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   Jfrostjr | Nov 12, 2007 04:44pm | #1

   Welcome! I hope you enjoy your visits.

   Frosty

   "I sometimes think we consider the good fortune of the early bird and overlook the bad fortune of the early worm." FDR - 1922

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   KiddervilleAcres | Nov 12, 2007 04:56pm | #2

   Are you ready for some woodworking!?   Jump right in, the water's the Finest!

   Oh yeah, and have fun too.

   Regards,

   Bob @ Kidderville Acres

    

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

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   dustfilter | Nov 12, 2007 06:25pm | #3

   I have been in woodworking for a while but fairly new to the computer world.
   Here is a picture of a Hickory door I am building for a client.
   Boy Hickory is really hard stuff, hence the looking for a new router.
   Well I am trying to figure out how to get a picture uploaded...
   Edited 11/12/2007 10:28 am ET by dustfilter

   Edited 11/12/2007 10:29 am ET by dustfilter

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   MikeHennessy | Nov 12, 2007 06:36pm | #4

   To upload a pic, click on the "attach files" button. Then, in the box that comes up, click on the "browse" button and click on the file name of the pic you select. Then hit "open". Then hit the "upload" button. You'll need to wait a while until the file uploads -- it can take longer than you expect. When the file name shows up at the bottom of the window, you can either browse to, and attach. additional files, or hit the "Done" button. It's the time lag between hitting the "upload" button and actually getting the file uploaded that gets most folks. You can't hit "done" until the file name show up as posted.

   Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA

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   dustfilter | Nov 12, 2007 06:54pm | #5

   Thanks,OK here goes with the pic of the Hickory door.

   
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   KiddervilleAcres | Nov 12, 2007 07:45pm | #6

   Mike,

   Right on about waiting, especially when you're on a dial-up.  Up in the woods here we're just starting to see DSL in homes.  I live beyond the 3 mile limit for DSL and DU bites the big one!

   Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres

    

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

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   saschafer | Nov 12, 2007 09:10pm | #7

   "Up in the woods here we're just starting to see DSL in homes."

   Do you have cable? That's probably the fastest residential Internet service available (assuming you're not willing to spend $1000/month for a dedicated T1 line), although reliability is sometimes an issue. Back when I lived in the boonies, I had satellite for both TV and Internet. It worked pretty well, except when a thunderstorm was passing by.

   -Steve

    

    

   Edited 11/12/2007 1:10 pm ET by saschafer

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   KiddervilleAcres | Nov 12, 2007 09:25pm | #8

   Hi Steve,

   We have satellite, no cable.  Others in the area have tried satellite but the latency was horrible.  Not sure what causes it as I have worked in computer networks for years in the past.  Cabletron/Aprisma as a network engineer in a former life. 

   Latency is quite normal with satellites but for some reason, at least in this neck o' the woods is abominal!  I think their gear is junk too.  Broadband is moving in so it's just a matter of time, and not that long either.  I've offered the satellite provider use of hy garage for mounting a repeater.  Then the price will be so right!

   Meanwhile I'll DSL from work when necessary.

   Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres

    

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

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   saschafer | Nov 12, 2007 09:40pm | #9

   "Latency is quite normal with satellites but for some reason, at least in this neck o' the woods is abominal!"

   Apart from the 1/3 second round-trip transit time, I never noticed anything out of the ordinary with mine. Of course, certain kinds of software don't work well at all with that setup. One application that I couldn't use was the Oracle database client. The way it's designed, running even a simple database query involves sending hundreds or even thousands of small (typically a few hundred bytes) packets, and the client won't send the next packet until it receives the acknowledgment of the previous one.

   -Steve

    

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   KiddervilleAcres | Nov 12, 2007 10:12pm | #10

   Steve,

   Spectrum is a network management tool built by Aprisma and the only time we had problems with it was in a satellite based network.  Had to modify the software to handle the latency issues, but it did work.  Took a lot of modifying too.

   Fortunately my work affords me the opportunity to use the DSL link, which is nice i tink!

   Now the laptop is giving me a Windows Delayed write failed msg.  Junk, I'm about to pull the trigger on a MAC!  God, I've got it bad......................

   Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres

    

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!