From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mxsf09.cluster1.charter.net ([209.225.28.209]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Bdes3-0007T1-00 for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 20:47:11 -0400 Received: from mxip19.cluster1.charter.net (mxip19a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.149]) by mxsf09.cluster1.charter.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i5P0ehEO069757 for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 20:40:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pc-24-151-13-200.newt1.ct.charter.com (HELO h14me.homelinux.net) (24.151.13.200) by mxip19.cluster1.charter.net with ESMTP; 24 Jun 2004 20:40:42 -0400 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i5P0ee32030874 for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 20:40:40 -0400 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i5P0eeDZ030873 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 20:40:40 -0400 Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 20:40:40 -0400 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20040625004040.GB30859@gmx.net> References: <20040624141832.GA29457@gmx.net> <20040624150529.GA6118@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> <20040624154113.GA29840@gmx.net> <20040624162304.GA6250@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> <20040624171627.GA15673@romuald.net.eu.org> <20040624174942.GA6307@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> <20040624184559.GA6434@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> <20040624200225.GA30441@gmx.net> <20040624212558.GA18305@romuald.net.eu.org> <20040624220041.GA18729@romuald.net.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; x-action=pgp-signed; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040624220041.GA18729@romuald.net.eu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Subject: Re: slackware 10.0 is out X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 00:47:11 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm on cable with 2mbps? 3mbps? it changes daily) downstream and 128kbps up. all those are in kilobits per second. On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 05:00:41PM -0500, Gregory Nowak wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Wait a minute ... something just occurred to me. Alex, are you on > cable, and Steve, are you on DSL, or should I say ADSL? If Alex is on > cable, and he's getting these wooping 120 KbpS speeds, and if Steve is > on ADSL, and he's getting dial-up speeds like me, then it would seem > that the upstream speed seems to be the big show stopper for Steve and > I. > > Greg > > > On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 04:25:58PM -0500, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > How are you figuring out how many Kb/S it is? I get the following > > output, and I'm not seeing that indicated anywhere. In fact, I'm not > > sure what most of this stuff is supposed to represent. > > > > slackware/slackware-10.0-source-d3: Spd: 3.4 KB/263 B Tot: 84.7 > > MB/29.2 MB [151:25:34 4%] > > slackware/slackware-10.0-install-d1: Spd: 1.8 KB/2.2 KB Tot: 36.2 > > MB/15.5 MB [209:21:18 2%] > > slackware/slackware-10.0-source-d4: Spd: 1.2 KB/1.5 KB Tot: 67.6 > > MB/46.5 MB [86:57:06 8%] > > slackware/slackware-10.0-install-d2: Spd: 2.2 KB/3.1 KB Tot: 85.3 > > MB/26.2 MB [167:05:04 4%] > > All: Spd: 8.6 KB/7.1 KB Tot: 273.8 MB/117.4 MB > > > > All I know is that an hour ago, doing a > > > > du -sh slackware > > > > showed me that the slackware directory is 100 Mb in size. Now, an hour > > later it is at 120 Mb in size, which really makes me feel like I'm on > > dial-up. Besides that, web browsing reaffirms the dial-up feeling. It > > seems like maybe this program should be called bittrickle, instead of > > bittorrent (LOL)? > > What I mean is that it seems to be saturating my up/down streams, > > without showing much as a result if that makes sense. > > > > Greg > > > > > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFA208J7s9z/XlyUyARAqkLAJ9bC7yaZR+U17eD+Sn91nfBWOsv5wCaAszc > mbRNmZPmvgdf2CTDaiYrxO0= > =+Yo2 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- Shoot me again. Just proving that the quickest way to solve the problem is to post a whine to the newsgroups: within moments the solution presents itself to me, and meanwhile my ass is hanging out on the Net... *sigh*... -- Dave Phillips, dlphilp@bright.net, about problem solving via news -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA23SH9XVrM3ri110RAryYAKCDIg+x0byyFUssvLbcUgmnKpF1wACfca/Y 9XqHY9V/eb+wcEqgvvWLcFI= =/Kum -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----