Mcomicstrips·Comic StripsbyMutantTailThing Mom get off the phone!View original on lemmy.world811Comments23Reply
UUnLocoPoco lemmy.worldThis is when I learnt that you can right click and click on load image instead of refreshing the whole website7Reply
yyermaw sh.itjust.workshttps://youtu.be/AgqEIp2YmtE?is=uJ8W8CjcOYYJY73O Was a solid job for a few years2Reply
Catoblepas lemmy.blahaj.zone3Hide 3 repliesOh, the internet was very different back then. It used to come in through the phone, but now it comes in through the phone.108Reply
cchiliedogg replylemmy.world1Hide 1 replyI remeber 9600 and 14.4k, and 28.8k. I don't remember 13.3.2Reply
GGreenKnight23 replylemmy.worldit was similar to this card. it should have been an ISA card too. I don't even think my PC had PCI at the time, at least not until the late 90s. might even still have the card in a box somewhere.1Reply
CapuccinoCoretto lemmy.world5Hide 5 repliesPorn downloading line by line... you would invest 30 minutes just to decide you cancel because you're not into her eyebrows.27Reply
PhoenixDog replylemmy.worldNearly every video and picture format was created or promoted to support porn.1Reply
BurgerBaron replyquokk.auThe first time I streamed a porn video and it sounded like a telephone underwater and the soapy tiddies were four pixels, good times.11Reply
GGamingChairModel replylemmy.worldHey some websites took the effort to progressively encode the images so that they'd slowly blur into place. Of course, you'd never fully know whether an image was worth loading until the very end.6Reply
ppalordrolap fedia.io1Hide 1 replyIf you think he's old, I heard the broken image icon as a Q*Bert noise.28Reply
tal lemmy.today1Hide 1 replyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xalTFH5ht-k Dial Up Modem Sounds, from 300 Bps to 56K https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDhyayQ_Rk0 Dialup Modem Handshake | Sound Breakdown & Explained [4K @ 60fps] 14Reply
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This is when I learnt that you can right click and click on load image instead of refreshing the whole website
https://youtu.be/AgqEIp2YmtE?is=uJ8W8CjcOYYJY73O
Was a solid job for a few years
"We enjoyed getting email. Crazy, right?"
Oh, the internet was very different back then. It used to come in through the phone, but now it comes in through the phone.
Now the phone comes in through the internet.
Woah...
Now it comes in on the phone.
"Bwong Bwong"? You must've had one of those fancy 56kbps modems!
13300 baud clan representing
I remeber 9600 and 14.4k, and 28.8k.
I don't remember 13.3.
it was similar to this card.
it should have been an ISA card too. I don't even think my PC had PCI at the time, at least not until the late 90s.
might even still have the card in a box somewhere.
Porn downloading line by line... you would invest 30 minutes just to decide you cancel because you're not into her eyebrows.
That's what progressive jpeg was for
Nearly every video and picture format was created or promoted to support porn.
The first time I streamed a porn video and it sounded like a telephone underwater and the soapy tiddies were four pixels, good times.
In glorious 256 colors @ 800x600
Hey some websites took the effort to progressively encode the images so that they'd slowly blur into place. Of course, you'd never fully know whether an image was worth loading until the very end.
Slow. Getting one line of an image at a time....
If you think he's old, I heard the broken image icon as a Q*Bert noise.
@!#?@!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xalTFH5ht-k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDhyayQ_Rk0
Let me sing you the song of my people :D
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