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How to Fix the Internet (According to South Park)

Mitch — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:50:33 EDT

ROFL. Our mainline helpdesk was just outsourced to costa rica - we only take escalations - and this is what it feels like when we do. They've dropped atom bombs on the problem - and all it needed was to be unplugged for a second.

Mitch

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ILikeMacsWhatAboutIT — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:38:26 EDT

[media.urbandictionary.com]

@Leonard Nimrod: I say what what in the butt, I say what what....

ILikeMacsWhatAboutIT

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kerowhack — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:04:05 EDT

What a great episode, but really... only twice a day, max? Let's not get all crazy on limiting our net usage...

kerowhack

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kevman90 — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:58:25 EDT

@lonewolf333: south park didnt get lame but you probably did

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bailey_ca — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:57:29 EDT

@justinpe, @jopari:

It says they have a sense of humour and they aren't fanboys. ;-)

bailey_ca

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DozeUser — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:58:54 EDT

man that last comment just made me seem really really useless

DozeUser

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DozeUser — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:58:37 EDT

@AaronZ: GOOD JOB MAN YOU TAKE HIM DOWN A PEG

DozeUser

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Overheal — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:53:41 EDT

LMFAO.

That episode of southpark epitomizes my everlasting battle with my flatmates: they cant understand that I simply need to reset the router to get my internet working XD

Thanks gizmodo.

Overheal

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hnkelley — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:12:59 EDT

@AaronZ: No, but it sure sounds fun! I think I'll start in the boss' office tomorrow, after being late. :)

hnkelley

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Bokusatsu_Tenshi — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:41:57 EDT

Oh SHI-
The internets is a huge Linksys router?
And here I was, thinking it was a series of tubes...

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

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MantisDragon — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:26:28 EDT

@jkr: Ah ddwrt. It is unfortunate that people have to use third-party drivers, and know the back door to install them to actually get the equipment you paid for to work properly.

I laughed my butt off when Kyle pulled the plug, I knew it was coming but I still laughed. I must have done that hundreds of time before I finally got fed up and trashed my old Linksys router(unfortunately it wasn't ddwrt compatible). More people need to stop using Linksys and I don't know, switch to a good router... They might not have had to reset it like that had they been using a Buffalo router :)

Maybe we should ask Al Gore what router he uses when searching the web for information on Manbearpig sitings. I'm cereal!

MantisDragon

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mferrari — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:46:21 EDT

@dbx: no, it's not. But unplugging it is simple and I don't know why it's such a problem. And, by holding the reset button down for 30 seconds every setting is reset. Passwords and all.

mferrari

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theharlotfelon — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:37:44 EDT

@Leonard Nimrod: I think you're forgetting about the singing penis/mouse.

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banmojo — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:17:27 EDT

Shut your f$#@ing face, uncle f$#@er.
You're the one who f$#@ed your uncle, uncle f$#@er.
You don't eat or sleep or mow the lawn, just f$#@ your uncle all day long!!

Matt and Trey ROCK. They are GENIUS! Props where props are due.

banmojo

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_newuser_ — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:04:20 EDT

hey! my wireless router is linksys!

long live linksys!!!!!

_newuser_

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GadgetPlay — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:48:39 EDT

@andrelix: "of all the possible websites that could be shown, they choose drudge? hmmm, what does that say about this country..."

We like news. Drudge doesn't create the news (unlike Rather) he just links to stories.

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GadgetPlay — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:46:05 EDT

@SeattleTed: It was closer to half the show. From the time they got ready to go "out Californy-way" on was pretty much TGOW for the Marsh's. The internet in the show took the place of work in TGOW. In the book, when they get to the camp (or Hooverville) they show off their flyer offering jobs and are informed that there are thousands of people for just a few hundred jobs. (In other words, not enough internet to go around.) I'll watch it again, I probably missed some things the first time. Not bad for a "formerly great show!"

GadgetPlay

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andrelix — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:44:22 EDT

of all the possible websites that could be shown, they choose drudge? hmmm, what does that say about this country...

andrelix

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XM8500 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:41:18 EDT

@Darrone: Tell us, oh great opinionated one, when did South Park stop being great?

XM8500

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GadgetPlay — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:32:51 EDT

@Darrone: "Sorry. I don't watch formerly great shows that have become super preachy and predictable."

If by preachy, you mean shining a light on two sides of one of the biggest political footballs of the day, in a very humorous fashion...oh frack that, it's still a great show! The Steinbeck stuff (from "The Grapes of Wrath") was priceless. I'm sorry for your loss. May you be covered in a healing coat of ectoplasm.

GadgetPlay

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B1663R — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:54:03 EDT

@nutbastard: Well I AM an engineer
explains all the free time you got. sittin' alone all day, trying to keep that train on the track...

B1663R

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Lizard_King — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:53:28 EDT

@ivealwaysgotmail10: duh...retract last statement, it's because of the DD-WRT firmware - i thought it always functioned like this. Sorry for the confusion.

Lizard_King

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BigViper — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:52:41 EDT

@nutbastard: Nut, its easy and its super configurable. Just do it. WRT54G FTW!

BigViper

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discounteggroll — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:27:31 EDT

I wonder what percentage of the people outside of the giz-type demographic actually understood that as a joke. A novelty sized paper clip in the back of that sucker would have made me chuckle a little more

discounteggroll

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Lizard_King — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:18:10 EDT

@ivealwaysgotmail10: Umm...yes, and my reset button does NOTHING if you do not hold it down....so where does that mean I don't know what I'm talking about? The reset button on the back does not reset the power. Not on my V1.

Lizard_King

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SeattleTed — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:12:02 EDT

I detected a Grapes of Wrath Steinbeck moment on the farm with the jump kick which would grab me as a fan if that was the case.

SeattleTed

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ivealwaysgotmail10 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:11:49 EDT

@Lizard_King: Wow, There are a whole lot of commenters here that have no idea what they are talking about.... the RESET BUTTON DOES NOT CLEAR THE NVRAM, UNLESS you hold it down, Then it does a factory reset, Your settings are all safe unless you hold it down.

ALL linksys routers have recessed reset buttons.

I agree that i would spend a bit more on a router that had an auto-reset-when-disconnected feature. Mostly because im in a guest house and waking up roommates at 2am with "sorry internet is out, got to unplug and re-plug it in" is not so fun...... but i could always just flip the circuit breaker ;-)

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ivealwaysgotmail10 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:05:59 EDT

Guys, All linksys routers have reset buttons, I have never seen one with a power switch. I agree that it is insane that we all have to unplug and plugin our routers in order for them to work properly but wouldnt it be alot easier/better for everyone is Linksys came out with a patched firmware that automatically reset the router if the internet went out for more than 5 minutes?? or maybe a specific router that had such a feature?

ivealwaysgotmail10

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ideaman2020 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:56:23 EDT

@Darrone: Well, good for you.

And thanks for bringing the smug.

ideaman2020

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XJ_4x4 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:41:28 EDT

@dbx:
"This magical button you speak of is called the power switch. It's readily accessible and available on every Linksys router and gateway."

...Except, apparently, for MINE (BEFSR41). It only has a recessed reset button (paperclip accessable), and the power cord. To Power-cycle the unit, you have to pull the cord.

XJ_4x4

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zenpoet — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:40:38 EDT

@Lizard_King: I know man, I was saying that was the only thing available on my routers as a response to dbx: . All I want is a power interupt, and I think that, because it DOES solve so many problems, that they should just be built in.

If what nutbastard: says is true, then they should just do it, dammit!

zenpoet

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zenpoet — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:37:22 EDT

@nutbastard and jkr: I had the wrt54G, and wanted to kick babies it pissed me off so much.

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Lizard_King — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:35:49 EDT

@zenpoet: that reset button you hit in the back clears the nvram that holds the settings. If you want to setup your router each time, go ahead and press it. What is being asked for is a Power interupt - pretty easy to build into it, a nice 30 second timer would make it perfect.

Lizard_King

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Lizard_King — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:33:19 EDT

@nutbastard: DD-WRT on the WRT54G is pretty damn cool. I haven't rebooted my router since the first Friday in February, I could activate an auto-reboot, but I really want to keep an eye on the stability and want to know when/if it freezes up. For the record, the reason I rebooted was due to a Verizon outage, not a router instability issue.

My favorite feature is being able to assign IP adresses from the routers DHCP, and lock them to that Mac address. My server is always on 192.168.1.50, so I can route all of the traffic to that without fear of reassignment, and without dicking around with Static IPs.

Lizard_King

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justinpe — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:29:38 EDT

@jopari:

Could be that they are are all running Safari on their PCs (this would explain the lemons).

Also, maybe the internet stopped working when Apple forced Safari down people's throats while updating iTunes?

justinpe

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zenpoet — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:28:44 EDT

@nutbastard: then why do they make the reset button some tiny little piece of crap that you have to poke through a hole with a ball point pen? Or, you have to pull the cable from the back of the unit. Chaps my ass, it does.

@dbx: No. You are mistaken. I owned many linksys wireless routers, and none of them had power buttons. I gave up on the pieces of crap, and now I use a toaster for my wireless connection. It doesn't connect very often, but its still more reliable than the linksys ever was.

zenpoet

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ninjagin — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:28:25 EDT

Franky, I thought "Major Bewbage" was pretty funny, too. This episodes on the DVR, should be able to catch it tonight.

ninjagin

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lonewolf333 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:27:14 EDT

Wow south park has become pretty lame now. I'll pass.

lonewolf333

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Ghede — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:26:19 EDT

@Darrone: I believe my opponent is a great man. I agree with everything he says. However, I believe he is not great enough. He could be greater. He has yet to fart sunshine, and that disappoints me. However, I congratulate him on the level of greatness he has achieved.

Ghede

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nutbastard — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:17:20 EDT

@jkr:
hey how much of a PITA is the dd-wrt thing? i've got a wrt54g thats completely unconfigured...

nutbastard

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Darrone — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:12:02 EDT

@AaronZ: So you're saying a discussion can occur without someone taking a negative opinion?

I think if we both took a positive side of every post, it would be a terribly boring discussion. I post constantly on gizmodo, its pretty much killed my work productivity, and I still enjoy it. Do you feel the need to defend the universe from negative opinions? Just shut up and move on if you don't like hearing "negativity"

For the sake of the pagan gods, if you can't handle negativity, don't go on a blog!

I don't want to be a grammar nazi, but there's one P in opinion, and if we're going to discuss it, i don't want to see the word oppinion 243 times.

Darrone

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mac4drew — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:07:45 EDT

Okay but what I don't understand is... why is there even a reset button? Why can't the router do that automatically? And, once again, engineers feel free to comment if this is not possible, but why can't the router assume that when it turns on that blinking orange light, it's having an internal problem instead of just saying "umm your internet's not working" and giving up? I would instantly go out and buy a router with such an auto reset feature, even if it cost $50, hell, $100 more than other routers.

mac4drew

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rushevents — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:06:43 EDT

I loved the final scene's homage to Steven Segal's "On Deadly Ground"

Michael Cane is the ultimate bad Guy!

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rushevents

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jopari — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:04:13 EDT

@justinpe: Yeah, but the computers didn't have apples on the back... they had lemons. Interpret that as you will.

jopari

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justinpe — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:58:51 EDT

@Leonard Nimrod:

Are you cheesin' or something man? This episode was hilarious, but "Eek, A Penis," and "Major Boobage" were better, IMHO.

Also, did anyone else notice that all the characters in last night's episode was using a Mac and/or Safari?

justinpe

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AaronZ — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:58:45 EDT

@Darrone: "If there weren't any negative comments, there wouldn't be any discussions, and blogs would be boring. And you know that's true."
You saying it's true doesn't automatically make it so. I'm sure most of us are smart enough to manage to have a discussion without needing trolls to egg us on.

Then again, you already have a high oppinion of your oppinion, otherwise you wouldn't take time out just to tell us you don't like something, then take more time defending telling us that you don't like something.

(Do you randomly walk into people's offices, tell them you don't like their tie and then walk out?)

AaronZ

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rudeadly — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:56:13 EDT

"interracial gangbang..."

oh it's no use.

rudeadly

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dbx — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:55:11 EDT

@zenpoet:

This magical button you speak of is called the power switch. It's readily accessible and available on every Linksys router and gateway.

dbx

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dizzydj — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:54:50 EDT

That was too funny. I loved all the non facts that were presented as fact.

I work with networking stuffs all day and that was just too great of an insult not to laugh at it!

dizzydj

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BaseVilliN — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:51:56 EDT

When I had a linksys router that was always the first thing I did when I lost my internet connection.

It almost always came back after resetting the router.

BaseVilliN

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Darrone — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:50:12 EDT

@diablodevil2: What am I preaching? I'm saying negative comments are par for the course (love that term today). And I'm not preaching about gadget only, exactly the opposite. I'm not going to leave a blog because of a few off topic posts. So what am I preaching? Relax? Ok, if you can call that preaching, then

I Command you, diablodevil2, to relax! For those that do not relax shall be cursed to eternal hell-fire or someplace equally terrible that has occupancy!!!

Darrone

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jopari — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:45:06 EDT

@Krowyn: Hahaha. Just started watching The IT Crowd last night.

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diablodevil2 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:42:43 EDT

@Darrone:

Now who's preachy? :P

diablodevil2

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dallasmay2 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:38 EDT

Hey, while I was working on RHIC (Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider) at Brookhaven National Labs, this is really how we solved our problems. We called it, "Recycling the Power." We would have to unplug and plug back in the machine every few hours.

I thought this was great.

dallasmay2

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Darrone — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:34:40 EDT

@Leonard Nimrod: You mean leave a gadget blog because of a post that has nothing to do about gadgets?

If there weren't any negative comments, there wouldn't be any discussions, and blogs would be boring. And you know that's true.

Darrone

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ripfire — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:34:18 EDT

@zenpoet: When I used to work as Cisco, we power-cycled the newly assembled routers constantly for 30 hours straight and make sure they're still working. Works like a charm. (Well, most of the time)

ripfire

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iscangel — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:32:38 EDT

tttthhhhhheee ghosttttt!!!!!

iscangel

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Gimmeslack12 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:30:32 EDT

@jkr: Not a bad idea.

Gimmeslack12

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itchytooth — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:30:06 EDT

@MadColombian: I think you're just mad, in general.

itchytooth

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froggy — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:25:03 EDT

@Leonard Nimrod: ROLF. BOOM!

froggy

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ezman — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:22:23 EDT

It's the ectoplasm...

ezman

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bigpolla — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:22:01 EDT

are you serious?
that ep was terrrrriiible

the ghost thing was the onnnly funny thing

bigpolla

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jkr — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:22:00 EDT

@zenpoet: my linksys router does have a reset button, but w/ ddwrt, I have it auto reboot once a week, at 5AM, when I'm sure I won't be using it.

jkr

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makesureimjewish — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:20:54 EDT

i work for CCity FireDog..

thats why the new N routers are so expensive, we stick a technician into every one =)

makesureimjewish

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Leonard Nimrod — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:19:05 EDT

@Darrone: You mean like the negative commenters on every blog who have to tell us why they don't like something instead of moving to the next blog?

Leonard Nimrod

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nutbastard — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:16:15 EDT

@zenpoet:

"How hard would it be, seriously, to put in a button that does a hard reboot that cycles the power for 30 seconds? I am not engineer, so don't scream at me if that WOULD actually be difficult."

Well I AM an engineer - it would be trivial.

nutbastard

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Darrone — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:15:15 EDT

Sorry. I don't watch formerly great shows that have become super preachy and predictable.

Darrone

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MadColombian — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:15:14 EDT

I'm mad its a huge linksys router.

MadColombian

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Late_Night — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:14:55 EDT

We Jews have to fix everything!

Late_Night

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matsayz — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:14:51 EDT

@CutePuppyz: i agree, i refresh Giz and Consumerist contasntly...

matsayz

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zenpoet — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:13:54 EDT

@lafond66: It isn't?

My question is this: if so many things can be fixed, i.e. routers, modems, computers, etc... by simply unplugging it, why don't they have reset buttons that do the same thing?

How hard would it be, seriously, to put in a button that does a hard reboot that cycles the power for 30 seconds? I am not engineer, so don't scream at me if that WOULD actually be difficult.

I am just the idea guy, you technical folks figure out all the tough crap.

zenpoet