I've told this story before it's funny so I'll repeat it... It was the early 2000s and I heard a song on the radio where a man made a bunch of funny sounds with his voice and the only lyrics I remembered were "I'm the scat man". I was interested to see what else he made...
I went on to kazza and search "scat man", found a video I assumed was a music video and downloaded... Several hours later (56k modem)...
I am almost 40, and have been a VP of Engineering at multiple silicon valley based tech companies. Still I have an uncle who I'm quite sure doesn't trust me to touch any of his computers because in the 90s I definitely bricked more than a few of his PCs by fucking around and finding out.
What I remember (I think it was the eDonkey software) was the ads were just photos in a folder.
What I did was found dummy ads, renamed them to the names of the legitimate ads, deleted the original ads, and set the folder to read only. All I ever saw were the joke ads.
Man, that brings me back. That and the software that would update your trackers automagically every x amount of minutes.
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vrek@programming.dev · 60 pts · 2y
I've told this story before it's funny so I'll repeat it... It was the early 2000s and I heard a song on the radio where a man made a bunch of funny sounds with his voice and the only lyrics I remembered were "I'm the scat man". I was interested to see what else he made...
I went on to kazza and search "scat man", found a video I assumed was a music video and downloaded... Several hours later (56k modem)...
My childhood was lost forever.
Hupf@feddit.de · 18 pts · 2y
Skibidi before it was cool
shplane@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
Can definitely relate. Exploring rotten.com made quick work of my childhood innocence
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 44 pts · 2y
Now there's a face I haven't seen in a long time
AtariDump@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
Who is it?
bigkahuna1986@lemmy.ml · 25 pts · 2y
Heather Harmon... or so my friend says anyway.
AtariDump@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Hmm. Time to Google (I still don’t recognize her)
bigkahuna1986@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 2y
You're in for a treat... Or so my friend says anyway.
fibojoly@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
Oooooh! I didn't recognise her as a brunette! Now that brings back some memories...
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org · 27 pts · 2y
Throat goat.
v_krishna@lemmy.ml · 26 pts · 2y
I am almost 40, and have been a VP of Engineering at multiple silicon valley based tech companies. Still I have an uncle who I'm quite sure doesn't trust me to touch any of his computers because in the 90s I definitely bricked more than a few of his PCs by fucking around and finding out.
whereisk@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y
Breaking a few eggs to make the omelette. Unfortunately for him it was his eggs.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
this is exactly how I learned how to reinstall windows. fucking up my dad's compaq
eran_morad@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 2y
FlexibleToast@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
How could you not recognize the OG throat GOAT?
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
Where my eDonkey 2000 boys at‽
AtariDump@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Right here, but we’re moving to Overnet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDonkey2000
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
Good to know some vestige of the old days lives on.
AtariDump@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
What I remember (I think it was the eDonkey software) was the ads were just photos in a folder.
What I did was found dummy ads, renamed them to the names of the legitimate ads, deleted the original ads, and set the folder to read only. All I ever saw were the joke ads.
Man, that brings me back. That and the software that would update your trackers automagically every x amount of minutes.
devfuuu@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
So many hours. So many music I downloaded from there.
Skkorm@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
I wonder if she's aware about how many computers she's taking part in destroying
lurch@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 2y
sploosh@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
When Kazaa killed Kazaa Lite, I was upset until I got on Kazaa and downloaded Kazaa Lite.
iAvicenna@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
god the anticipation of waiting for that download to finish
natural_motions@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 2y