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Darkdata
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Posted on 12-24-09 07:22:53 AM Link | Quote
I may not be around on the 25th (and why I have not been in irc lately... )

So, in case I do not make it, I wish you all a Merry Chtistmas/Other Holiday Cheer Here.

Remember to be safe, and have fun with your friends and family.



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Higsby

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Posted on 12-24-09 07:33:50 AM Link | Quote
Merry Christmas Darkdata and anyone else who won't be here on the 25th !

I don't think that I'll have any trouble being here on Christmas since I'm not going to be leaving the house at all (we used to visit relatives on Christmas day although in recent years we haven't been doing that ).

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Posted on 12-24-09 07:39:07 AM Link | Quote
Dial-up is the work of the devil.

Not sure how much time I'll have to be here. I'm waking up early and driving two hours to see my dad. He doesn't have a computer. Then driving back and having dinner at the in-laws.

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Camewel

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Posted on 12-24-09 08:24:53 AM Link | Quote
I probably won't be on on Christmas or Boxing Day due to how hactic it is around my house at that time.
Danika
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Posted on 12-24-09 10:37:26 AM Link | Quote
Yea... I don't expect to be on Jul that much today and tomorrow, actually

And I used dialup for quite a while, actually... back in 1998 to 2003, and again in 2006... and I sure as hell don't want to have to deal with dialup again!

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Taryn

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Posted on 12-24-09 12:39:13 PM Link | Quote
I had dialup until 2005, because my parents' little village didn't have broadband service. They have it now though, but for a while I always was reluctant to visit them and get away from my home broadband

I wonder how (in)active Xmas will be here. I should be on, but maybe not for a while.

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Posted on 12-24-09 02:18:43 PM Link | Quote
I had dial-up when I first started to go online. ALO & Netscape dial-up.

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Taryn

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Posted on 12-24-09 02:24:37 PM (last edited by Terra at 12-24-09 11:24 AM) Link | Quote
My parents had Great Lakes Internet, a tiny local company that I think is still the E-mail address in my I1 profile. Now, they have AT&T DSL. I have Comcast cable at my apartment.

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Posted on 12-24-09 07:28:30 PM Link | Quote
I was on AOL until last month.

Needless to say, DSL is a massive relief.

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Danika
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Posted on 12-24-09 08:18:59 PM Link | Quote
I've been using Road Runner for years, but they sometimes have service problems around here... they even gave me a defective modem once

Luckily I got that resolved quickly... I also get standard cable (no digital) from TWC along with the Road Runner (didn't want a landline here...) for a reasonable price

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Posted on 12-24-09 08:20:59 PM (last edited by Terra at 12-24-09 05:26 PM) Link | Quote
Are landlines as expensive there as here, Schala?

Come on, $52/month for landline service for a phone that has fewer features than a mobile phone for which $83 worth of minutes lasts 6 months? Sheesh!

Screw AT&T.

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Danika
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Posted on 12-24-09 08:23:12 PM (last edited by Schala at 12-24-09 05:23 PM) Link | Quote
I haven't checked around here in a while... mainly because I often had Time Warner Digital Phone (rather than Verizon)... which usually comes with digital cable and Road Runner...

I suppose if I need a landline eventually, I can consider upgrading my TWC service

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Posted on 12-25-09 07:37:54 PM Link | Quote
I want to know what the demographics are for dial-up.

Guessing the average age is in the 50's.

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Taryn

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Posted on 12-25-09 09:11:42 PM Link | Quote
Probably Older people are more likely to mostly have the Internet around for E-mailing the (grand)kids. They would probably still get their news and weather from newspapers, radio, and TV.

My parents, both 57, are more computer savvy because they've had computers since the '80s though. My mom is an AIM user and uses the Internet for news and political Web sites, plus using Wikipedia for fact-checking. She watches YouTube and other videos, too.

I doubt she'd come here. If she did, she'd probably have some unimaginative name like "Terra's Mom"

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Lyskar
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Posted on 12-25-09 10:10:22 PM Link | Quote

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Metal_Man88
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I'm on here, but I don't come into the Jul IRC anymore. So nothing different from me.

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Hintetsomaru
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Posted on 12-25-09 11:38:39 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Metal_Man88
I'm on here, but I don't come into the Jul IRC anymore. So nothing different from me.

WAIT! Jul has an IRC? O.O

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Gabu

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Posted on 12-26-09 04:37:46 AM Link | Quote
Yeah, that link needs to be put in a better place. It's kind of in the place where not a lot of people go to.

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Posted on 12-26-09 08:18:42 PM Link | Quote

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Metal_Man88
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Originally posted by Hintetsomaru
Originally posted by Metal_Man88
I'm on here, but I don't come into the Jul IRC anymore. So nothing different from me.

WAIT! Jul has an IRC? O.O


Oh, the staggering irony that my lack of going there would clue you in to its existence.

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