New Fanfic Up!

[Kotik]

Two reminders people:

One, this thread is only for the promotion of newly posted fics either on this site or on other sites.

Two, in the upthread you'll see that Aquarius is in the middle of moving right now and this being her shift, she has fallen a little behind. She has promised to catch up on posting on Wednesday. And if any of you have experienced the trauma and discombobulation of a move, you'll know that it is quite remarkable that she has promised to do that for everyone here. When she does begin to post, I suggest thanking her for taking the time as she adjusts to her new living situation.

Well, I've moved more often than I can count (I'm working in a different part of Germany practically every year), so I can surely relate. I was just a little concerned as I'm almost used to things being lively 'round here
Good luck to Aquarius at wherever she ended up

[Asso]

Sometimes it's pleasant to follow the wind, Honeybee, without knowing where it takes.

[Elessar]

We're just gettin caught up folks, thanks for your patience with us

[justTripn]

Another Missing Scene from Season Three:

Extinction by Alelou

Mmmhhh . . . neuropressure . . .

[justTripn]

I just noticed that Linda has posted this DS9 story at fanfiction.net: Listening Post B17H8221
I really like it, but be warned: it's a little depressing. It's a slice of life Dominion War story.

[crystalswolf]

Oooh. I didn't know we could post about non TnT related Star Trek stories or I would have posted this months ago.

For those interested in TNG, there's a great story (recently completed) where the AU rewrites the series/TNG movies with Tasha Yar as though she never died. Very Tasha/Data, but draws you in so much you may forget that she wasn't actually in the episodes rewritten.

Edit: Forgot the link http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4267838 had it copied to the clipboard and everything... oh well.

[Aquarius]

See? I'm so nice, I posted one before I go to bed, before I promised to start the catching up:

Chapter 10 of Lady Rainbow's "Darker than a Shadow".

[Elessar]

you're the ma...er, the lady!

[Aquarius]

Hey gang! I meant to get started on this much earlier today but my internet connection wasn't cooperating. Went next door to Grandma's, had a good home-cooked dinner, and now the internet seems to like me again!

So, to celebrate, I bring you Chapter Three of "The Slopes of Andoria"--"Igni Ferroque" by aadarshinah!

Enjoy you hungry little fic consumers...

[WarpGirl]

My sympathies on your internet. I feel your pain.

[Aquarius]

It gets better and better, WG--my aunt lives next door. Between our homes is an invisible little line, one that divides the service area of one city from another. She's in the service area that just got DSL. I'm not. And even though my home is a mere 300 feet from hers, AT&T won't give me DSL because I'm in the "wrong area." I've been trying to pick up her signal wirelessly, but something about the structure of my home doesn't allow me to pick up the signal past the bedroom, and even then it only wants to work sometimes.

So I think I'm looking at dial-up for the duration.

Any way, Chapter 3 of Kotik's "Words" is posted, and is a response to the "Date" word prompt.

[WarpGirl]

I can't believe I am saying this but we've got something in common minus the aunt.

[Enerdhil]

It gets better and better, WG--my aunt lives next door. Between our homes is an invisible little line, one that divides the service area of one city from another. She's in the service area that just got DSL. I'm not. And even though my home is a mere 300 feet from hers, AT&T won't give me DSL because I'm in the "wrong area."

I couldn't believe this occurs in Detroit, US It does happens here (and I'm in a state capital, not in the less developed part of the country). My office partner only has dial up internet because our telephone company doesn't wants to lay DSL cables in her zone (about 5 km from my house).

As per your aunt house, is the 'next door' real? If you share the same border between both houses, I suggest your to lay a 100 m cable between her DSL modem and your internet socket. Probably would work better than wireless... A good cable, cat 5E or higher.

[Aquarius]

It gets better and better, WG--my aunt lives next door. Between our homes is an invisible little line, one that divides the service area of one city from another. She's in the service area that just got DSL. I'm not. And even though my home is a mere 300 feet from hers, AT&T won't give me DSL because I'm in the "wrong area."

I couldn't believe this occurs in Detroit, US It does happens here (and I'm in a state capital, not in the less developed part of the country). My office partner only has dial up internet because our telephone company doesn't wants to lay DSL cables in her zone (about 5 km from my house).

As per your aunt house, is the 'next door' real? If you share the same border between both houses, I suggest your to lay a 100 m cable between her DSL modem and your internet socket. Probably would work better than wireless... A good cable, cat 5E or higher.

Okay, I don't want to blow this thread off topic again, so I'll explain, then if anyone wants to try to help me out with this, offer suggestions, or just give me sympathy, you can feel free to do so via PM.

I just moved. I'm no longer in Detroit. I'm in a more rural area between Detroit and Lansing, back in my home town. Interstate 96 runs through my town. If you live north of I-96, amenities like cable TV have been available since the 1980s, and later high speed internet, etc., because the infrastructure was there from the cable and phone companies, etc.

South of I-96, houses are spread farther apart, there are a lot of farms, and the area wasn't population-dense enough for them to bother extending the infrastructure south of the expressway. Though my mailing address says I live in one town, the phone company that would serve me is actually the next town over. My aunt, however, is on the side of the border that gets phone service with the rest of the town.

Running a cable between the houses is not practical, as we're not exactly right on top of each other--it's about 250-300 feet. Physically it's impractical, my aunt and her husband don't want to get into trouble, and I believe that the longer the cable, the greater the risk of signal loss, any way.

So, it looks like I'm ordering regular phone service I don't want, for the sake of getting dial-up.

In the meantime, just so this post isn't *completely* off topic, here's Attracted by Silverbullet.

[Kotik]

If your aunt has broadband, you could slap in a wireless hotspot, a router and a repeater. 300 feet is a piece of cake for some of the stronger devices (cost ~100$ in good ol' Europe) I'm connected via wireless lan and the hotspot is about 1.5km (500 ft) from here.