56k is gay...

[pixie]

i hate having a 56k modem, i wait five minutes for a song to load then, b/c i suck, i spend an entire, oh, 5 seconds playing the song. its really
f---ing discouraging...

[Synthlight]

I really feel for you. I know it is difficult. On the bright side though, your browser should be able to cache each level so that when you play it a second time, it will not have to load again. I wish I could ease your pain.

Cheers,

Synthlight

[Hyrogashi]

Uhm, synth doesnt feel for you. He has an insanely high speed internet connection.

[SotN]

You do realize that you're lucky to have 56k? Science dictates that a phone line can't transmit more than 33.4k a second worth of information in analog signals.

Then someone got the bright idea to make the download speed digital, and the upload analog. Thus, the modern 56k/33.4k modem.

thank your lucky stars. You should have a 33.4k.

[Freak83]

SotN, that is the strangest reply anyone could ask for. Be thankful you have 56k... I guess I should be EXTREMELY thankful for my cable then.

[nestlekwik]

SotN, that is the strangest reply anyone could ask for. Be thankful you have 56k... I guess I should be EXTREMELY thankful for my cable then.

Damn straight. Back in my time, we didn't even have this Internet thing. Why our idea of a classroom computer was sitting in front of a monochrome Apple monitor typing in answers to math equations and then marking out when the bear did a flip because we got the answer right. If we needed information, we had to walk there and ask ourselves, not click a mouse.

[Freak83]

You are ancient Nestlekwik.

[jewpinthethird]

SotN, that is the strangest reply anyone could ask for. Be thankful you have 56k... I guess I should be EXTREMELY thankful for my cable then.

Damn straight. Back in my time, we didn't even have this Internet thing. Why our idea of a classroom computer was sitting in front of a monochrome Apple monitor typing in answers to math equations and then marking out when the bear did a flip because we got the answer right. If we needed information, we had to walk there and ask ourselves, not click a mouse.

I remember my totally L337 AppleIIB(or something like that). Top of the line piece of shit. I Remember the blue loading screen that would say "One Moment Please" and about 5 minutes later BOOM! 16 bits of freakin color!

[87x]

dude... i remember that shit... not the math thing but no internet...my first comp didnt even come with a mouse... mouses werent invented yet.... you had to draw witht he arrow keys.... and the hardrive on the comp wasnt big enough to hold any type of game so you had to use floppy disks for every game you played... man... those were the days...

[jewpinthethird]

dude... i remember that (#$%... not the math thing but no internet...my first comp didnt even come with a mouse... mouses werent invented yet.... you had to draw witht he arrow keys.... and the hardrive on the comp wasnt big enough to hold any type of game so you had to use floppy disks for every game you played... man... those were the days...

Totally. Exactly what I was talking about. There was this one game called McGee(I think) that me and my cousins played like 24/7...

[87x]

i played ghost alley or ghost town or somethin with host as the first word... it was supper hard...
you had to shoot these bad guys but with no mouse it was crazy....

[pixie]

you guys are so comforting...hey, since we're talking about old games, does anyone remember the police quest game when it first came out? that was the best, u had to type where u wanted to go or whatever and if the program didnt like what u said it came back with some stupid remark that was supposed to make u feel dumb. that and hugo's adventures(very similar) were my favorite.meeemoriees, light the corner of my mind...(song) i also remember trying to do programming on this pos apple my dad gave me, i remember making some clown game with the help of one of those apples for dummies kind of books.yeah, THAT was fun...

[zimagi]

Blah 56k my foot

Blah I have MSN dial-up (cuz of the damn contract, Id have DSL/cable by now but ive got a few monthes left so ill stick it out) at 56k speed and here at my house ive never connected over 34.4k and at my moms house ive never gotten over 45kish ...blah really sucks

dling isnt a problem click and talk on aim. the annoying part is when the game is updated, it clears the cache and all the songs i want to play i have to go through and redl them

oh well though im not complaining, i dont have to pay 20gb/day+ data transfer fees

[SotN]

Hehe, I was sitting in front of a monochrome Apple screen in comp class too. We had only one game, OregonTrail. It was the really old (and most fun, Ive played newer ones) version.

And a typing game came later. Spell "mouse" and a mouse appears on screen! OMG!!! I'M LEARNING AND HAVING FUN!!! TEH MOUSY IS SO CUTE!!!! (my first reaction, minus the "teh")

[MEGAginge]

You do realize that you're lucky to have 56k? Science dictates that a phone line can't transmit more than 33.4k a second worth of information in analog signals.

Then someone got the bright idea to make the download speed digital, and the upload analog. Thus, the modern 56k/33.4k modem.

thank your lucky stars. You should have a 33.4k.

as far as i was aware, thats a V8x (not toally sure) spec, a bit old

V.90 (about 7 years old lol) was 56.6/44
V.92 (2000) is now 56/56