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Message 2144161 - Posted: 18 Dec 2024, 4:15:40 UTC

Glad to hear you are still around and kicking.

As to the issues, being offline that long I'm sure your ISP gave you a new IP address. You may need to update the router so it knows where to go. (That being the usual connection issue.) Of course there is always the paperclip reset button if your box has it.
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Message 2144162 - Posted: 18 Dec 2024, 4:24:09 UTC - in response to Message 2144161.  

Glad to hear you are still around and kicking.

As to the issues, being offline that long I'm sure your ISP gave you a new IP address. You may need to update the router so it knows where to go. (That being the usual connection issue.) Of course there is always the paperclip reset button if your box has it.

I got it fixed 1/2 an hour ago.
Patched in a new spare router and it took off running.
I was always big on having spare parts around.

Glad I don't have to deal with ATT again (at least until their next network failure.)
"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

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Message 2144164 - Posted: 18 Dec 2024, 4:35:02 UTC

I've always been big on having spares around.
This time it paid off for sure.
Something got banged up in the old router, then when ATT's outage came around, there was no recovering from it.
I got told that it was MY problem, then their problem, then no problem.

I was without internet for 3 weeks. And that sucked big time. I was starting to make plans to maybe make some kind of run to the public library for internet access to pay my bills.

Oh, well. Life is good, considering what I have been through in the last few months.

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Message 2144166 - Posted: 18 Dec 2024, 4:46:43 UTC

Glad you are back, hopefully get that last hiccup fixed.
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Message 2144172 - Posted: 18 Dec 2024, 9:06:37 UTC

Phew - glad to see you are still around Mr.Kittyman :-)

As for ATT...... So glad we don't have them over here, but we do have a number of telcos that are below parr on whatever metric you choose to use (or all of them).
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Message 2144324 - Posted: 22 Dec 2024, 0:19:25 UTC

Me too.

Watching the last few minutes of the Star Wars series.

May the force be with you always. The light side, that is.

Things are different when one has seen the dark side.
I had a glimpse of it after my heart attack, but IL did not succumb to it.
Meow, as always.

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Message 2144330 - Posted: 22 Dec 2024, 6:20:45 UTC

Spice, baby.
Yah gotta see the movie.
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Message 2144417 - Posted: 24 Dec 2024, 23:16:37 UTC

May all of my friends enjoy a most blessed Christmas Eve and a wonderful Christmas day.
May God bless you all.

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Message 2144421 - Posted: 25 Dec 2024, 5:23:03 UTC

Thank you Mark and may your holiday be filled with joy and peace.
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Message 2144629 - Posted: 30 Dec 2024, 6:41:57 UTC
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Please see my post in the political forums.
I could not post my true thoughts here, so I thought it best to post them there.
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Message 2144630 - Posted: 30 Dec 2024, 7:16:28 UTC

I am currently watching as much as I can on Disney+ for the Star Wars series.
Started with the bits about John Williams and his score casts for so many movies,
then moved on to the bits about ILM.....Industrial Light and Magic, and then to their moving to computers to don their magic.
Then to the Star Wars series, then to the Mandlolrian series.
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Message 2144796 - Posted: 4 Jan 2025, 6:10:07 UTC

lt's bean delightful watching the Star Wars series.
Meow, and and may the force be with you.
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Message 2144814 - Posted: 4 Jan 2025, 15:58:54 UTC - in response to Message 2144796.  

Mark,

Hope your recovery goes uneventful.

Happy New Year & May The Force Be With You.
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Message 2144924 - Posted: 7 Jan 2025, 6:05:11 UTC

Thank you, Dr. Who.
I highly suggest that everybody even remotely interested in Star Wars, George Lucas, John Williams, Industrial Light and Magic, or film making in general watch "The Empire of Dreams..The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy".
Amazing insights into what went into the making of the movies that most of us came to love and enjoy.
George Lucas is a more amazing individual than many give him credit for.
I watched it on Disney+.
I do not know if it is available on other places or platforms, but I consider it to be a "must see" documentary.
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Message 2144926 - Posted: 7 Jan 2025, 6:46:14 UTC

Had 600mbps internet installed today.
Have a new switch coming tomorrow to try to take better advantage of it
I think the limiting factor is my ancient 2 core computer though.
My Roku should be able to take advantage of it.

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Message 2144927 - Posted: 7 Jan 2025, 8:20:40 UTC - in response to Message 2144926.  

Nice going, I hope it all works well.
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Message 2144947 - Posted: 7 Jan 2025, 17:53:17 UTC - in response to Message 2144924.  

Thank you, Dr. Who.
I highly suggest that everybody even remotely interested in Star Wars, George Lucas, John Williams, Industrial Light and Magic, or film making in general watch "The Empire of Dreams..The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy".
Amazing insights into what went into the making of the movies that most of us came to love and enjoy.
George Lucas is a more amazing individual than many give him credit for.
I watched it on Disney+.
I do not know if it is available on other places or platforms, but I consider it to be a "must see" documentary.


Thanks for the recommendation. I will have to check it out. I remember walking into Industrial Lights and Magic back in the early 80's. I was a young lawyer and had an office in Hollywood at the time. I had some known clientele. George had a real estate issue that I helped him with. When I visited he gave me a tour of ILM and I was blown away. Funny, looking back and remembering how primitive it really was by modern standards. His proudest toy at the time was his "video droid". It was 7 video tape players wired into a single controller and 3 monitors that allowed editing from each player as needed. It was cutting-edge at the time.
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Message 2145087 - Posted: 10 Jan 2025, 22:22:37 UTC
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Another very interesting bit, which was produced by Hulu.

A series called McCartney 3, 2, 1.

It's producer Rick Rubin having a series of very laid back chats with Paul McCartney.
It is done in a studio with a mixing board present.
Two things stand out to me as amazingly interesting.

First, they got access to the original multi track recordings, which I assume by now have all been transferred to digital.
This allows them to play them back through the mixing board, and fade and boost various tracks in a song that they are listening to and commenting about.

And second, that McCartney is still sharp as can be, and has very good recall of things and people and music from his very young age and beyond. And he us very clearly enjoying doing this.

There are some video clips interspersed, some of which I have seen before, and some I have not.
One other thing that was pure genius, is that the studio interview was done in black and white, which allows you to focus more on what is actually being played and spoken.

A good watch for anybody who is a Beatles fan. And recommended for those who are not, but should be.
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Message 2145451 - Posted: 21 Jan 2025, 5:03:49 UTC

Couple of movies I have watched in the last few days that I would recommend................

First, "Black and Blue", 2019, Naomi Harris.
Mostly about police corruption, with some obvious racial overtones thrown in.
The ending gets really intense.

Second, "Cowboys and Aliens", 2011, Daniel Craig.
You have to know going into this, just from the title of the movie, that it is going to be a farce.
An obvious takeoff from the old spaghetti westerns, with Craig taking the place of Eastwood.
But once you get into it, you get drawn into the suspense and drama and it takes on a new life.
Credited to Jon Favreau, but Spielberg was also credited with executive producer title.
Great special effects.

Meow,
Mark
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Message 2145452 - Posted: 21 Jan 2025, 5:37:38 UTC

I have seen Cowboys and Aliens. A lot happens when a group of earthlings get motivated.

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