Goings-on, Briefly
I have DSL now, after a pretty decent guy came out here, worked out that the line was not connected from the pole to the house, and then fixed the problem. I wonder why the line wasn't connected?
Its speed isn't quite what I wanted. Comcast cable Internet here gets well over 700KB/s, but my Verizon DSL doesn't even top 200. Check it out:
Yesterday was CMU ECE graduate student orientation, which I attended from 8:30 AM until 5:30 PM or so.
For a couple hours in the morning, we split into our academic groups, and this was the most rewarding and informative part of the day. I am in the applied physics group, along with only three other people, so I saw presentations from a few of the applied physics faculty members. CMU does some really super-cool stuff in the applied physics field, and I'm excited about becoming a part of it. The faculty members also seem pretty cool. Hooray!
Oh, and free Indian food, pizza, beer, wine, you name it. CMU rocks.