Internet has been throttled to 60 kbps the past week at my house, its now back to full speed. Nerd hype
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 12:52 am
by Phigure
cyclopian wrote:Internet has been throttled to 60 kbps the past week at my house
how did you live
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 12:54 am
by cyclopian
it was a very dark period in my life
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 1:31 am
by OGLemon
cyclopian wrote:Internet has been throttled to 60 kbps the past week at my house, its now back to full speed. Nerd hype
I lived on 52 kbps for about 3 years
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 2:05 am
by nowaysj
You haven't lived until 14,440 baud was lighting fast.
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 4:33 am
by cyclopian
lol, I remember when my family got a 14.4k modem. My dad was locked in the room with the computer for hours trying to get it to work, and finally he stepped out into the kitchen and said "I was just 'surfing the web'", mad hype.
It was impressive the amount of shit you could do on a 14.4k, or 56k modem back then (mind you were never even getting close to those speeds most of the time in reality)
(also, lol @ your usage of baud, you old nerd)
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 4:43 am
by goose
cyclopian wrote:lol, I remember when my family got a 14.4k modem. My dad was locked in the room with the computer for hours trying to get it to work
sure, that's exactly what he was trying to do for hours with the door locked
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 4:47 am
by cyclopian
goose wrote:
cyclopian wrote:lol, I remember when my family got a 14.4k modem. My dad was locked in the room with the computer for hours trying to get it to work
sure, that's exactly what he was trying to do for hours with the door locked
loll, loading up some 'adult clip art' innit
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 4:51 am
by goose
I remember when porn was first available on the internet. Waiting for that jpeg to load felt like an eternity.
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 4:56 am
by cyclopian
goose wrote:I remember when porn was first available on the internet. Waiting for that jpeg to load felt like an eternity.
I remember that well, it was last week for me
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 5:13 am
by nowaysj
goose wrote:I remember when porn was first available on the internet. Waiting for that jpeg to load felt like an eternity.
It was literally like a strip tease. I forget what browser revolutionized porn with progressive downloads. They'd fill in the image as it downloaded. Erotic.
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 5:15 am
by cyclopian
nowaysj wrote:
goose wrote:I remember when porn was first available on the internet. Waiting for that jpeg to load felt like an eternity.
It was literally like a strip tease. I forget what browser revolutionized porn with progressive downloads. They'd fill in the image as it downloaded. Erotic.
Think that might have been Netscape iirc
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 5:19 am
by goose
nowaysj wrote:
goose wrote:I remember when porn was first available on the internet. Waiting for that jpeg to load felt like an eternity.
It was literally like a strip tease. I forget what browser revolutionized porn with progressive downloads. They'd fill in the image as it downloaded. Erotic.
I'd always blow before the image had time to completely load.
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 5:24 am
by dickman69
netscape was so shitty
progressive download was wack tho b/c sometimes it would time out or w/e & youd be left w/ just the face
most disappointing finishes those
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 9:26 am
by NinjaEdit
ehbes wrote:My uni is bringing in stress relief puppies during finals week and I know where I'll be spending all of my time
My sister was on TV about her school's dog.
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 11:57 am
by Liam92
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 3:33 pm
by Harkat
spreading christmas joy
everyone should check the xmas cheer thread while supplies last