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Geek Culture / Finally! Back from 56k hell!

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David R
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Posted: 27th Oct 2005 17:06 Edited at: 27th Oct 2005 17:18
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God, you really take broadband for granted! I've been stuck with an auwful 56k since the end of august, when my AV went haywire, and the exchange server (box thing, down the road) decided to break. So I have finally returned, and you shall all get to benefit from my annoying posts once more (now that broadband works!)

The only thing I've really managed to take a glimpse of since 56k was Raven's 'Unicode' argument... but I shan't venture down that route

Apart from that, what's been happening since I dissapeared?

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Peter H
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Posted: 27th Oct 2005 17:46
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Quote: "God"

AAHHH RELIGOUS THREAD LOCKJ ITTT!!!!!!!!!!!!

*ahem* anyhoo, welcome back to the land of the broadband... i've never been sent back to 56k hell but i started out there

"We make the worst games in the universe."

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John Y
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Posted: 27th Oct 2005 17:50
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Aye, the 56k days were bad, but I think broadband could be faster

If my broadband dies then I'm stuck, I don't think my pc's even have modems


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David R
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Posted: 27th Oct 2005 17:51
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Quote: "AAHHH RELIGOUS THREAD LOCKJ ITTT!!!!!!!!!!!! "


Yeah, I just realised, that depending on how you read that, it sounds as if I was talking about God taking BB for granted


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Benjamin
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Posted: 27th Oct 2005 17:53
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I'm a 56ker.. and boy does it suck.

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Undercover Steve
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Posted: 28th Oct 2005 00:04 Edited at: 28th Oct 2005 00:05
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I was around in the 28k years 0.o, or the years of intense no-css-images-or-good-sites era.

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David R
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Posted: 28th Oct 2005 00:08
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Yeah, 28.8kbps..... those were the days. I can remember showing my dad BBC news on realplayer. We waited a whole hour for that thing to buffer. Not to mention the 14k modem in our Win95 PC


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Ian T
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Posted: 28th Oct 2005 00:12
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Welcome to the real world . Dial-up really does bite these days, doesn't it? Even worse than it was 'back in the day', now that your average website is far larger.

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 28th Oct 2005 00:14
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I remember last year when our bloody BT went down for a couple of months, the only PC with working internet was the really old Mac with AOL 6, and the browser wasn't exactly Mac os 8 friendly, so it was frustrating using it with its stupid 56k

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Undercover Steve
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Posted: 28th Oct 2005 00:36
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28.8 was a miracle from god. Now Broadband 5mbps (damn provider doesnt have an 8mbps line in this area) is god's gift

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 28th Oct 2005 00:52
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My maximum is 1mbps so I wouldn't mind 8meg , but it aint gonna happen

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Benjamin
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Posted: 28th Oct 2005 01:20
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Quote: "Even worse than it was 'back in the day'"

'back in the day' it wasn't considered bad.

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JoelJ
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Posted: 28th Oct 2005 01:35
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Quote: " Aye, the 56k days were bad, but I think broadband could be faster "

Fiberoptic phone lines... My bro's friend has one, he can watch a High Def video real time over the 'net

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Undercover Steve
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Posted: 28th Oct 2005 01:58
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My maximum is 1mbps so I wouldn't mind 8meg , but it aint gonna happen
WTF!??!! 1mbps?!?!? I had that in 2002 or 1 I think. oooh. England. Explains it:p

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