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Last reply Apr 11, 2005 · posted in Old VOOM CHIT CHAT Archives

Does A Leopard Change It's Spots...?

...I don't think so. Having been unwillingly MIA for the better part of a week, I'm going to go way out on a limb, but I've "lurked" primarily as often as I could.

It looks like the end (of this era) may be at hand :no

, but as Salsadancer noted in another thread, it just really doesn't fit with my common sense. I have tried to keep up with "alleged facts", opinions, and various rants. There is still nothing that makes "sense" to this sweet old fashioned (wanna-be pirate) girl. :no

EXCEPT...that Charles Dolan will still try to achieve his dream on a future day...and may be doing what he has to on THIS day to open that door.

It may all be over, but I also see plenty of room for yet another twist, and because I don't believe that Charles Dolan is either senile OR stupid...I maintain hope that whatever he has done or will do may lead to something else that we'd all (well 99%, anyway) desire.

I haven't resorted to panic, total depression, or even drink (although that's been tempting!), …I will revert to OTA and Netflix if the end occurs now…but I'll be standing by...ready to sign up if Charles Dolan takes a different turn…one that doesn't involve Jimmy boy or whoring out his vision to other providers… I have to side with those who refuse to support anything connected with CableVision, especially. I don't have access to CableVision, but would not support even receiving the VoOm 21 through them...regardless.

Just in case I don't get back for a couple more days...Thanks DeeAnn for the pirate flag…THAT WAS WONDERFUL!!! Can I commandeer it for use in my new tagline?

Also to you and Tobar for the updates on SureWest "In My Area"…unfortunately I can't get them.

Whatever transpires, enjoy these days of HD...I'm hoping they won't be the last of the best....Vicki

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ksload

Apr 11, 2005

I think it's over, but I will continue to look in this forum as well as search the news for any hint of positive word.

It seems surreal that Dolan would put Voom customers through all of this only to vote with the majority to shut it all down. Could it be an effort to avoid costly lawsuits by Cablevision stockholders? Who knows...but if he's got something up his sleeve...he'd better reveal it soon.

weagle

Apr 11, 2005

You know what doesn't make sense, the transponders, doesn't charles dolan own the transponders or should I say Voom? They could stop taking orders but still keep the satellites up and running for awhile since they plan to have voom 21 exclusives on cable co's and other satellite providers. What also doesn't make sense why didn't they bother to market their 21 exclusives to othe cable or sat providers and why haven't they taken them onboard?

Jamey K

Apr 11, 2005

Vicki said:
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It may all be over, but I also see plenty of room for yet another twist, and because I don't believe that Charles Dolan is either senile OR stupid...I maintain hope that whatever he has done or will do may lead to something else that we'd all (well 99%, anyway) desire.

Upon much reflection, I've decided that this forum, and fine folks like Miss Vicki, are part of the VOOM experience for me and I'm going to miss that. We all went through the roller coaster ride together,,,we dicussed our OTA problems favorite shows, ect... and I can't imagine D* or E*, or cable evering stirring such a passionate community. I'm really REALLY going to miss this.

gutter

Apr 11, 2005

I agree the the wench, Vicki. I don't think we have heard all that there is to hear yet. I still feel that E* is part of the solution for us with picking up the VOOM 21. Sean's Rumor of last week, combined with the closing of VOOM last Thursday, Charlie Chat tonight and the board meeting next Monday, willl make me sit and wait. Chuck and Tom don't give up that easy. I think it will take a differnt forum. And they did talk about marketing the VOOM 21. That was never said in the previous shutdown.

So I am going to hold until the last date. Also check another post here and on AVSFORUM. Someone reports that they spoke to E* over the weekend and that their CSR said that VOOM would be offerened June 1st. That is just too specific to be ignored even coming from a CSR. I am going to check more today for more info.

vurbano

Apr 11, 2005

ID rather see UHD and 10 premiums on E* than the Voom21. I Would RUN to E* for That! compared to a hohum sigh for the voom21

Scott Greczkowski

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Last reply 24 minutes ago · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Song Name Game Part 3!

Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

Example:

Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne

Get it?

An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....

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sdfntx

Today at 10:19 AM

I Care About Detroit - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

dishstaller

Today at 10:32 AM

I Wanna Talk About Me - Toby Keith

Bobby

Today at 10:51 AM

98.6 - Keith

harshness

40 minutes ago

I'm Easy - Keith Carridine

gms49ers

24 minutes ago

It's Easy - Boston

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reubenray

Last reply Today at 10:36 AM · posted in Computers and Gadgets

Laptop Shutting Off When On Battery?

Lately my eight year old Dell laptop has been shutting off even when I have a full battery. I have had to keep it plugged up all the time to keep this from happening. Any idea what is causing this? I replaced the battery about three years ago.

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arlo

Today at 10:09 AM

A recalibration might be needed. Even if it shows full, the individual cells may have become unbalaced. And the BMS chip in the battery reports false information to the pc.
Try this. Start it up in the bios/uefi and leave it there until the battery dies and it shuts off.
It might just keep running longer than in Windows. Or run for a short while and shut off.
If it's the first case. Probably just needs a balancing. If the latter, the pack might just be dead.
Not throwing stones but perhaps just a cheaply constructed battery with substandard cells. Could be.

Patience. Keep restarting it in bios/uefi until it won't fire up anymore.
Then plug the charger in and let it complete a full charge. And see what happens. If it's better.
Do the same thing one more time. Run it until it dies dead-dead. Then just let it charge, pc shut off.
When charged, it might be better. It might not be.

There are bench jigs that read the actual BMS and override it to let a tech manually monitor and charge the separate packs. They can also reset any "time bombs" in it that cause an otherwise good pack to show bad.
Maybe Santa will be good to me some year.

You might just need a new battery. Maybe the PC power management chip is going. A Dell common thing.
Leaving a laptop plugged in with a full battery is known to reduce the life. Asus for one recommends that you don't leave the charger plugged in all of the time even when shut down. And setting Windows to charge the battery to 85% instead of 100% increases life.
That's all I got.

dishstaller

Today at 10:36 AM

arlo said:
That's all I got.

That was quite enough....I definitely learned something from your post. Thanks

TRG

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Last reply Today at 10:27 AM · posted in Computers and Gadgets

Starlink Router question

I set up a music server for my brother a few years ago. It's basically a small headless computer but it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

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b4pjoe

Saturday at 2:12 PM

TRG said:
I set up a music server for my brother a few years ago. It's basically a small headless computer but it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

If you can't get into the router to reserve an IP address just don't use DHCP on the device that needs connected and assign it to a specific IP address in the network settings.

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HipKat

Saturday at 11:07 PM

TRG said:
I set up a music server for my brother a few years ago. It's basically a small headless computer but it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

They are not. Your best bet is to set up a third-party router, attached to the Starlink for your server, that you can get into, like a Linksys, etc

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Foxbat

Sunday at 12:44 AM

TRG said:
…it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

The Starlink V5 Install Kit I just got comes with the Mini Router. It is pretty limited in what it can do. For example, it can provide only one IP subnet at a time, no Guest Network, but it does support the pass-thru to a third-party Router. You can also split the Wi-Fi into separate 5 GHz & 2.4 GHz SSIDs to help some IoT devices that don't support 5 GHz bands to work.

The larger Starlink Router that still comes with the V4 Kit does support a Guest Network with separate IPv4 Subnet, but it's $120 from Starlink. And it still won't do DHCP Reservations.

harshness

Sunday at 11:46 AM

If you can restrict the DHCP address space to assign addresses to one end of the subnet (i.e. x.x.x.50+), you can manually assign the IP address on pretty much any operating system. This is a default behavior on several popular routers. As the Router Mini only supports 235 devices, I expect that's already done.

Another option is to use a router that supports PoE to power the antenna. This article discusses that option (under PoE Power heading):

Starlink V5 Is Here: What RVers Need to Know

Overview of the new Starlink V5 model along with comparison to the previous V4 model along with a recommended setup for mobile internet users.

mobilemusthave.com

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Foxbat

Today at 10:27 AM

Now that I've had the v5 kit with the Mini Router, it's not as bad as I first thought. Yes, no DHCP reservations, but you can set up multiple SSIDs that have separate IPv4 subnets, and like the big brother, you can select from 192.168.x.0/24 or 10.x.0.0/16 (where "x" is 1-4).

You can also split a subnet and have different SSIDs for the 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz channels to handle some IoT devices. I haven't discovered what subnet the 2nd NIC on the router assigns, I'm guessing it's the first subnet.

dishstaller

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Last reply Today at 10:27 AM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

I think we could all use a laugh - Rodney Dangerfield on Carson

Good...simple humor. Enjoy

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E92AtfTLge4

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJy0WnejlF4

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Jimbo

Today at 12:37 AM

Not Rodney, but a laugh ...

View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WHEcmortfK0?feature=share

dishstaller

Today at 10:27 AM

Sorry for posting the wrong link. Just corrected it.

dishstaller

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Last reply Today at 10:17 AM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

At least 64 dead in Spanish passenger train collision

Terrible tragedy. You would think that they would have safe guards in place that would prevent something like this from happening. I guess if you are going to ride in a passenger train it might be best to get a car near the rear.

At Least 64 Dead After Two High-Speed Trains Collide In Spain | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

www.zerohedge.com

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Jimbo

Yesterday at 11:24 AM

dishstaller said:
Terrible tragedy. You would think that they would have safe guards in place that would prevent something like this from happening. I guess if you are going to ride in a passenger train it might be best to get a car near the rear.

At Least 64 Dead After Two High-Speed Trains Collide In Spain | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

www.zerohedge.com

They will have to look at the switching sections to determine WHY 2 trains were on the same track ... at the same time.

dishstaller

Today at 10:17 AM

Thought this article might be of interest to some of you who might travel via train.

The safest seat to sit on in a train

Safety experts have shared top tips on train safety after a fatal railway crash in Spain killed 69 people, including where the safest place is in an emergency.

www.dailymail.com