Ever come across something that truly tests your temperance as a man?

Crusty

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That's not bad at all, go watch a TV show for 45 minutes and it'll be done when you get back.
 

veraneo

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Originally posted by: Crusty
That's not bad at all, go watch a TV show for 45 minutes and it'll be done when you get back.

i think ill go crazy if i had to wait 45 mins for 79mb, how there is still people with dial up?... i dunno
 

Crusty

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Originally posted by: veraneo
Originally posted by: Crusty
That's not bad at all, go watch a TV show for 45 minutes and it'll be done when you get back.

i think ill go crazy if i had to wait 45 mins for 79mb, how there is still people with dial up?... i dunno

That's a lot faster then dialup. An order of magnitude faster!!
 

Barfo

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Originally posted by: Crusty
That's not bad at all, go watch a TV show for 45 minutes and it'll be done when you get back.

I can't, I have this knack for monitoring downloads and I'd just come every 3 minutes to check.
 

Newbian

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Originally posted by: Crusty
Originally posted by: veraneo
Originally posted by: Crusty
That's not bad at all, go watch a TV show for 45 minutes and it'll be done when you get back.

i think ill go crazy if i had to wait 45 mins for 79mb, how there is still people with dial up?... i dunno

That's a lot faster then dialup. An order of magnitude faster!!

For dialup that would be like 2 days. :laugh:

Not to mention if someone picked up the phone.
 

Barfo

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Originally posted by: veraneo
Originally posted by: Crusty
That's not bad at all, go watch a TV show for 45 minutes and it'll be done when you get back.

i think ill go crazy if i had to wait 45 mins for 79mb, how there is still people with dial up?... i dunno

The problem is on the other end.
 

Jimmah

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Pfft, 36kb/s is fine, albeit terrible, but it could be worse. Imagine if you had to do it via spanned floppies......and the 3rd last one is corrupted.
 

Barfo

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Originally posted by: Jimmah
Pfft, 36kb/s is fine, albeit terrible, but it could be worse. Imagine if you had to do it via spanned floppies......and the 3rd last one is corrupted.

Heh, I actually did that in the floppy days, I was moving 32 MB worth of data and the second to last one was damaged :frown:
 

nerp

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Since when is downloading on the internet considered manly?
 

nerp

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Originally posted by: Newbian
Originally posted by: nerp
Since when is downloading on the internet considered manly?

When it's porn.

A dog is not eating when sniffing at the outside of the pantry, FYI.
 

Barfo

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Originally posted by: nerp
Since when is downloading on the internet considered manly?

Since your grandpa downloaded a bluray image with his 28.8 k modem.
 

Red Squirrel

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What pisses me off more is 99.85% done, and queued. (which usually means it's never going to get reseeded again). That's why when I download stuff I usually download like 20 of the same thing. One is bound to finish and work. :p
 

Barfo

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I never said it was a torrent :p but yeah the 99.9% thing is pretty frustrating, especially if it's something rare or huge.
 

alkemyst

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Originally posted by: veraneo
Originally posted by: Crusty
That's not bad at all, go watch a TV show for 45 minutes and it'll be done when you get back.

i think ill go crazy if i had to wait 45 mins for 79mb, how there is still people with dial up?... i dunno

having a girl or boyfriend makes it a non-issue most of the time. Even a pet.