Posts made by MrMazda

It is most likely that you may have a deeper rooted system issue. There is an easy way in which to correct this. My suggestion would be to try the following steps to clear any potential lingering issue that may be hidden within your system:

• Open a command prompt window. This can be done either by going to Start > Run and telling it to run cmd, or by going Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt
• Run the following 3 commands:
      1) ipconfig /flushdns
      2) netsh int ip reset ipreset.txt
      3) netsh winsock reset resetlog.txt
• Unplug the power to your cable modem and router (if any).
• Shut down your computer.
• Plug in the power to your cable modem and wait for it to fully boot up.
• Plug in your router (if any) and wait for it to fully boot up.
• Turn your computer back on.

This generally solves a wide range of system issues. In other cases, it may be a matter of verifying that you have the correct network protocols installed on your computer, which does get a little more advanced.

As for your system restore, is there a particular error message (particularly a stop/error code) that you receive when attempting to use this feature? If so, I may require additional information from your System Event Viewer to more precisely narrow down the cause of the backlog in your internet connectivity as well as the exact reason for your system restore not working properly.

Once this is done, try running your speed tests again. If this does not resolve the issue, there may be another underlying problem with the hardware configuration, which would make it necessary to know how your hardware is configured.

Having been in such a boat myself, I know that feeling all too well. By the simple fact alone that he's clearly been observing you would suggest to me that there's some sort of attraction to you. Perhaps he's afraid of approaching you for the same reason that you have this little dilemma with approaching him. I know for my days at the gym that I generally tended to keep to myself for fear of creating an unpleasant situation, despite the number of times that I could swear I was being cruised. Perhaps starting with some sort of casual conversation may also be a good place to start to kind of see how things go.

My recommendation would be to start with asking about his workout plan as it were. Playing dumb is often a good way to stir some conversation. Depending on how things go from there would determine what the next step would be. If possible, casually start to turn the conversation from the workout to a more general level, as to get a sense of where his interests are. It is quite likely from the sounds of it that he may either be closeted, or is possibly afraid to make the first advance on anyone for fear that they may be straight.

It's funny to see that some people seem to be more concerned with such petty things than they are about actually getting the proper facts. As a matter of fact, on a worldwide scale, the number of heterosexual females with some sort of venereal disease is actually larger than that of the gay population. This fact also holds true within North America. The only exception to this statistic is specific only to HIV. That being said however, I don't imagine that it will be much longer before the HIV infection rate in heterosexuals (particularly females) will rise above that of the gay population.

This simple fact alone suggests that these people need to go back to school and get a basic education on the subjects that they are speaking of, before actually making the mistake of opening their trap and speaking about such things.

That's the sad part. There aren't many people out there with the balls to actually go through with such things. There really needs to be more of them to make a further demonstration to society.

Blood related or not, I don't see an issue with an attraction to a relative in that regard. The whole taboo nature of it for some can be quite a turn on. My only advice is to be careful at just how far you go because you don't want to end up creating a potential problem, or otherwise awkward situation. That being said though, as long as you're careful about it, view all you want. It's only natural

In that case, I think discussing other options in private is at least worth taking a look at. You can choose to take an option, or to pass on all options. Either way, I won't be offended since I realize that not all users have access to the same resources, whether they're financial, hardware/software, internet connection, or otherwise. I also realize that not all users will share the same opinion with respect to any given subject.

I will PM you to start the ball rolling into looking at some other "alternative" options that are available for you.

Having a slower connection than you myself, I have resorted to a somewhat different tactic to keep my ratio up. I think this may work in your case since you have two connections. In my case, I can double my single connection, thereby effectively making it two connections effectively. I've managed to keep my ratio in good standing for some time by taking one computer on the one line and exclusively dedicating it to seeding my completed downloads, or in some cases, uploading a new torrent. The other machine, effectively on the "other" connection I use to download material, or in some cases, upload material when my other torrents are reaching my max cap of approximately 35kb/s.

Effectively, this provides me a way of being able to continue to have my ratio grow, even when I am not online. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to tell you what to do, I am merely throwing this concept out as an idea of a way to help. I've found when I leave all of my torrents seeding, between them all, I can manage to keep a steady speed going. For me, this is the major key to keeping my ratio up. The one thing to keep in mind is that it doesn't matter which torrent is being uploaded, just that any torrent is being uploaded. It creates a bit of a trade-off. Where I may not get as much upload credit on some torrents as I would like, by leaving them seeding gives me the opportunity to consistently crank out the maximum speed I can reach at all times, thereby driving my ratio up while doing nothing in return.

If you'd like, I can help you get setup with such a system so that you can take advantage of the fact that you have two connections. I think this would greatly help your ratio overall. If you wanted to take advantage of this system, I think it would be beneficial for you to upload new torrents from one connection, then move them to the "seed machine" after they've caught on and use that other connection for downloads. Once downloads are complete, the implication would be to copy or move them over to the "seed machine" to continue seeding them. Eventually, this process would get easier, the more torrents that you collect. Think of it as more of a traffic management system.

The only down side to this is that doing so in large amounts (i.e. saving ALL torrents) eventually does require a great deal of hard drive space, which I realize may be a limitation since even you have stated that not all users have the financial backing to be able to have access to the same resources. If this is simply not doable for you, I still have a few other "options" as it were that you may find useful. Each "option" is intended with the sole purpose of getting your ratio as high as possible as fast as possible, but each one has a different "down fall" as it were.

@ballard1:

So what's with all the music uploads which clearly have nothing to do with GAY at all?

Unlike video where you have a "visual" element, it is not possible to portray a "gay" theme in music, short of making gay reference in the lyric (if any). For this reason, it is not possible to classify music uploads, therefore there is no such restriction on uploads of music only. Music videos on the other hand are a whole other ball of wax and are a no no.

That's pretty sad. Personally, I think things should be done the "old fashioned" in the sense that saying "I won't work along side gays" would be classified as the same as saying "I won't work along side blacks" for example. This "treatment" would consist of one bullet… delivered straight to the head. Such intolerance is simply unacceptable, especially at this day and age. Quite frankly, if it doesn't physically affect you in any way, why the f*** should it be an issue in the first place?

Perhaps what is in order is a Martin Luther King of gay rights... for a man with a dream combined with the acts of a few (e.g. Rosa Parks) can really go a long way.

pathetic… simply pathetic.

:funny2: :rotfl:

I am officially bitching about the Ontario DriveClean program. My car has just proven that it is nothing more than a cash grab. According to my mechanic, who is by the way VERY reputable (over 20 years working on family cars, without a problem), my engine has NEVER seen a tune up of any form. The car now has 283,000kms (176,000mi) and is very overdue for an oil change. My plates were due to expire at the end of the day today and in order to renew them this year, the government requires under the DriveClean program that I subject my car to an eTest first. From a cold engine, overdue for an oil change, and never getting a tune up, my car produced THIS:

Given the condition of my car and the fact that it is in dyer need of a tune up, it in theory should never have stood a chance in hell of passing this test to renew the plates, yet as you can see, it not only passed, but it passed with flying colours. Can anyone provide an explanation other than the eTest is just another government cash grab?

I personally use NCH VideoPad Video Editor, which is available on the tracker here.

In the interest of being a "good Samaritan", I have cast my vote

HOT! Got ant more of this stuff?

NICE!! I like the stuff you're adding there

Ah. That explains a lot actually

It was me that removed it. I have this thing about people asking for seed bonus points in a torrent upload. When I see it, I remove the begging. Call me a prick if you must, but I just think torrents look better without begging for SBP

@pigtucket:

So, is this considered over the line?  :cheesy2:

That's kind of funny actually.

At least they have enough ethic to not have to make users put up a fight for what is right.