Paul's Journal

11/26/2011 15:28 #55605

At&t LTE
Category: mobile

The mobile 3g internet speed in Las Vegas is so bad. I think it must just vr too many people on an overtaxed network. Its so bad, its unbelievable. In Buffalo I gdt around 2-4mbps, i. vegas I am often getting a fraction of a tenth of 1mbps like 0.08mbps. I mean its down right unusable in so many places. By the Rio I can't barely even get one bar and calls don't come through to our hotel room half the time. I tried to call (e:terry) in the room when I was outside and he didn't get the call for 45 minutes, after I came back.

Then last night we went to the AT&T store and the new Samsung Skyrocket has LTE. I took a picture of the speedtest results on the skyrocket with LTE vs the HSPDA data below captured at the same time on my galaxy sii.

Test Date: Nov 25, 2011 5:52:13 pm
Connection Type: Hspa
Server: Las Vegas, NV
Download: 0.08 Mbps
Upload: 0.10 Mbps

And here is the skyrocket on LTE.

tinypliny - 12/01/11 18:47
Do you mean to say that even with a rotten connection speed some connection tyoe called "LTE" does better than some current connection type called "HSPDA"??

tinypliny - 12/01/11 18:46
What is an LTE? What is an HSPDA? What is this post about? This mere mortal would like to know? Is this how greek sounds like?

11/25/2011 14:47 #55601

Insert Coins
Category: vegas

We went to a bar called Insert Coins in downtown Vegas. It had a combination of coin driven old school arcade games and a drink service with high end current games at fancy booths. We danced up a storm despite it not being my usual music.

tinypliny - 12/01/11 18:49
That doesn't even look like slippers. I thought they were rabbit ears? No?

vincent - 11/30/11 23:56
East Fremont is an interesting place as well as the magic canopy "the experience." I like terry hugging the old silver slipper.

paul - 11/28/11 18:06
Actually the dance floor got packed. That was just early.

flacidness - 11/27/11 23:13
That looks fun. But empty were you guys the only ones there?

11/24/2011 22:40 #55596

Hiking at Red Rock
Category: hiking

tinypliny - 12/01/11 18:49
Lovely pictures!

metalpeter - 11/25/11 18:05
Lots of great pictures..... The Panoramas are really cool..... That being said I bet on a site or printed out they would look amazing... since the pictures on (e:strip) only go so wide you can't see all the details.....

heidi - 11/25/11 11:29
Yeah, i like the panorama of your feet on the cliff. That place is gorgeous!

tinypliny - 11/25/11 10:14
"the mountain near my house spoiled me'

LOL hysterical

lilho - 11/25/11 09:33
im pretty sure we have a red mountain like there in phx, it's called red mountain. never hiked it because i'm too lazy to drive 30 minutes. the mountain near my house spoiled me.

libertad - 11/25/11 09:20
I can't even imagine being somewhere so amazing. Hope you guys have enjoy the rest of your vacation!

tinypliny - 11/25/11 08:52
I want to go to there! I am SO jealous!!!!! My absolute favourite is that mountain face with huge skull like formation. Spooooooooky! :)

paul - 11/25/11 00:57
We will come back. You have to see it.

paul - 11/25/11 00:39
My favorite was the parorama from sky to feet to other sky instead of from side to side.

YesThatCasey - 11/25/11 00:30
Gorgeous...love that shot with the leg suspended over the edge

11/24/2011 20:53 #55594

Freemont Street
Category: vegas

We had a couple hours to kill this morning so we went to go see Terry's old high school next to freemont street. We had to get our parking validated so we went to a casino where I lost a bunch of times. I tried to make it up by betting $5 in one spin and lost that to so I quit. I figured I only spent as much as invalidated parking so its like I got to bet the parking money.

The necklaces and the wheel of fortune game reminded me of (e:Mike). I wish he was here.

I can't believe how close they blew off nuke bombs. The picture with the mushroom cloud in the background of ceremony St is nuts.

metalpeter - 11/25/11 18:01
On a side note there is a part of me that so wants to go to vegas and do the entire Hangover 2 thing ;)

metalpeter - 11/25/11 18:00
Can't imagine the bombing but if you think about it ..... It makes sense.... Way out in an open area...... Maybe they know what way the wind blows..... Also guessing that most of the people in Vegas Don't live there ..... It is kinda like out west so maybe not many questions are asked.....

lilho - 11/25/11 09:30
the bombing thing is so creepy... did people get sick from this? ahhh... can't wait to see you guys!

tinypliny - 11/25/11 08:55
I still can't believe they actually conducted nuclear tests (that they were going to use as weapons) right outside the city. Totally unbelievable.

11/24/2011 20:47 #55593

Drag Show
Category: vegas

How funny is it that this advertisement for a drag show at a casino included a man dressed up as Michael Jackson.

metalpeter - 11/25/11 17:57
In Terms of MJ and some others I think where most of the problems come in isn't the fame.... It is that people like Britney and Lindesay never get a real childhood... Yes one can perform and do TV shows and things like that... But you need to play like a kid plays and go to a real school and things like that... But what I think also happens is since there is this talent or star thing no one tells them no or just does what they want... So at some point they lose it a little bit......

metalpeter - 11/25/11 17:54
Ah no pictures from inside ;( Yeah a admit the blonde with the cow boy hat I couldn't tell

tinypliny - 11/25/11 09:09
poor freaky man. I wish he hadn't go all nuts. His music was pretty good. I wonder if all these celebrities (including whitney houston) intentionally do themselves in.