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Noob Days...
Lavo_2:
Heyyy, dial up isn't that old you know, it was the shit around 15 or so years ago, give or take a few years later. I (vaguely) remember there was a time where Windows '95 was still fairly commonplace, only recently being eclipsed by Windows '98. Also remember when XP came out, now that was a real upgrade from '98. 2000 and ME were terribad.
Sticks:
2000 was ok, ME however...
http://www.deanliou.com/WinRG/
Meomix:
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--- Quote from: Meomix on June 29, 2011, 11:35:33 AM ---They sounded like this.
Horrible, never want to hear that ever again.
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--- Quote from: froody1911 on June 29, 2011, 12:13:03 PM ---^ GTFO! That sound gives me nightmares! 5kbps connection? WTF is up with that?
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You guys have no idea what you're talking about. That was the clarion call that heralded one's entrance into a brighter world, a world full of wonders and mystery, an ungoverned place where one's wildest dreams were the limit, and beyond those limits were unknown regions, tantalizing, awe-inspiring and frightening all at once. It was the sound that bid farewell to grey routine, the sound that made one lose one's past, the sound that levelled all differences, how one looked, what others thought of one and thought they knew of one, nothing mattered any more. It was the sound that announced ultimate freedom, the freedom to define oneself instead of being defined by others. One had no past and no future, there was only a glorious ever-changing present.
No, that is no sound of nightmares, it is the sound of a dream, a dream you have while you're wide awake, a dream you can live.
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+2 All you young'uns have no clue eh? The satisfaction of finally seeing that picture after it finishes loading for a few minutes, ripping your hair out after that 500MB download cut off halfway during the night, waiting for flash games to load on newgrounds, hmm what else?
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I'm Indian, and here 28k dial-up was the norm till about 2004 or so. So...yeah, despite being a young'un, I have experienced the horror ;D
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Shit like this is why i stuck to desktop gaming until the internet finally became competent.
Please don't remind me of Win ME, hahahaahaha- no.
pingryanime:
Lol, people even remember ME? I thought the majority of people have purged it from their memories already.
Meomix:
--- Quote from: pingryanime on July 01, 2011, 07:39:28 PM ---Lol, people even remember ME? I thought the majority of people have purged it from their memories already.
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I successfully purged it from my memory alright, until a recent forum poster REEEMINDEED ME!
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