I hated that microwave. The door always got stuck. One day it finally would not open and somebody got a new one to replace it. Rather than just throwing it out, I put it in my car and took it out to a creek with some of my buddies. We unloaded on that thing with a pretty wide variety of ammo. At the angle we were shooting, the rounds were skipping off the metal plate in the bottom and making a lot of sparks. We lined up a bunch of mags of 5.56 and tried to set it on fire. No luck, but that plate took it like a champ. Moral of the story: if you're being shot at, flip your microwave to a 45 degree angle and use it as a shield.

Office Space with a bluerunner twist. 10/10 from the Phistian judge.

Is what the jealous side of me might say :D

Seriously though, you are now tasked with hosting all of the things, because reasons.

*Xenos LAN 2015*

Haha, I would love to host a LAN, we just need to cram all of us into a two bedroom duplex :)

Seriously though, you are now tasked with hosting all of the things, because reasons.

*Xenos LAN 2015*

Well, maybe start wearing a helmet more.

I just wanted to hear what some of you in the field had to say about it. Sure, textbooks and conventional wisdom offer common sense solutions, but it just doesn't compare sometimes to the real deal.

Thanks ;)

;)

They backed down from that: for now.

Anyone ever think like they're trying to strangle the next p2p-based YouTube before it happens?

(didn't they avoid mentioning p2p or filesharing in the types of things that are allowed?)

Google is rather scary, looks like they are cutting out the middle men and want to see every byte in and out of your home. He said, posting from his Android tablet ;-)

Diabolical. Just looked up their Privacy Policy and they already associate all your TV usage with your Google account (which you are required to have) and they may associate other data 'with your consent'. They're definitely smart: moar data for dem ads.

I live just a few miles out of range of Google Fiber here in Kansas City... But hopefully sometime in the next few years we'll get it.

Moral of the story: if you're being shot at, flip your microwave to a 45 degree angle and use it as a shield.

I'll have to remember that.

Now once I get on Google Fiber (I'm partially considering where in the states I move to based off the latest list of cities they're considering) this will be a different matter.

For the second time, Provo, UT was selected as the best place to live in the United States:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/25/gallup-cities-well-being/6828197/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_med...

Don't ask me why, it's a pretty ordinary city.

With wireless, you can get packet loss for all sorts of reasons - microwaving dinner, wiring in your house causing interference, or other changing environmental factors.

You should buy a new microwave. One that - you know - isn't trying to kill you.

Seriously: microwave ovens have shields designed to prevent the radiation leaking and cooking you along with dinner (it also increases efficiency AFAIK). If enough is leaking that it's interfering with your Wi-Fi then the shield is definitely damaged. It is a hazard and the unit needs replacing.

Between the set of offices where I work and another set, there's a small hallway that has a mini fridge and a microwave on a table. I can see the hallway from my desk. One day I thought I would be funny and hide one of those remote controlled fart machines under the table that the microwave sets on. There's a guy in the other set of offices that I wanted to prank with it. Shortly after I put it under the table, an older lady in the office, definately the one I would not want to prank, went over to the microwave to heat something up. As soon as the microwave started that fart machine went off, and it would not stop farting. She freaked out. I freaked out because I didn't know why it was going off repeatedly. The guy next to me freaked out because she's the last person in the office we should be pranking. After much apologising, we investigated the problem. Turns out the microwave puts off the same frequency as a fart machine's remote. And it was plenty of radiation to go through a shelf and a table and make that fart machine go nuts.

I hated that microwave. The door always got stuck. One day it finally would not open and somebody got a new one to replace it. Rather than just throwing it out, I put it in my car and took it out to a creek with some of my buddies. We unloaded on that thing with a pretty wide variety of ammo. At the angle we were shooting, the rounds were skipping off the metal plate in the bottom and making a lot of sparks. We lined up a bunch of mags of 5.56 and tried to set it on fire. No luck, but that plate took it like a champ. Moral of the story: if you're being shot at, flip your microwave to a 45 degree angle and use it as a shield.

This is an important issue as I'm an american abroad so I primarily play with american friends and need to have a solid connection to make it work.

I even use wireless for the 2 machines I have sitting on this desk because the negligible improvement in my internet would not be worth the extra cabling to deal with.

Now once I get on Google Fiber (I'm partially considering where in the states I move to based off the latest list of cities they're considering) this will be a different matter.

I should probably switch to wired, but running cables seems awkward, especially in a home I don't own.

But the performance I get is largely satisfactory.

Google is rather scary, looks like they are cutting out the middle men and want to see every byte in and out of your home. He said, posting from his Android tablet ;-)