packetscan
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Bridgeport, CT
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Re: It goes a little deeper that this.
Well if you are running win98 on a p3 450 with 128mb of ram a defrag could mean the difference between a smooth machine and a choppy hell ride.. Then again the cache and a few other things come to mind BUT. For the average home user they don't know what to do and they've never Defrag or cleared their internet cache.. So in there (ISPs) defense you have to treat everyone like a newbie or someone that knows nothing.
Yet when I as a techie find a problem I do expect to be listened too.. Maybe they can Implement something were I give them my a+ or network+ or my MCP card to get access to the high level techs.. Nothing worse than being talked down to.
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Thaler
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join:2004-02-02
Encino, CA
| True...defragging then might make the difference in computer performance...but in fixing packet loss? Hell no...that has entirely to do with the network/ISP you're plugged into. (assuming your network card hasn't crapped out to all-get-out)
Having a tech tell you to clear the cache or defrag, when you clearly are suffering from terrible packet loss...is like having an auto mechanic tell you to "check the windshield wiper fluid levels" when your engine has literally (and visibly) blown up. |
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packetscan
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join:2004-10-19
Bridgeport, CT
clubs: | Packet loss....Possible but that machine would have to be hella bogged down with crap. Yea Looks like you got a broken Flux Capacitor their... That's gona cost ya.
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vrp
vrp
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terra
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said by Thaler  :... to "check the windshield wiper fluid levels" when your engine has literally (and visibly) blown up. .
... just to be devil's advocate here ...
... that still might be a possibility ... if someone banged his/her vehicle straight to a tree trunk or pole and got the engine busted/smashed as a result ... 
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Maxo
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said by packetscan :Maybe they can Implement something were I give them my a+ or network+ or my MCP card to get access to the high level techs.. Nothing worse than being talked down to. Yech! People calling in sighting all their degrees are always the worst. They think they know everything and they don't know crap. I'd rather deal with grandma who's grandson just bought her her first computer.
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NyQuil Kid
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Brick, NJ
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| A+ = Joke; I've personally had to interview so-called certified people and they couldn't even tell me what netstat does or the flags used with that command. It's the IT equivalent to GRE's and GMAT's; some of the people who ace those exams are the dumbest fscks to walk the Earth.
A+ indeed....
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