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Geek Culture / What is a "56k Warning"? <---- Noobish question

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piXX3D
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Posted: 17th Dec 2007 19:53
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Yeah, that's right - on some threads i've seen a thingy saying "Warning - 56k". What're they on about?

I know you probably all know what a 56k warning is. but I don't. So there.

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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 17th Dec 2007 19:54
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56k modems will take for ever, if not longer, to load the page.


Since the other one was scaring you guys so much...
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piXX3D
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Posted: 17th Dec 2007 19:55
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Aha. So it was that simple.

Ta very much.

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Ed222
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Posted: 26th Dec 2007 17:10
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oh and they take up you whole phone so you can't call anyone when using them aka dail-up

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Gowmars
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Posted: 26th Dec 2007 17:39 Edited at: 26th Dec 2007 17:39
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yeah, you mostly see this when there is a thread with lots of large image files. It's basically warning you that if you are on 56k then the thread will take a long time to load and go really slow, so you may not want to waste your time clicking the link.

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CattleRustler
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Posted: 27th Dec 2007 00:35
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Its a polite way of saying "your internet connection speed sucks, dont bother clicking this link"

My DBP plugins page is now hosted [href]here[/href]
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SirFire
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Posted: 27th Dec 2007 00:56
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+++ATH0



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