Evolv-ing Thread

[Rossum]

I was passing through the Cornell campus one day when I saw a really nice official size foosball table, that I would have grabbed but at the time I was driving a VW GTI.

It would have fit! Rear seat down, perhaps the hatch wouldn't have closed, but I'm confident you could have hauled it.

Sadly, I cannot find it on Youtube, but there's an old VW Rabbit commercial where a very attractive young lady is standing next to a very large package trying to get a ride. A number of guys in much larger cars stop and offer to give her (and the package) a ride. However, the package won't fit through the trunk or door openings in any of their cars. Finally a guy in a Rabbit shows up. The package fits in the hatch and they drive off into the sunset.

 

[mikepetro]

I have no inside info
I went on their site & didn't see any thing else but the new one for the 25mm Supreme V1 & 2
I run my 30mm Supremes with one big coil on the postless deck, only problem with the V1 & 2 postless deck is the coil is situated opposite from the 30mm. This has your wick in an "S" to use a single big coil

Thats a shame, because I would definitely have tried it, and if worked anywhere close to the merlin deck, I would have bought a dozen of them.

 

[dwcraig1]

There are two ways that Cox does gigabyte internet and mine is the lesser one. Up speed is generally 12.5% of down but not in my case...disappointed. Took the cable box and telephone modem back today, I'm happy with my new content.

 

[Rossum]

There are two ways that Cox does gigabyte internet and mine is the lesser one. Up speed is generally 12.5% of down but not in my case...disappointed. Took the cable box and telephone modem back today, I'm happy with my new content.

I'm baffled why anyone would want, need, or be willing to pay for that?

 

[tiburonfirst]

I'm baffled why anyone would want, need, or be willing to pay for that?

maybe to download movies in a sec or two?

 

[Rossum]

maybe to download movies in a sec or two?

OK, but what is the point of being able to do that? I don't need to download a movie faster than I can watch it, and a 25 mbps connection will handle a 4K stream.

 

[tiburonfirst]

I don't need to download a movie faster than I can watch it

but it seems some people build up a library and then watch at their convenience and without internet connection

 

[Rossum]

but it seems some people build up a library and then watch at their convenience and without internet connection

In that case, they could get away with an even slower connection, since it doesn't really matter how long it takes to download a particular flick, right?

 

[mikepetro]

I'm baffled why anyone would want, need, or be willing to pay for that?

Then "need for speed" is a thrill. Why does anybody care about how fast a Ferrari can go if the National speed limit is 65? Its not that you "need" to, its the thrill of knowing you can.

 

[Steamer861]

It's all relevant to cost! Would I like to have 850mbps, Heck Ya
Would I pay double or triple the cost of 50mbps, No!

 

[Rossum]

Then "need for speed" is a thrill. Why does anybody care about how fast a Ferrari can go if the National speed limit is 65?

There is no national speed limit anymore, and there are roads like this where it would be pretty hard to get busted:

That curved line at the bottom of the pic... That's my motorcycle's wind screen.

Its not that you "need" to, its the thrill of knowing you can.

Or maybe bragging rights?

 

[mikepetro]

In some cases it might be bragging rights, but it really depends on what you use it for. For example, speed is very important to online gamers. Or a family with three kids, each streaming their own movie at night while Dad is trying to watch a 4K movie himself. Then there are those who host servers, like gaming hubs, or Forums, and such. Home automation is becoming largely net dependent, and you want speed for that. I just looked at my router and I have 14 active connections to the internet right now, and I live alone. Tons of devices are using it.

Also, as bandwidth has become cheaper and more abundant, so has the content that depends on it. 20K movies are now on the horizon, etc. Home automation can include a dozen cameras in realtime.

Having a GB connection allows you the comfort of knowing your bandwidth can handle anything you want to do. 5 years from now it wont seem that fast at all.

 

[mikepetro]

BTW, mine is only clocking in at a quarter of his, and mine handles whatever I throw at it. What I really envy on his is the ping time.

 

[dwcraig1]

Back when my connection was 50 mbps I increased it to 100 because I was supping two other neighbors apartments with internet (3 ssid's). I was concerned with going over my data cap so I upped it. Then over time they increased the 100 to 300, now the 1000 and the 300 are the same price so I went with it thinking the up speed would be much higher (not). I considered downgrading from 300 to 100 but it would have only saved $20. My usenet server max's out at 115, thinking about changing again but Supernews is pretty good other wise.

 

[Alexander Mundy]

Then "need for speed" is a thrill. Why does anybody care about how fast a Ferrari can go if the National speed limit is 65? Its not that you "need" to, its the thrill of knowing you can.

I don't care how fast a car can go, but rather how fast it can accelerate. Been over 200 mph in a friend's Superbird but I've built several sleepers including a VW Bug that could easily leave it (and a Ferrari once when I had that rare opportunity) in the dust from stop light to stop light that are way more fun.

 

[tiburonfirst]

 

[dwcraig1]

 

[Icemanxxxv]

I don't care how fast a car can go, but rather how fast it can accelerate. Been over 200 mph in a friend's Superbird but I've built several sleepers including a VW Bug that could easily leave it (and a Ferrari once when I had that rare opportunity) in the dust from stop light to stop light that are way more fun.

Ah the sleeper bug. Campaigned a 67 cruising the loop in down town Puyallup Washington back in the late 70’s Light to light it was unbeatable. Those were the days.


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[awsum140]

I had two friends who had sleepers, one a '57 Studebaker with a 426 hemi in it and the other a '58 MG with a 327 in it. Talk about rockets! The Studebaker looked like a total POS, oxided paint, no wheel covers, missing trim and just run down looking, which made it even more fun.

 

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