野麦さん to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 9 days agoValve's DRM was inspired by an exec's nephew, who 'used a $500 check I'd sent him for school expenses and bought himself a CD-ROM replicator… he sent me a lovely thank you note'www.pcgamer.commessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1212arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1210arrow-down1external-linkValve's DRM was inspired by an exec's nephew, who 'used a $500 check I'd sent him for school expenses and bought himself a CD-ROM replicator… he sent me a lovely thank you note'www.pcgamer.com野麦さん to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 9 days agomessage-square48fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNight MonkeylinkfedilinkEnglish5•8 days agoOof. I’m guessing your modem wasn’t actually connecting at 56k then. Or anywhere near it. I was able to get a 3-5 megabyte mp3 in about 12-20 mins max using my dial up service. This is using Napster.
minus-square@IllNess@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglish2•7 days agoI never thought to check my speed when I had a 56k modem. Interesting. You are probably correct that I never got full speed.
Oof. I’m guessing your modem wasn’t actually connecting at 56k then. Or anywhere near it. I was able to get a 3-5 megabyte mp3 in about 12-20 mins max using my dial up service. This is using Napster.
I never thought to check my speed when I had a 56k modem. Interesting.
You are probably correct that I never got full speed.