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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 11:16 PM Original message |
A technical appreciation of DU from a (verrrrrry slow) dialupper |
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dweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. turning off images helps alot |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 11:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yeah, but |
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zabet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. I have dial up too. I live so technologically in the stone age... |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 11:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Woh, citizen_jane! |
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zabet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 11:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I get by.....when I want the pages to load faster, I just..... |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 11:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. ROFLMAO! |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 11:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. They're called acoustic couplers. |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 12:02 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. i remember when 300 baud was a big upgrade from 10 cps |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 12:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. but then again, i remember steam powered automobiles |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 12:06 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. So much knowledge is lost every day. |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 12:08 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. yeah |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 12:13 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Or even better this week, an iPhone. |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 12:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Hey, I remember paying big bucks |
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zabet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 12:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. No - I cheated and spliced a wire in to have a normal phone jack... |
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tech3149 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
14. I'm glad that DU works well on dial up, but keep pestering your ISP for DSL |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 09:29 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I dunno |
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tech3149 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 12:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Don't give up on DSL |
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