Another Opinion Among Many

I got really excited tonight to find out that there is a new 90 minute episode of CSI:Miami! This is the prelude commercial break before the meaty part. Why do I like the show so much? Is it the kewl crime stuff? The forensics? I know that when I got a bit older, I liked Quincy, but thought it really boring as a teen. Of course, they didn’t have the good looking people on the show, which all the CSI’s do. Not only do the guys get a treat with Marg Helgenberger, Emily Proctor and Melina Kanakaredes, but the women get their treats too, with a plethora of hot looking men too.

Uh oh! Its on! Gotta go now!

I wonder if the people on Survivor actually have to suffer the hardships we think they do. I tried to watch the first episode this year and I ended up doing a lot of cleaning I’d not normally do. Why? Survivor’s boring! This year’s gonna be worse than last year, IMO. At least, if you were captive to the tube last year, you had some hot babes to look at. This year, there aren’t any hotties on the show. What’s up with that?

Thankfully, immediately after that snoozer, a real tv show came on: CSI!!! It was, as usual, interesting and informative (anda spot by the hot Marg H, of course) and MUCH MORE INTERESTING THAN SURVIVOR! Ah well. Time for an out. Corey out.

Today I write to the internet community at large because i happen to be online. Not only am I online, but I just caled Rogers a short while ago and got my modem provisioned with a new bootfile. Now I have, instead of the speedy 3000down/384up I started with, the new EXTREME speed. I’m cooking with gas at 5000/800, verified at BroadbandReports, where I clocked about 4400 downstream and 800k up, pretty much on target. Now, i’ll get an extra $99 on my next cable bill. There’s always a downside, I guess. I am the new proud owner of the Scientific Atlanta DPX2100 that I have been “renting” for the last two years. As of today, my new 1 year warranty starts on it.

I was under the false impression that I would have to trade in my modem for a DOCSIS 2.0 model, as the recommended ones on the Rogers website were all of that range. I didn’t really see the point of such an “upgrade” as the bandwidth usage depends more on the frequency, AFAIK. I was right in thinking that my DOCSIS 1.1 modem was up to the job (I read that on 6mhz frequency, which we are in North America, is capable of 11mbps). A quick phone call and a minute to have to bootfile flashed and replaced, and I was cooking with gas! Now, I have a rating of DUDE! at BBR. Now, if I can only replace that bottleneck in my LAN, known as a crapsys router. It will knock me offline and create a sluggishness tha’s purely annoying. Ah well. There’s always tax refund time….