Comments on: Blog 208 > Gangsters, Grads & Gravure

By: xjaymanx

xjaymanx — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:43:42 +0000

@A20-man: Ahh, true, myself included! Especially when my style, expression and behavior fit seamlessly among friends and colleagues, both guys and gals, 10 years my junior, lol. Nice. The gals, I mean. ^_~

By: aprilius20

aprilius20 — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:16:11 +0000

@Jay: Don’t forget the guys- I don’t think I’ve changed much since turning 17-18 (:
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By: xjaymanx

xjaymanx — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:53:08 +0000

@Envoy-man: Yeah, kinda makes one think. Almost 700 years after Marco Polo’s travels, Asian women are still mesmerizing in their relative “immunity” to visible aging.

By: The Envoy

The Envoy — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:33:01 +0000

“But compared to non-Asians, her difference is barely noticeable, lol. I guess that’s one thing in our favor, ain’t it? ^_~”

@xjaymanx: that was also noted by one of the early European travelers to the Far East, Marco Polo, in comparing the physical signs of aging in the Chinese/Mongol women as opposed to Italian women.
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By: xjaymanx

xjaymanx — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:30:06 +0000

@Whip-man: Well, I’m not too familiar with the current news on that, but you could try Joe-man’s link above. Or research Wikipedia. Or Google-Search for “file sharing”, “bandwidth”, “downloads”, or even “torrents”, and so on. That should be a good start.

But personally, to stream music or improve blog times, I slow my BitTorrent bandwidth way down to under 100 kbs (up+down) for only a few hours per day. Obviously, I’m in no hurry. So my simple advice would be: “Just tune down your bandwidth, man! Do you really need to watch so much so fast? Do you really have no life?” LOL, well, less so than mine.

By: whipcracker

whipcracker — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:55:24 +0000

Forgive me for being a newbie to all of this. But i did read about people getting cease and decist letter from their internet providers for using too much bandwith to download.So could someone give me some more info want the matter?
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By: xjaymanx

xjaymanx — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:17:45 +0000

@Joe-man: Ahhh, gotcha. While I don’t buy the “unnecessary attention” argument (since there’s already attention), I can understand the “credit and money” argument. Haha, then again, even the concepts of “fansubbing” and “file sharing” themselves are gray areas for both fans and money-makers. I mean, everyone is “taking advantage” of everyone else, right?… In that case, if fansubbers shift away from softsubs, will “hardsubs” be enough? Or perhaps it’s just part of the gray-upon-gray territory?