Argh! Internet down??? Real problems for the past 2 days.

Gary · Dec 24, 2007, 14:17:41

Quote from: Inactive on Dec 24, 2007, 14:15:54
I remember putting some loudspeakers next to my old CRT TV once, powerful magnets, ended up with a lovely mauve/green screen, it self-cured in an hour or so after moving them away.

A friends little girl did that on the front of their CRT with a magnet, alas they were not so lucky Inactive

Gary · Dec 24, 2007, 14:18:14

Quote from: Rik on Dec 24, 2007, 14:17:17
Odd, the only ones I hear are the ones that say, "You really should log off now", and then I realise Sue has come in and it's 2am again.

mine were down to watching Hostel II

Inactive · Dec 24, 2007, 14:20:16

Quote from: Killhippie on Dec 24, 2007, 14:17:41
A friends little girl did that on the front of there CRT with a magnet, alas they were not so lucky Inactive

I am not going to risk finding out if magnets do the same to Plasma's..

Gary · Dec 24, 2007, 14:21:28

Quote from: Inactive on Dec 24, 2007, 14:20:16

I am not going to risk finding out if magnets do the same to Plasma's..

Good move I will not try on LCD's either 8)

Rik · Dec 24, 2007, 14:23:20

LCDs are OK, not sure about plasmas.

Inactive · Dec 24, 2007, 14:23:50

Quote from: Killhippie on Dec 24, 2007, 14:21:28
Good move I will not try on LCD's either 8)

Go on Gary, you know you want to...

Gary · Dec 24, 2007, 14:24:57

Quote from: Inactive on Dec 24, 2007, 14:23:50
Go on Gary, you know you want to...

Mmmm plasmas and magnets

MoHux · Dec 24, 2007, 20:10:18

Regarding interference and vacuum cleaners.
40 odd years ago we moved into an upstairs flat of a house right on the main road.

One day I was in my usual position stretched out on the settee, helping my wife do the hoovering by keeping my feet up

, when all of a sudden a male voice echoed around the room emanating from the vacuum cleaner!! My wife dropped it as if it was red-hot!

Turned out it was that new invention ......... Taxi Radio!!

Simon · Dec 24, 2007, 20:11:36

Rik · Dec 25, 2007, 00:31:01

Quote from: MoHux on Dec 24, 2007, 20:10:18
all of a sudden a male voice echoed around the room emanating from the vacuum cleaner!!

Gives a whole new meaning to His Master's Voice, Mo.

ducky22 · Dec 25, 2007, 02:56:00

Speaking of the 2wire...... I just upgraded a fixed line from 1mbit (far far away from exchange) to max dsl.

Attached are the stats - its been up for over 3 days without retraining and I can't actually believe it.

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Rik · Dec 25, 2007, 02:59:20

Good speed for that attenuation, I get about 3232 on 56db.

ducky22 · Dec 25, 2007, 03:01:52

Quote from: Rik on Dec 25, 2007, 02:59:20
Good speed for that attenuation, I get about 3232 on 56db.

I'm absolutely amazed... I haven't seen such a long line hold that sort of speed before. 3mbit is about the highest. I'm going to test it with a netgear sometime soon to see what the difference is.

Rik · Dec 25, 2007, 03:03:41

My Netgear would sync about 400k lower, with a wildly fluctuating noise margin (7db).