On 17 Mar 2024 13:50:22 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
wrote:

>On 2024-03-17, Ed P <esp@snet.xxx> wrote:
>> On 3/17/2024 12:36 AM, Bruce wrote:
>>> On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 23:11:55 -0400, Ed P <esp@snet.xxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 3/16/2024 10:19 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 20:17:46 -0500, Snag <Snag_one@msn.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 3/16/2024 6:21 PM, GM wrote:
>>>>>>> "About 73 percent of American adults lived in a household with no
>>>>>>> landline but at least one cellphone in 2022, according to the most
>>>>>>> recent data collected by the federal government... To many, landline
>>>>>>> phones have come to seem as essential as steamships and telegrams in the
>>>>>>> smartphone era. But to those who still use them, they offer distinct
>>>>>>> advantages.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We live in a location that has no cell reception , no TV , and on a
>>>>>> good day 3 FM radio stations . Our landline is our connection to the
>>>>>> outside world ... we're lucky enough to have fiber optic within a couple
>>>>>> of miles , so our internet is reasonably fast (for our demands) at 10-12
>>>>>> Mb/sec most of the time (running about 9.5 right now , not bad for a
>>>>>> Saturday evening) .
>>>>>
>>>>> We had 1 MB/sec until a year ago. Now we have 5-6 with frequent
>>>>> dropouts. Sometimes it's faster to print my email and attach it to a
>>>>> kangaroo.
>>>>
>>>> Now I can see why you plan to move. I thought my 1200 baud modem was
>>>> slow and 10 mb was fantastic. Now I can hit 400 on a good day.
>>>>
>>>> Just ran a test
>>>>
>>>> Internet speed test
>>>>
>>>> 17.4
>>>> Megabits per second
>>>> Testing upload...
>>>>
>>>> 291.1
>>>> Mbps download
>>>>
>>>> Latency: 16 ms
>>>> Server: Miami
>>>> Your Internet connection is very fast.
>>>
>>> Yes, that's very fast. I don't really need more speed than I already
>>> have, but I guess it would be nice.
>>
>> For text, it matters little. Graphics though, are a treat a higher speeds.
>
>I have a 100 Mbps Ethernet card in my PC, so that's a hard limit. I've
>never had much trouble streaming video. Although if I really want
>a good experience, I stream it to my television.

If you stream at super high speed to your TV, won't the movie be
finished in 2 minutes?

On 2024-03-17, Snag <Snag_one@msn.com> wrote:
> On 3/17/2024 12:31 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
>>
>> Every morning we watch Forged in Fire together. We've seen every
>> episode a couple of times, but hot metal is just fascinating.
>>
>
> Remember the episode with Shawn Ellis ? He did a sword IIRC . And
> when he plunged it into the oil to quench he hollered "SHAZAAAMMM!" . He

Yes, I remember him. We just saw his episode in the last week or two.
One of his opponents lives relatively near here.

> lives near us ... nice enough guy , though a bit cocky . And rightly so
> , he's a very talented blacksmith . I understand these days he's doing
> mostly knives , so would that make him a bladesmith ?

Yes, that's what they call them.

--
Cindy Hamilton