The rare breed.

Jeez, is there a messenger she isn't available on?

Skype. Chruser has all the messenger icons. He'd have a 2nd line for them, except that admins can't be ignored.

I smell an opportunity for education, what's a Skype?

It's an internet voice messaging system.

A combination of Ventrilo and an Instant Messenger, or Internet Voicemail?

It's like Ventrillo with no servers. You pick someone's name, click connect, and it rings them up and you talk. Others can join.

It's like Ventrillo with no servers. You pick someone's name, click connect, and it rings them up and you talk. Others can join.

That sounds pretty cool, I'm assuming it has a central server though, unless it sends the data to everyone in the 'chat' individually.

Skype is one of the reasons "net neutrality" is such a buzz word right now.

I'm not exactly a web-surfer, so I have no idea what that is.

Basicly, net neutrality means that ISPs have to treat all internet traffic equally, as opposed to favoring certain traffic that generates them money.

Ah, I see.

Ah, I see.

Don't worry ...apparently ISPs have already been prioritizing bandwidth to some degree. I'm sure it'll get worse though if net neutrality dies.

That explains the slow pr0n downloads. :P

On a serious note, I imagine that a competitive marketplace would have a few advertised "Net Neutral" providers pop up for a nominal fee. I know I'd jump on that if I were in a provider's Marketing department.

Basicly, net neutrality means that ISPs have to treat all internet traffic equally, as opposed to favoring certain traffic that generates them money.

HA! Tell that to my old ISP. Unlimited service my big toe! We used a maximum of 20gb a month and they stuck us on the high users bandwidth, and eventually asked us to leave. Bastards.

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Anywho, thanks for the welcome everyone, and yes, I do plan on staying.

Great stuff.

Lenny's a crazy guy, it even says it under his avatar so you should steer clear of that guy

Hey another DFWer! Anyhow...

Welcome to Zelaron. You can do anything at Zelaron. The only limit is yourself.