Although it sucked so much if you were downloading something like a large (for the time) game and had call waiting or someone picked up a phone in another part of the house. 3 hours down the drain.
Definitely, but there was a time before them. A dark and evil time when your world could be destroyed by a guy calling to sell gutter cleaning services.
I had one, I forget its name, but it was a firewall AND download manager. Bizarre combo if you ask me but it was pretty cool. Its logo was a lightning bolt I think.
In the 2000(s) messengers used to warn you not send phone numbers to your chat correspondents. now without giving out your phone number you can't use those messengers
18 Comments
Mcdolan@lemmy.world · 62 pts · 2y
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works · 48 pts · 2y
When "going online" was an evening activity, not a necessity of life
GenesisJones@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 2y
Hey are you off the phone???? I wanna get online!!!!
-Shouted from a different floor where the PC was
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Hey get off the phone I want to look at saucy pictures of, um, shut up it's my gravy magazine okay
UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y
Going offline is my weekend activity. Time to pile up the firewood for winter.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 2y
Although it sucked so much if you were downloading something like a large (for the time) game and had call waiting or someone picked up a phone in another part of the house. 3 hours down the drain.
fox2263@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 2y
Download Managers were a god send for that reason.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 2y
Definitely, but there was a time before them. A dark and evil time when your world could be destroyed by a guy calling to sell gutter cleaning services.
fox2263@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 2y
Or your mam deciding to call her sister for 3 hours even though she just saw her.
It took a very long time to get counter strike
demonquark@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Holy shit. I completely forgot about download managers.
fox2263@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
I had one, I forget its name, but it was a firewall AND download manager. Bizarre combo if you ask me but it was pretty cool. Its logo was a lightning bolt I think.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Second house line was a game changer. Literally. It let me play Quake online.
erranto@lemmy.world · 51 pts · 2y
In the 2000(s) messengers used to warn you not send phone numbers to your chat correspondents. now without giving out your phone number you can't use those messengers
MisterD@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 2y
Brrrrshh..ooooo...shhhhh...twang! twang!..urrshhhhh.t
Ah yes! I got the twang twang so I got a good connection above 33.6k!
BlinkerFluid@lemmy.one · 16 pts · 2y
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
CubbyTustard@reddthat.com · 10 pts · 2y
Techmaster@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
If you were REALLY cool you would ping people and tell their end to respond with +++ATH0 and suddenly you couldn't ping them any more.
zurohki@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Man, I just used ATM0. I thought I was a l33t haxx0r.
CubbyTustard@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 2y
M500@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 2y
Now I want to set that up on a guest network so they have to listen to that sound before it lets them connect 😂
troyunrau@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 2y
AT codes are still used in a lot of places.