. In this particular incident though it was the other kid. I'm willing to bet in the past they've both been guilty of it though.

otolith wrote:We threatened coal last year. Of course, the youngest was expecting coal in his stocking last year.

I'm still down and out. Wonder if HAK felt this bad. Gonna try to work, but I'm going to cancel surgery scheduled for this afternoon. No way I could stand for more than 30', let alone 4-5 hours.

Yeah, not even Dansko's can help keep you standing when you're feeling that badly. Feel better soon.

edthebedhead wrote:Yeah, not even Dansko's can help keep you standing when you're feeling that badly. Feel better soon.

Dansko's can be so evil sometimes. I fell out of mine once. I'm surprised I didn't hurt myself, seeing as I am not once of those graceful like peoples. After I fell while wearing them I was done. Bad Danskos.

Doc O, glad you are feeling better.

Bhod, sorry about the past week, both the bug in your house and all that happened with K. Good job on self restraint with the other kid.

Sanity, props to naughtiness and being productive at work and at home. I remember arriving one year in Vegas and there being a lot of snow coming down. We were staying at the Westward Ho at the time, so that dates it. Actually it was back in the mid 90s come to think of it. Barely legal. Hardeehar har.

I am in week 3 of the respiratory plague that has hit our nursing staff. Finally just down to coughing jags every other day or so. So much better than week 1. Sad that I missed 3 days of work because of this beast. Damned viri. And of course Joel is still just fine.

Whee!

otolith wrote:Not sure that a T-1 line is as fast as cable...but don't quote me on that, I read it somewhere on the internet...

Cable?? I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.

"For general browsing, hundreds of users are easily able to share a T1 line comfortably."

"T1 is a fully digital signal giving the same speed up and down as it is a symmetrical signal. Cable and other broadband is asymmetrical because most people do more downloading than uploading."

So basically, Yes Cable is faster downloading, but T-1's are better for using the Internet for VOIP. Otherwise you get lag. You also are limited speed-wise when there are others on the cable. Plus, if you need a static IP address (Web Server, etc.), you need a T-1 line.

The other issue is how mission critical is access to the Internet? Because a T-1 line usually has a contract associated with it, and they fix it very fast. Cable (and the phone companies) can take forever to get out to fix (unless you have a specific business contract with them that spells out service and many don't have that).

This explains it better. A little old, but most of it is still valid.


I currently have FiOS, and have around 43.5 Mbps Download but only 29 Mbps Upload speeds. No problems yet (knock on wood!), but when I had DSL, a problem took out my Internet for almost a week. Which businesses can't afford.

otolith wrote:Thanks!


Never thought I would be doing this...but my wife is upstairs, and I'm downstairs, and we're emailing each other back and forth. LOL

Could be worse. You could be D-dog & bahwm (or Cesare & kttest)!!

lauratchi wrote:Doc O, glad you are feeling better.

Bhod, sorry about the past week, both the bug in your house and all that happened with K. Good job on self restraint with the other kid.

Sanity, props to naughtiness and being productive at work and at home. I remember arriving one year in Vegas and there being a lot of snow coming down. We were staying at the Westward Ho at the time, so that dates it. Actually it was back in the mid 90s come to think of it. Barely legal. Hardeehar har.

I am in week 3 of the respiratory plague that has hit our nursing staff. Finally just down to coughing jags every other day or so. So much better than week 1. Sad that I missed 3 days of work because of this beast. Damned viri. And of course Joel is still just fine.

Whee!

Sorry to hear it (you, not Joel), but you sickies stay away from me!! In fact, stop typing all you sickies!!!!

MarkDaSpark wrote:Sorry to hear it (you, not Joel), but you sickies stay away from me!! In fact, stop typing all you sickies!!!!

Uff da! Oh Sparky, how could I forget about you with all of your parental stuffs. Hopefully mom's hip will go great. And hope you get your dad thru the endoscopy deal. I was fortunate in that my mom LOVED the procedures where she got twilight meds.

True story: mom was in with one of here zillion same day things she had in her later years. I was waiting in her same day room for her to come back. All of a sudden I hear a mess of people laughing in the hallway. I go to peak at the commotion. It is my mom being wheeled back from the OR. She is singing "Side by side" and was at the "We ain't got a barrell of money" part of the song. When she saw me she said "I feel soooooo wonderful". She liked her concious sedation that one did.

Anyway, with all that is going on around here virus wise, I'm glad this is a cyber pub.

otolith wrote:Heh, had to check to see if this was filtered.

I am amazed as well. Occasionally, I wished I lived in an area like that, although I decided it's the lack of light that bothers me the most.

Are you in Alaska? I have relatives there but I'm always surprised to meet any other Alaskans. Glad you're feeling better!

otolith wrote:Did I mention how happy it makes me to be able to eat normal food or just food at all for that matter.

Good news.

MarkDaSpark wrote:Yes and no. You need to make sure the broadband you get will be enough to handle your internet needs as well as phone needs. Normal DSL will not work. I'm not sure if FiOS would either.

I believe that most of the time, you need to get a T1 line, which can range from $212 to $1200 per month.


Sometimes you can get a split T-1 line, so the cost is less.

Generally not for VoIP, you would do a split T for circuit switched voice+intaarwebs. I unfortunately know nothing from the buying-as-a-customer side...

Edit:

MarkDaSpark wrote:
"For general browsing, hundreds of users are easily able to share a T1 line comfortably."

Not since 2001...

So basically, Yes Cable is faster downloading, but T-1's are better for using the Internet for VOIP. Otherwise you get lag. You also are limited speed-wise when there are others on the cable. Plus, if you need a static IP address (Web Server, etc.), you need a T-1 line.

Almost everything you write here is no egg nog nowadays.

The other issue is how mission critical is access to the Internet? Because a T-1 line usually has a contract associated with it,

This is all highly relevant.

This explains it better. A little old, but most of it is still valid.

This is almost entirely no egg nog also

lauratchi wrote:Anyway, with all that is going on around here virus wise, I'm glad this is a cyber pub.

Definitely days though where I kind of wish this place was a physical location. Like Cheers.

Yesterday was my boss' last day in the office. I mentioned before, he's moving to Denver area. Yep, well he's gone now. Still my boss, still working here, just not HERE.

So now I have virtual friends, virtual boss...

cheron98 wrote:
So now I have virtual friends, virtual boss...

Virtual wine tasting since it's the first friday of the month??

cheron98 wrote:Definitely days though where I kind of wish this place was a physical location. Like Cheers.

Yesterday was my boss' last day in the office. I mentioned before, he's moving to Denver area. Yep, well he's gone now. Still my boss, still working here, just not HERE.

So now I have virtual friends, virtual boss...

Virtual Boyfriend.

mother wrote:This is almost entirely no egg nog also

Some, but not all. It's true that you get smaller upload speeds, and that will affect any communications such as VOIP or Video Conferencing (as well as any Web Servers a business has).

And any web surfing, email, etc. by employees will affect it as well.

MarkDaSpark wrote:Virtual Boyfriend.

And virtual family, too, since I only ever talk to them online. Sigh.

chemvictim wrote:My husband is of the school of thought that bullying is just a normal thing kids do and it teaches kids to handle conflict, etc. Of course, as far as I know, he never had to endure bullying (we went to the same school, isn't that cute). I tend to think that some kids can be incredibly evil and torture others within an inch of their lives. Stop the evil dictators! My husband and I are childless.

Bullying has been known to result in fairly deep psychological/emotional trauma. Obviously of varying degrees, but I think there's a line where it stops being "kids being kids" and requires intervention.

otolith wrote:Did I mention how happy it makes me to be able to eat normal food or just food at all for that matter.

I can imagine...I'm on day 6 of stomach bug. Thought it was gone, had real lunch yesterday, quickly found out it was not gone. Blah.

klezman wrote:I can imagine...I'm on day 6 of stomach bug. Thought it was gone, had real lunch yesterday, quickly found out it was not gone. Blah.

Hm. My stomach is feeling a little queasy today. It better not be what you people are all passing around. *covers nose with shirt and sprays lysol*

Although I have a feeling it's more from too-much underheated previously-frozen cocoa-butternut-squash soup and a distinct lack of protein.

Wow! I think I just had the fastest shipment/delivery from wine.woot. My Blitzen was just delivered.

otolith wrote:Thanks!

Never thought I would be doing this...but my wife is upstairs, and I'm downstairs, and we're emailing each other back and forth. LOL

Use Gmail Chat. Much easier and quicker than email.