Posts by Eric Peterson17

I was thinking about this today while watching some old clips of legendary teams from the early 2000s. Back then, it felt like a core group of players would stay together for a decade, building this incredible chemistry that just felt inevitable. You knew exactly what to expect from them every single season.

Now, it feels like everything is so transient. A manager comes in, a few stars age out, and suddenly the whole identity of a team is wiped clean. It’s like we’re living in an era of constant rebuilding. I used to love the idea of a long-term project, but lately, it feels like the "cycles" are over before they even really get started. It's hard to get attached to a lineup when you know the transition is always just around the corner.

Do you think the modern game moves too fast to allow for those legendary, long-term dynasties anymore, or is it just a lack of patience from the people in charge?

I honestly can’t believe anyone actually enjoys this garbage. How low does your bar have to drop before you call it art?
And frankly, I wonder if the people praising this would even give it a chance if it were some pretentious French or Italian flick—something they just stumbled upon while flipping through channels on an American TV. I’ll bet my life they wouldn't even sit through it until the credits roll.

Apologies for the radio silence. Long story short—called AT&T again the other day because my router was still acting up intermittently even after a full reset. They wouldn't budge on a replacement until we tried one more thing: switching the channel. Whatever that means. Since they did it, things have been smooth for two days straight. Appreciate the help.

@G/Duki, quick question regarding your post. I own some rental units—one sits directly above the other, physically detached from the main house—so I need to get them online. My plan is to just run a single router, but now I'm stuck on placement. Should it go in the upper unit or the lower one? Does the signal tend to travel better downward or upward? Honestly, I'm lost here—I asked the folks at AT&T the same thing, and predictably, they gave me conflicting advice. One tech said the bottom unit, the other insisted on the top.

@Andrew Peterson2/">@@Andrew Peterson2, thanks for the input. I'm becoming more convinced this is a hardware issue—I'm using one of those cheap white routers they warned me about regarding vertical signal range. I'm upstairs and the thing is stuck on the ground floor.

@ironcyclist58/">@@ironcyclist58, tried that through Mozilla right when the connection dropped, but still nothing.

At first I figured it was just AT&T being AT&T, but turns out that's not it. Basically, my Wi-Fi signal just drops out entirely—everything I have open in Chrome freezes up, and then after a minute or two, things crawl back to life. And by "freeze," I mean the whole system hangs; I can't even close a tab because the page isn't responding. It’s completely random—happens maybe 20 times a day, no pattern at all, regardless of whether I'm heavy downloading or just idling with a few tabs open. I actually called AT&T yesterday to complain; they did their thing and said everything looked fine on their end, but then last night, the exact same thing happened again. I finally realized it isn't an ISP issue—whenever my laptop hits this freeze and loses the signal, my phone stays perfectly connected and works without a hitch.
Anyone have any leads on what could be causing this? Thanks.🙂

Uh, I haven't sat down to watch that since it was actually relevant—maybe twenty years ago. It’s a great movie, sure, but I completely blanked on the occasional melodrama you guys are bringing up. Which specific details are we talking about being pathetic?

My bad.

Wow, you guys move fast—thanks. But I need a bit more detail here. Once I actually download one or the other, what’s the next step?

First off, my bad if this has already been covered—I couldn't find it anywhere.

For the power users out there—I used to fix this easily via CMD using the "SLMGR -REARM" command. It’s not working for me anymore. Even after I go into SkipRearam and flip the registry key from zero to one, nothing happens.

If anyone has a lead on how to deal with this, I’d really appreciate it.👍