configuring broadband/PC power protection/cable-satellite TV in India...

Dilliwala · Feb 20th, 2008, 23:34

Nice tries yourself, bb! U don't get away that easily by saying u didn't know what I was talking about!
You didn't know what DTH was - u asked. (Altho that surprised me, u not knowing).
U asked nothing about Hathway. But presumed u had it, therefore leaving no reason for us to believe differently either. I read your "in digital" remark the first time, I explained what it looked like in #273 above. U never made clear that it's a company's name, and no one else seems to have heard of it either. You HAVE been very round-about on this theme - thanks for backing me up, Prashant.

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but I said way back in post 244 that the STB belonged to "in digital"

No, u didn't - u said
"the STB says "IN digital". So I'm presuming everything being transmitted down the wire is digital?"
Can mean anything, including what I derived. None of your fancy diplo-speak will get u off on this one.

Clearly u rate computers ahead of TV, mate. And TV ahead of women, no doubt.

And let's leave my shirt out of it, I already lost it in the 'Brits moving back to India' thread.

brownboy66 · Feb 21st, 2008, 00:45

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Originally Posted by Prashant.M

No, it was a round about way of saying you didn't know what you were talking about. Sorry for being so blunt but you didn't get my round about way of saying it

.

Goodness

- that is rather strong! No I didn't get it, and still don't. Let me take a guess at this (if guessing is allowed). Comparing TVs to an appliance is a insult perhaps - and can be construed as an insult on the Television industry? Wow - I'll remember to stay out of conversation on anything to do with television?

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Originally Posted by Dilliwala

You didn't know what DTH was - u asked. (Altho that surprised me, u not knowing). U never made clear that it's a company's name, and no one else seems to have heard of it either.

yeah - believe it or not out of the 49 countries I've travelled to this is the first one that has used DTH to describe a cable service.

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"the STB says "IN digital". So I'm presuming everything being transmitted down the wire is digital?" Can mean anything, including what I derived. None of your fancy diplo-speak will get u off on this one.

ah yes..of course. Those sentences can mean anything can't they - they can mean anything - or maybe they mean nothing.

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Clearly u rate computers ahead of TV, mate. And TV ahead of women, no doubt.

no - I'll leave that up to you and Prashant.

have fun guys.

ka kite.

Dilliwala · Feb 21st, 2008, 18:43

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Originally Posted by brownboy66

yeah - believe it or not out of the 49 countries I've travelled to this is the first one that has used DTH to describe a cable service.

DTH is not cable. It's as it implies 'Direct', i.e. u have a satellite at home, from Dish TV or Tata Sky, unlike Hathway or In Digital.

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no - I'll leave that up to you and Prashant.

Whoa! A bit testy, are we?

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ka kite.

Huh?

Prashant.M · Feb 21st, 2008, 18:49

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Originally Posted by brownboy66

Goodness

- that is rather strong! No I didn't get it, and still don't. Let me take a guess at this (if guessing is allowed). Comparing TVs to an appliance is a insult perhaps - and can be construed as an insult on the Television industry? Wow - I'll remember to stay out of conversation on anything to do with television?

Truce! I think that somewhere all the joking got out of hand, what with not being able to see or hear the other person (body language).

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Originally Posted by brownboy66

yeah - believe it or not out of the 49 countries I've travelled to this is the first one that has used DTH to describe a cable service.

DTH does mean the same as everywhere else. Direct To Home via satellite with no intermediaries (cable operators).
<later>oops cross posted with Dilliwala

Nick-H · Feb 21st, 2008, 20:21

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what with not being able to see or hear the other person (body language).

It's that fist coming out of the screen that does it

Aishah · Feb 21st, 2008, 21:27

Nick - great pic! I have never laughed so much as when I first saw it and your comment! Okay guys, all gloves off says 'She who must be obeyed!' Nick will understand that comment! I'm learning more initials all the time - DTH, STB, now added to my meagre technical vocabulary, thanks to you fellows...

brownboy66 · Feb 21st, 2008, 21:51

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Originally Posted by Nick-H

This one is even more puzzled about how to get any signal from the DVD player...

Great photo! So is there a "this is what happened next" photo?

Nick-H · Feb 21st, 2008, 22:49

This is what happened next: all round family exhaustion!

brownboy66 · Feb 22nd, 2008, 00:17

owwww! That scar site/ wound/ patch on mama looks painful!

Nick-H · Feb 22nd, 2008, 01:02

Well, a hysterectomy, for any species, is no small thing, and I suspect there's a lot more scar and several stitches underneath that bandage, which is coming off tomorrow.

She seems to have been in very little discomfort, actually, and only started interfering with the sellotape bandage when one end started coming off and flapping about.

The story can be followed by cat lovers here

brownboy66 · Feb 22nd, 2008, 11:02

surgery of any kind for anyone is no small thing!

But I would hazard to guess that cats can take that sort of difficulty in their stride. Must say - they look very settled.

Nick-H · Feb 22nd, 2008, 11:28

As long as they can be prevented from pulling out the stitches in the first few days, they do mend very quickly.

Closer to the topic --- my wife saw on the TV yesterday evening that BSNL staff plan an indefinite strike in a few days time, possibly disrupting the internet connections of tens of thousands of broadband (and maybe far, far more dial-up) users, including me.

Aishah · Feb 22nd, 2008, 11:45

Oh dear, thanks for the warning - I'll look out for it if it happens and I still have my GPRS Airtel valid and working for these sorts of events! Glad you posted this Nick! Good to have a Storm Warner here!!

Well, just after I posted this, the connection did go off! So I'm wondering whether it's started already? Doing this now on GPRS and, oh dear, I'd forgotten how slow it is..

brownboy66 · Feb 22nd, 2008, 21:51

yep....mine was out too (although it appeared to be an MTNL network fault) - but all back online and humming away.

Aishah · Feb 22nd, 2008, 22:33

It was off for around 4 - 5 hours then came back late afternoon - not the strike I think! I shouldn't panic - it happened when I was on the invertor and i was thinking those square waves had something to do with it. However, because all lights were functional, just the orange DSL one blinking, I figured if those waves were affecting it, no lights would be on!

Feb 21st, 2008, 21:27	#291
Aishah She-who-must-be-obeyed! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jaisalmer Posts: 5,491	Nick - great pic! I have never laughed so much as when I first saw it and your comment! Okay guys, all gloves off says 'She who must be obeyed!' Nick will understand that comment! I'm learning more initials all the time - DTH, STB, now added to my meagre technical vocabulary, thanks to you fellows... __________________ "Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards."

Feb 22nd, 2008, 11:45	#298
Aishah She-who-must-be-obeyed! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jaisalmer Posts: 5,491	Oh dear, thanks for the warning - I'll look out for it if it happens and I still have my GPRS Airtel valid and working for these sorts of events! Glad you posted this Nick! Good to have a Storm Warner here!! Well, just after I posted this, the connection did go off! So I'm wondering whether it's started already? Doing this now on GPRS and, oh dear, I'd forgotten how slow it is.. Last edited by Aishah : Feb 22nd, 2008 at 12:00. Reason: Broadband dropped off..

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Feb 21st, 2008, 22:49	#293
Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 27,792	This is what happened next: all round family exhaustion!

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Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 27,792	Well, a hysterectomy, for any species, is no small thing, and I suspect there's a lot more scar and several stitches underneath that bandage, which is coming off tomorrow. She seems to have been in very little discomfort, actually, and only started interfering with the sellotape bandage when one end started coming off and flapping about. The story can be followed by cat lovers here

Feb 22nd, 2008, 11:02	#296
brownboy66 Chicken 65 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New Delhi Posts: 2,290	surgery of any kind for anyone is no small thing! But I would hazard to guess that cats can take that sort of difficulty in their stride. Must say - they look very settled.

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Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 27,792	As long as they can be prevented from pulling out the stitches in the first few days, they do mend very quickly. Closer to the topic --- my wife saw on the TV yesterday evening that BSNL staff plan an indefinite strike in a few days time, possibly disrupting the internet connections of tens of thousands of broadband (and maybe far, far more dial-up) users, including me.

Feb 22nd, 2008, 21:51	#299
brownboy66 Chicken 65 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New Delhi Posts: 2,290	yep....mine was out too (although it appeared to be an MTNL network fault) - but all back online and humming away.

Feb 22nd, 2008, 22:33	#300
Aishah She-who-must-be-obeyed! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jaisalmer Posts: 5,491	It was off for around 4 - 5 hours then came back late afternoon - not the strike I think! I shouldn't panic - it happened when I was on the invertor and i was thinking those square waves had something to do with it. However, because all lights were functional, just the orange DSL one blinking, I figured if those waves were affecting it, no lights would be on!

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