They sounded like this.
Horrible, never want to hear that ever again.
^ GTFO! That sound gives me nightmares! 5kbps connection? WTF is up with that?
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.