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Humphreys posted:I remember setting the boot login sound to the usual dialup screeches on a coworkers computer on a delay many years ago. It was glorious. I just LOVE those sounds because I am broken. To be honest, I seriously miss that sound whenever I connect to the internet.
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Intoluene posted:To be honest, I seriously miss that sound whenever I connect to the internet. Not to poo poo on you (because I kinda agree) but I'm picturing a pretentious internet snob who only uses dial-up, because "it's so much richer than wi-fi."
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Dec 24, 2015 12:43
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Coffee And Pie posted:Not to poo poo on you (because I kinda agree) but I'm picturing a pretentious internet snob who only uses dial-up, because "it's so much richer than wi-fi." Na it was purely as a prank. I remember an Australian DJ used to beat mix some dialup noises into his mixes live. The follow is as good as I could find on the tube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR7tZyojSpk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfdZUnHkuuI Even with DTMF! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDgCao2tkyg ________________________________________________________________ The New Screen Savers shows might count as obsolete too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uca3VJASpZo Humphreys has a new favorite as of 14:32 on Dec 24, 2015 |
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Dec 24, 2015 13:53
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Coffee And Pie posted:Not to poo poo on you (because I kinda agree) but I'm picturing a pretentious internet snob who only uses dial-up, because "it's so much richer than wi-fi."
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Dec 24, 2015 15:19
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Intoluene posted:To be honest, I seriously miss that sound whenever I connect to the internet. It's the ringtone on my phone.
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Dec 24, 2015 16:33
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Coffee And Pie posted:Not to poo poo on you (because I kinda agree) but I'm picturing a pretentious internet snob who only uses dial-up, because "it's so much richer than wi-fi." And then he bitches that people keep posting pictures that are too big for his dial-up connection. Back when Livejournal was the thing, you'd get people complaining that your image was too big for their connection. It's 2001, cable isn't uncommon now!
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Dec 24, 2015 16:37
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I'm totally going to be a lovely old man who makes younger people listen to Limp Bizkit or Linkin Park on their future whatever device and then says "Yeah, I know it sounds like garbage, that's because you have to listen to it on the original compact disc to get the real experience."
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Dec 24, 2015 16:45
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Discouraging large images decreases overall internet quality.  Everyone should post high detail super high res images whenever possible! Don't make future internet images lovely because someone is on 56k/their phone/whatever other temporary personal issue they have!
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Dec 24, 2015 16:45
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Please be considerate and include 56k no in your subject lines.
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Dec 24, 2015 16:47
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Collateral Damage posted:It will be the next hipster/audiophile thing, mark my words. There was a brief time a year or so ago where using feature phones was the new cool thing among those who put entirely too much effort into attempting to project the image of not putting in any effort. It didn't last long.
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Dec 24, 2015 16:54
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Shifty Pony posted:There was a brief time a year or so ago where using feature phones was the new cool thing among those who put entirely too much effort into attempting to project the image of not putting in any effort.
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Dec 24, 2015 17:12
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mystes posted:Has "feature phone" now become a generic term for any non-smartphone cellphone? Has been for a while now, yeah.
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Dec 24, 2015 17:18
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mystes posted:Has "feature phone" now become a generic term for any non-smartphone cellphone? "Feature phone" used to refer to phones that did something more than your basic flip phone but were not as fully-featured as a smart phone. Even the bottom-of-the-barrel piece of poo poo burner phone is now pretty well-featured, so it just refers to "phones that aren't running Android, iOS, or Windows".
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Dec 24, 2015 17:58
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Gobbeldygook posted:"Feature phone" used to refer to phones that did something more than your basic flip phone but were not as fully-featured as a smart phone. Even the bottom-of-the-barrel piece of poo poo burner phone is now pretty well-featured, so it just refers to "phones that aren't running Android, iOS, or Windows".
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Dec 24, 2015 18:39
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I'm pretty sure a feature phone still just means a basic phone with a special gimmick. The Nokia Lumia 1020 with that bizarre 40+MP camera was a feature phone, normal smartphone with the gimmick that it took pretty drat amazing photos. Unlike the okay to decent photos that the average phone takes with a generic 5 to 13MP camera.
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Dec 24, 2015 19:10
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mystes posted:I don't know if the latter statement is true, though. I have a coworker who still has a basic flipphone and it doesn't play music or have proprietary apps or anything else that you might associated with a "feature phone" in the original sense. It doesn't even appear to have J2ME support, which previously even basic flipphones had. That's why if anything I think the meaning of the word has changed if all non-smartphone phones can be called "feature phones" now. We've probably gotten to the point where it's cheaper to build a no frills smartphone than a feature phone that's going to have a keyboard, moving parts, and a non-standard screen size. The software needed to run the phone and support any apps costs more than stock Android also. Manufacturers tried to make feature phones that were also kind of smartphones. Microsoft had the Kin and I think HTC put out a Facebook phone. All failed miserably.
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Shifty Pony posted:There was a brief time a year or so ago where using feature phones was the new cool thing among those who put entirely too much effort into attempting to project the image of not putting in any effort.
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Dec 24, 2015 19:21
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Collateral Damage posted:It will be the next hipster/audiophile thing, mark my words. But only if you can get oxygen-free Monster cables the whole way. And magic stones at every junction box along the way to realign the electrons.
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Dec 24, 2015 20:18
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Mp3player->cassette adapter->walkman
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Dec 24, 2015 20:20
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Tunicate posted:Mp3player->cassette adapter->walkman MP3 player>cassette>8-track adapter 
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Dec 24, 2015 20:25
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Collateral Damage posted:It will be the next hipster/audiophile thing, mark my words. Porn looks so much warmer with dialup.
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Dec 24, 2015 20:54
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Rectus posted:Porn looks so much warmer with dialup. Constant buffering also makes that 5min clip last for hours.
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Dec 24, 2015 21:08
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Look at Mr. Fancy Streaming Porn over here. Let's see you download 30 second preview clips that come in sets of four to a page, then we'll talk. If you were patient and a little lucky and had file organization skills, you could eventually edit them together into a complete scene.
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Dec 24, 2015 21:20
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My Lovely Horse posted:Look at Mr. Fancy Streaming Porn over here. Let's see you download 30 second preview clips that come in sets of four to a page, then we'll talk. Oh hey other people did this thing that I totally uh didn't do myself.
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Dec 24, 2015 22:03
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My Lovely Horse posted:Look at Mr. Fancy Streaming Porn over here. Let's see you download 30 second preview clips that come in sets of four to a page, then we'll talk. Or you just renamed them sequentially and said "good enough".
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Dec 24, 2015 22:20
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I know this isn't really the type of stuff meant to be posted here and its not quite space jam funny, but its kind of on topic. Steve-O, from Jackass fame had a 4 episode tv show on usa back in 2007. For some reason, the only part of the old website still up is the application, which includes a section to type your pager number. http://www2.usanetwork.com/series/drsteveo/application.html http://www2.usanetwork.com/series/drsteveo/Dr_Steve-O_Application.pdf Its also a little snapshot of what their website used to look like in 2007, as it looks completely different now.
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Dec 25, 2015 19:35
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Twitch posted:Or you just renamed them sequentially and said "good enough". Quoted for truth. I'd download them thinking I'd edit them together. Never did. Still have a single netvideogirls video broken into 28 individual movie files somewhere on an old hard drive.
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JiimyPopAli posted:Quoted for truth. I'd download them thinking I'd edit them together. Never did. Still have a single netvideogirls video broken into 28 individual movie files somewhere on an old hard drive. And let's be honest, we only really watch parts 1, maybe 7 and 28.
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Dec 26, 2015 16:56
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And now I'm remembering the jokes lost to the sands of obsolete technology. RIP disks 22, 36, and 114.
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Dec 26, 2015 17:25
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Keiya posted:And now I'm remembering the jokes lost to the sands of obsolete technology. But finally figuring this out was like seeing the actual Matrix code. "I don't need to download empty filler and can just go straight to the good segments and still have enough bandwidth to get another set!"
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Dec 26, 2015 19:33
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Another obsolete technology: games that are not optimized for older systems. I built my PC back in 2012, not as a gaming rig. I am able to play new games like Grand Theft Auto and Metal Gear V, at lower specs, even though the machine is pretty old by gaming standards. I remember when I was a kid that pc games were basically made for new computers, not optimized at all for older rigs. So many games that couldn't be run because the game didn't understand lowering specs...
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Non Serviam posted:Another obsolete technology: games that are not optimized for older systems. In the same way - some older games can't handle being played on much faster systems. SimCity 2000's "African Swallow" speed was designed to run as fast as the computer could possibly run it. On a modern computer this has hilarious results. Your power plans explode in a few seconds because 50 years goes by almost instantly.
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0toShifty posted:In the same way - some older games can't handle being played on much faster systems. SimCity 2000's "African Swallow" speed was designed to run as fast as the computer could possibly run it. On a modern computer this has hilarious results. Your power plans explode in a few seconds because 50 years goes by almost instantly. Congratulations, you just made me want to play all the old Sim games and the first Sims.
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chitoryu12 posted:Congratulations, you just made me want to play all the old Sim games and the first Sims. I just want to see if I can get Sentinel Returns working, and what kind of resolution I can throw it at.
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Dec 26, 2015 20:29
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Non Serviam posted:Another obsolete technology: games that are not optimized for older systems. Yes but this is more about hitting a certain technological threshold after which it hasn't been a question of "can we do n" but "how nice can we make it look while doing n".
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Isn't it also something to do with gaming generally being much more console-focused now? The PC gaming market is smaller so publishers put more resources into making console games or something like that? Probably also something to do with the rise of casual mobile gaming.
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1000 Brown M and Ms posted:Isn't it also something to do with gaming generally being much more console-focused now? The PC gaming market is smaller so publishers put more resources into making console games or something like that? I'd dare say that it's the opposite, since when I was a kid (mid 90s, I'm 31 now) pc gaming was pretty small compared to consoles. Now, on the other hand, pc gaming is huge.
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Dec 27, 2015 04:57
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I blame EverQuest
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Non Serviam posted:I'd dare say that it's the opposite, since when I was a kid (mid 90s, I'm 31 now) pc gaming was pretty small compared to consoles. Now, on the other hand, pc gaming is huge. True but almost all the AAA releases have to be done with consoles in mind these days.
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0toShifty posted:In the same way - some older games can't handle being played on much faster systems. SimCity 2000's "African Swallow" speed was designed to run as fast as the computer could possibly run it. On a modern computer this has hilarious results. Your power plans explode in a few seconds because 50 years goes by almost instantly. Haha, I ran into that when I got a  gaming laptop for my birthday back in the late 2000s and picked up Deus Ex on a Steam sale.Without any patches that motherfucker would run at 2-3x speeds which was hilarious until I got past the opening menu. The solution I stumbled across involved manually going into the hardware settings and disabling all but one of the processor cores before starting the game.
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