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Old Mar 12, 2013 | 09:55 AM
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LOL. a few people will appreciate them. The SOX one killed me.
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Old Mar 12, 2013 | 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Scothew
LOL. a few people will appreciate them. The SOX one killed me.
http://gizmodo.com/5990081/this-is-w...-to-tell-jokes
Lol, that was the funniest one.
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Old Mar 14, 2013 | 12:15 PM
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So beyond jealous of my school's internet.



U of MN is faster than 89% of the US while at home our internet is 95% slower than the rest of the US.
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Old Mar 14, 2013 | 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Blue Notch
So beyond jealous of my school's internet.

U of MN is faster than 89% of the US while at home our internet is 95% slower than the rest of the US.
That's an A?!?!? The United States need to step it up!!!
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Old Mar 14, 2013 | 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by 11SHELBYGT500

That's an A?!?!? The United States need to step it up!!!
Why, that's more than enough for most people. I think anything over 10Mb is rated an A on speedtest.net

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Old Mar 14, 2013 | 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by shurtual86

Why, that's more than enough for most people. I think anything over 10MB is rated an A on speedtest.net
Mine should be A+A+A+A+A+ if 10mb is an A
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Old Mar 14, 2013 | 02:06 PM
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Wish my home Internet was 1/10 of my iPhone's.
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Old Mar 14, 2013 | 03:13 PM
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For Nathen

FioS Quantum!!!

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Old Mar 14, 2013 | 03:14 PM
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Look at that ping!!! Look at it!!! Lol
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Old Mar 14, 2013 | 03:17 PM
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"If you keep shaving it's gonna grow in thicker, and fuller, and darker!"

"Oh that's an old wives' tale."

"Is it?..... Look at it!! LOOK AT IT!!!!"

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Old Mar 14, 2013 | 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by stangfoeva
"If you keep shaving it's gonna grow in thicker, and fuller, and darker!"

"Oh that's an old wives' tale."

"Is it?..... Look at it!! LOOK AT IT!!!!"

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Old Mar 14, 2013 | 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by 11SHELBYGT500


Look at that ping!!! Look at it!!! Lol
There's still 2% that's faster.
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Old Mar 14, 2013 | 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Blue Notch

There's still 2% that's faster.
Yeah, I used to have the 75mb FioS but it never got higher than 67mb or so, so I saved myself 10.00 a month and dropped it to the 50mb service and I've been getting higher than 50mb as you can see
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Old Mar 14, 2013 | 04:27 PM
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Why suddenly are the videos so big when you post them on here?
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Old Mar 16, 2013 | 06:53 PM
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Some new upgrades for my new netbook:

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128 GB SSD and 8 GB RAM

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Old Mar 16, 2013 | 07:18 PM
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I guess i never posted pics of the laptop itself:

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Acer Aspire One AO756-2840

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Old Mar 16, 2013 | 07:28 PM
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I just bought a new PC myself with all the bells and whistles.

Intel i7-3770K 3.5ghz 8m cache
Hpe+ liquid cooled
3 2TB 7200 sata hard drives
32gb ddr3-1600 ram
Nvidia GTX 680 2gb graphics card
Blu-ray Writer drive
DVD Writer drive
Wireless w/Bluetooth
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Old Mar 16, 2013 | 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by 11SHELBYGT500
I just bought a new PC myself with all the bells and whistles.

Intel i7-3770K 3.5ghz 8m cache
Hpe+ liquid cooled
3 2TB 7200 sata hard drives
32gb ddr3-1600 ram
Nvidia GTX 680 2gb graphics card
Blu-ray Writer drive
DVD Writer drive
Wireless w/Bluetooth
Built or bought? How much did you spend btw?
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Old Mar 16, 2013 | 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by steven46746

Built or bought? How much did you spend btw?
I custom built it on the Hp website total was 1588.00 I did a web search and found a 25% off coupon code for any custom pc over 1000.00

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Old Mar 16, 2013 | 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by 11SHELBYGT500

I custom built it on the Hp website total was 1588.00 I did a web search and found a 25% off coupon code for any custom pc over 1000.00
Not bad, It for any particular use? I've built a couple for games and general use, fun hobby
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