When I connected to the internet with a 14.4k modem, I used to think that when my connection was taking a long time, if I moved the mouse around a lot, it helped speed up the process. Like making the computer "think about" more things reminded it to finish loading the page I was looking for, or resume downloading. The funny thing is, it seemed to work.
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When I connected to the internet with a 14.4k modem, I used to think that when my connection was taking a long time, if I moved the mouse around a lot, it helped speed up the process. Like making the computer "think about" more things reminded it to finish loading the page I was looking for, or resume downloading. The funny thing is, it seemed to work.