On Friday 09 June 2006 20:08, plutek wrote: > On Fri, 9 Jun 2006 20:00:06 +0200 > > nigel henry <cave.dnb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > i'm downloading now, too.... looks like 25.1Mb. > > > > > > > > > .pltk. > > > > Thanks. In that case I'll copy the 8.4MB partial DL to the other machine, > > and continue it there. > > > > This is what comes from being on dialup. 600+MB of updates just done for > > FC5. 8 days DL'ing over 3GB of iso's on 5 discs, plus the rescue disc. > > But it's all great fun isn't it. > > > > Nigel. > > yeah.... i guess it was pretty soon after my first serious linux > installation that i moved to dsl. but i do miss hearing the data handshake! > > .pltk. Agreed. I have 2 ISP accounts. One is a fixed, unlimited access account. The other is a pay by the minute job. I know I'm using a web interface on the Smoothwall firewall to connect, and it tells me which ISP I am dialling, but it's still nice to hear a phone No that I'm familiar with being dialed on the modem. Well the "Dance mat drumming" download has finished now. This will be interesting, if I can get Mplayer to work. Nigel.
