TMNut? Exposing the real nuts.

EDIT: I was not paid to do this. Lol. I was treated well.

Is it true that Streamyx is actually THAT slow?

I hear a lot of people complaining about the speed, or about the service, the price.. bla bla bla..But is it really true that Streamyx is slow?


WE KNOW its culture common for Malaysians to mindlessly complain and rant (Me me me!) about.. well whatever it is that ticks them off. Without assessing the problem at all.

And it rings true. Most people complain about Streamyx being slow.. saying their downloads are always soo slow.. or they keep disconnecting.. their balls too small... or they cannot connect.. or whatever, without even THINKING that the problem might not be on Streamyx's side but on their own. Why? Because they cannot blame the slow internet on themselves. They need someone to blame. Its human nature.

Life story ahead.. =.=

I've been using Streamyx for about 5 years. A 512Kbps line.. and then a 1Mbps line.

When I first got my 512Kbps line I was downloading stuff at an average of like 20-30Kbps. Being used to dial up, 20-30 was miraculous enough. Dial up was like... 5-10Kbps if I'm lucky. Then I realized I disconnected quite often. And eventually found out that part of the telephone cable outside was exposed, the one around the compound wall area of my house which had caused the disconnections. Which had also slowed down the line when it rained. Yeah, so I got that fixed and I was connected at a stable speed of 50-60Kbps. Which was reasonable for a 512Kbps.

Then after upgrading to a 1Mbps line, everything shot up to 100-300Kbps. =D

AND IT LIVED STABLY EVER AFTER. (Natural disasters like 'overdue-bills', 'tree-falling-on-telephone-line' or 'super-lightning-strike' dont count.) The end.

 And here's my speed test. From KUCHING to KL.

Pretty fast? Download speed is too fast. =.=

And then there are viruses and stuff. Certain strains will make your internet super slow. But some people are unaware that their computers are infected... so they blindly blame the slow internet on TMNet...


Okay, sorry if you get lost in the nerd text.. But if you understand then gooood. =D

I said, Good.

 

Public wireless slow? Maybe you haven't thought of the OTHER PEOPLE using it.

Private wireless slow? Maybe there's a friggin WALL.

Then sometimes when they're downloading stuff from some server across the world (but they do not know that. The INTERNET to them is contained in their modem, less than a meter away from their computer.. how long could it take!?), and when the download is slow they think TMNet is slow, without even trying a mirror (an alternative server).

Okay if you are lost.. skip all the grey text because you will get loster. Yes. Loster.

FOR THE NERDS.

Then some people say TMNet is restricting torrent upload speeds and blocking trackers and whatnot.. ALL BS. I've been using torrents (for legal stuff of COURSE..) for ages, and my download speeds vary on the time of day (seeders and time zones)... from 1-2Kbps, to 150Kbps.. 

Limiting international P2P speeds? Again, not true. A bunch of dumb people making up crap. The fact that its international proves that it's bound to be a BIT slower when searching for peers and stuff but not to the extent where they cannot be tracked or with an average speed of 0Kbps. If you do get a speed of 0Kbps, it could be because THEY are slow.. or maybe because they are already uploading at maximum bandwidth and you're on que. But most people would rather think that its TMNets fault.

Random sexy folks. =D

Okay, back to english.



In a nutshell, TMNet really deserves better, and them insolent fools should get educated. It really is so much easier to put the blame on others, especially when they dont know anything about the internet (but think they do). Most of the time, the problem is on YOUR side of the fence, so think before you complain. =D

giantcornworm

Vince [a friend] was eating corn, and he found extra protein..

Question:

If you find a worm... and it feeds on corn for its entire life, and then the corn is steamed, and the worm is big and yellow. Will the worm taste like corn?

Click to enlarge to see the details.

A "giantcornworm"!

For those of you who dont know.. Usually corn worms are small. Small as in.. they fit between individual corn kernels. THAT SMALL. This is a giantcornworm. It's as big as the kernels.. almost. So I'd guess there would be a considerable amount of taste if the giantcornworm was eaten.

So..

To eat or not to eat?...

Just Melamine

Personal rant ahead. Approach with caution.

Note: Pictures in this post are mostly irrelevant because melamine is white powder and I am lazy to be creative.

Melamine, it's everywhere (in your KIDNEY TOO!!!), I'm sure you've heard of it like.. all over the papers or on TV.. with jolly health inspectors stating that [insert Chinese product here] contains 40193242 ppm of melamine. =.=

Anyway, its no surprise... Melamine, China, Chinese people, Money, Greed. 
The summary of the whole damn thing. China plans to poison the whole world? A good conspiracy theory.

Then you add on.. Melamine can kill, Paranoid mothers, Sick babies, Dying babies, Gossip, Panic.

Here's what I think: If you're not an infant, and you're being picky; trying to avoid every single piece of melamine... you are gay.

You are gay because...

1. It kills INFANTS. You are not an infant. 

2. You don't hear fat people dying from melamine related causes. (They are still jolly.)


3. You believe in 'what I don't know wont kill me' because; now that you are aware of the melamine in your nail polish or lipstick, you are afraid. Very afraid.


4. Kidney stones can be removed. It hurts but be a man. =D

5. Your death is not necessarily a bad thing. (You might not regret it too!)


And its funny, melamine is used in fertilizers, dyes and pesticide... And a month ago, you did not know that. No one was worried. Nothing was going on. Nothing wrong here... If someone said 'melamine' you would go... 'No you've said it wrong, it's melanin.'


So this pesticide right, its called cyromazine. I guess a pesticide would be most appropriate on a plant. So plants, they can convert cryromazine into melamine. Melamine is INSOLUBLE. It stays in the plant. You eat the plant.. blablabla. It stays in you. So you cant really break it down into urea and piss it out.

If animals like.. wild chickens or wild pigs consume -by accident -the pesticide, then melamine will accumulate in the animal. And if for some reason we unfortunately eat the animal, we get some of the melamine.

So it's not only found in diary products, but plants and animals too...that's like, everything for dinner! Free plastic! Free stuff also wanna complain complain...

Looks familiar? Bet you still can imagine the creamy goodness of PLASTIC. =D

Maybe melamine has been around for ages but we didn't really notice it until now and we're making such a big fuss over it - just because we know.
We should worry about bigger issues. Like, the oil price.. or.. radiation from handphones.. mercury in tuna and fish oil, or bad Malaysian drivers...

Hotting Up

Lacking bloggosterone, I need inspiration. Stupid people please inspire me k thanks. =D

Now, down to business...


The world is getting hotter..

And politics are apparently hotting up...

At first I was like.. "Whoaaaa... big big grammar mistake on the front page. Isnt it supposed to be something like, HEATING UP? Lousy Malaysian newspaper..."


So bloody obvious also dunno...



Don't you agree!? Yes yes?


But apparently... hotting up is grammatically correct. =O!!

Hotting Up - Usually used to describe a certain event taking place, and more commonly used by the press. Eg. Football hotting up, murder cases hotting up.

Hot up, would also be 'correct' but used as a slang.

So the papers aren't as stupid as you think they are.. thats scary.