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Stopping The 56K Hate

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the if-you-can't-laugh-cry dept.

A just-barely-Anonymous Coward writes: "Every day, hundreds of people are discriminated against by their Internet connection, banned from video/audio downloads, video/audio streaming, gaming, webcasts, and many other everyday Internet activities. The damage starts small -- hurt feelings, a little anger -- but soon it all escalates into pure rage that often leads up into the cutting of the aggressors' broadband line. The broadband users of the internet are the ones that torment the little people. All too often they forget their true origins; where they came from back in the good old days before there were even 56k modems. This website is dedicated to stopping the hate of 56k modems. Show your support by joining the ranks." No accounting for taste, but I laughed from this end of a 53K connection to my ISP.

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  1. hmm.. there IS an area where modems are preferred by radja · · Score: 3, Interesting

    and once again.. it's porn. Certain porn-sites use a 'plugin' that basically makes your modem call a commercial dialin point owned by the porn-server. This makes for easy billing.

    //rdj

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    No one can understand the truth until he drinks of coffee's frothy goodness.
    --Sheikh Abd-Al-Kadir, 1587
  2. Re:You dont design things for the LCD by doctor_oktagon · · Score: 3, Interesting

    When you build things, you dont build them for the lowest common denominator.

    I'm sorry, but sometimes you do, or at least you should!

    Take a look at these two UK sites:
    John Charcol Finances and
    Intelligent Finance

    Note how the IF site is clean and slick, while you have to wait for the entire Charcol page to load before you use it. Even when you are on a broadband connection the "snappiness" of the site matters.

    The main web design problems in the world are caused by people trying to make the most of those flashy graphic design courses they were sent on, and less on delivering the appropriate level of functionality for the site. I just don't trust a web site which bloats out on every link & load.

  3. Slashdot readership stats ... get 'em fresh! by doctor_oktagon · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Check these links!

    OS being used and
    Browser being used

    and
    9 poor saps are surfing at 640x480.

    IE5 on Windows 2000 easily the most popular OS amongst current readership (probably UK readers in their offices).

    It seems some people are using IE2.0 (don't believe it), and Konqueror is beating Opera.
    I'm most impressed by the fact 2 people just read the page using Amigas .... go boys go!!