Don’t make me log in or create an account just to place my order. Don’t make me do a password reset just because I haven’t logged in and I’ve forgotten my password. If you absolutely insist on doing a password reset, do this instead: Take my email and password + repeat password, regardless of whether [...]
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Just got a cold call offering web design services…
I did a reverse phone number look-up using Google on the phone number on caller ID. [using "xxx xxx xxxx" including quotes as a search term.] Their contact page is at the bottom of the first page of results. The [Order Now] button on that page brings up: If I hadn’t been cold called on [...]
Dear geeks with an attitude…
Lose the attitude. I understand that there is an experience and language barrier. Frustration is natural. Deal with your frustration better. People do not post on support forums when they know the answers. The support forum does not exist for you to feel superior about your knowledge in this one little area. Of course, feel [...]
Why I hate my Lenovo T61 Thinkpad
I’ve already had a motherboard replaced this year, but that’s beside the point. I’m going to start logging my issues with the laptop now. – At 8:40 am, on February 25, 2010, after successfully coming out of standby, and successfully logging in, both the main display and the external display shut off and [Fn][F7] was [...]
Insight DNS issues #insight
Half of my DNS requests are timing out, and DHCP release/renew works about 50% of the time… thomas.powell Initial Question/Comment: Half my DNS requests are failing, DHCP renew fails half the time. 8:29:33 PM System Ashley H has joined this session! 8:29:33 PM System Connected with Ashley H 8:29:33 PM System Thank you for contacting [...]
In a time when I’m aggravated at Insight, Verizon cheers me so…
…of course, only in a schadenfreude kind of way. Part of my reluctance to change carriers for phone and internet service is the whole “devil you know” dilemma. I’ve never really considered Verizon a viable option for my needs, and I know very few people in the area that are on Verizon. Verizon plays fast [...]
See? I’m not insane…
Less than an hour later, no changes to my setup or running programs. Firefox 3 Then things fall apart again:IE 7 40 minutes later:
My current Insight cable speed tests.
(No, I’m not just trying to squeeze maximum throughput here–I just want basic pages to load properly–the slow speeds are yet another indicator that there is a problem.) Under IE 7: Under Firefox 3: These are actually excellent results for me right now… I’ve been dropping to 88 Kps down/22 Kps up. Aggravating thing is, [...]
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