OK, I’m just a guest, and I’ve only been here for the past week or so, but these boards are frickin’ great!
The problem is, I can’t stop! This is like the greatest cocktail party ever. (And without alcohol, to boot!) Lots of erudite people, armed with loads of information, talking with authority about lots of slightly offbeat, some inane, but usually pretty interesting topics. I’m getting next to zero work done.
I don’t think I’ll join up as a member when my free trial stops. (I know I can still look at the boards without a membership, but it would kill me to do that and not be able to post.)
That is, unless someone pretty convincingly tells me how I can limit my knowledge Jones to let’s say, an hour a day.
BTW, this is not a serious thread. If a mod feels the need to move it/close it, go right ahead. Just wanted to express how much I’m enjoying myself here. (Too much!)
You do it like this. Attach a small cup to the wire connecting your modem to the wall jack. A pipe slowly drips water into the cup. When the cup becomes heavy enough, it pulls the cable loose. Whenever you start browsing the SDMB you first empty the cup, then put the pipe in place and turn the water on. Set the flow at the correct rate so that it takes about an hour before the cup reaching sufficient mass to pull the cable loose.
If you have wireless, then forget it. You’re doomed.
I find that when I get laid off and have to access the internet from home via dialup, my connection’s too slow for me to have fun browsing the SDMB, so I vanish for a few months or so.
I can’t actually recommend that anybody use this method, but it’s worked for me.
I’ve never thought about it like this, but you’re right. It IS like a cocktail party. You can chose to get involved in a serious conversation, or you can kind of flit about, eavesdropping on a whole bunch.
Ah, but I’m learning grasshopper. That was then.
(realy, the most effective way to take a break from this place for me is to turn round, put my feet up (on a desktop unit which is on the floor) and watch the relatively mundane tv that’s on at the time)
Sheesh. This thread obviously belongs in IMHO. Hey. Cajun Man! Get this thread outta here, please!
To the OP: since this is not a serious thread, here’s my advice. Go to a big hardware chain, like Home Depot or something. Buy yourself a sledgehammer. Nothing too heavy. Try out the different ones and pick one that’s most comfortable for you. Wherever you go, for the next two weeks, whenever you see a computer, do the following: hit it as hard as you can with the sledgehammer. Repeatedly. Until it is just sparking rubble. Then, at the end of 2 weeks, post here and tell us all about it.
