Sorry, thatβs a v1.18.345 hamster so your sacrifice wonβt work as your router only accepts v1.2.829 or higher.
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I dunno when it became the norm to say the WiFi's down when it's actually totally fine and unrelated to the internet connection being down.
People at my work have said this even though they're using docks plugged with Cat 5.
Probably because ISPs like to fob you off with suggestions of poor wifi rather than address the actual internet issue you contact them about.
Non-technical people don't have any idea what a LAN is, and can't imagine any reason for WiFi to exist other than to get their device on the Internet.
So WiFi becomes a synonym for "Internet connection", perfectly interchangeably.
At least they mention wifi.
Too many times they just say "my computer does not work". And then you have to pull the actual problem out of them. It is like they don't want it to be fixed.
Cat5? Not even Cat5e? You sure the problem isn't just that their connection is 10Mbps or worse and we sites aren't just taking a couple minutes to load?
Yeah, e. Just didn't bother with the variance. Though, could even be Cat6 for all I know, never looked.
Almost just said Cat but figured that may confuse people. Our engineers keeping the network purring like a kitty.
Well if they're only getting 10Mbps over Cat5 then the cable's busted, since normally they're rated for 2.5GbE.
Nope, Cat5 was nominally rated for 100 MHz, but was superseded by Cat5e for greater reliability at such speeds
The Category 5e specification improves upon the Category 5 specification by further mitigating crosstalk. The bandwidth (100 MHz) and physical construction are the same between the two, and most Cat 5 cables actually happen to meet Cat 5e specifications even though they are not certified as such.
I did kinda mean it as a joke originally, but yeah 5/5e are the same outside of crosstalk resistance.
Is the Wi-Fi down, or is Internet access down? Because you're probably gonna need a gerbil instead of that hamster
You guys, WiFi isn't magic it's science so you must sacrifice a Scientist.
Have you tried to turn it off and on again?
Wifi being down is just a minor inconvenience for tech oriented people. Spare some lives and just contact your local geek/nerd.
Or just learn how the god damned devices you use work.
I do not understand how it became so normalized to just not bother with knowing how anything works. It's not like this is a new thing either. So many old jokes surrounding people's VCR clocks not being set.
Your wifi probably isn't even down. Most of the time its your ISP and you just don't know the difference between WiFi and internet.
Internet down? That's ok I have stuff on my jellyfin.
I even have a plan when there are power outages. The hard drive that contains most of the media I collected over the years is external. In case of power outage I can power it with a power bank and a USB-C PD to 12v adapter.
But this probably reads like wizardry for people that equate wifi to internet.
You must appease the Machine Spirits.
Rogers is down right now and Iβm this close to grabbing the neighborβs cat to do this.
First of all, fuck Rogers with a rusty statue of a cactus, and second, fuck them again.
I don't understand how a company that big can be that bad at uptime. I moved to Teksavvy years ago and haven't had any outages since. I refuse to do direct business with any of the big three.
Whatβs Teksavvy and how can I get it?
If you itβs your neighborhood cat, then itβs probably only cat 1 or cat 2, so it wonβt be of much use to you unless you wanna play Zork on your local community collegeβs mainframe. That might work.
Back in the day, the fuzzy ones had to sacrifice bandwidth for cuteness.
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Most importantly is the timing of the bell tolls. Once before drawing the circle and placing the candles, Twice as you are placing the sacrifice, and thrice while singing praise to the tech God.
My boss never gets me a hamster when I'm down.



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