/Me cries big tears

/Me cries big tears

Re: /Me cries big tears Posted by Orpheus on Tue Nov 16th 2004 at 12:27am
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Posted 2004-11-16 12:27am
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I have been stuck at my dads all day, his connection is 56k, but it only connects at 2.4..

needless to say, snarkpit is NOT 56K FRIENDLY after all :cry:

you guys, i want you to know, i will be riding the XAT.COM superhighway even more vigorously to assist you in the screens people are posting..

it has been a bad day all around.. no not cause of the pit.. 2.4 sucks on all sites..

i feel for you guys, who come here daily and deal with it.. i miss my 1.5 DSL :cry:

/rant
Re: /Me cries big tears Posted by 7dk2h4md720ih on Tue Nov 16th 2004 at 1:03am
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Posted 2004-11-16 1:03am
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Try turning images off and try to navigate like that. Your avatar would take almost 4 seconds to load... poor guy.
Re: /Me cries big tears Posted by Tracer Bullet on Tue Nov 16th 2004 at 1:12am
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I don't think I could handle going back to a dial-up. It'd be like drinking a milkshake through a coffee stirrer.
Re: /Me cries big tears Posted by Crono on Tue Nov 16th 2004 at 1:14am
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Posted 2004-11-16 1:14am
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What are you, 13?
Re: /Me cries big tears Posted by Mephs on Tue Nov 16th 2004 at 2:15am
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Posted 2004-11-16 2:15am
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Snarkpit images on or off is still pretty much against us minorities.
Even at work, (got god knows what kinda specs govt puters, its still funky.)

/me bonds with Orph (till he gets a better connection or I submit a map....till then,....)
Re: /Me cries big tears Posted by Hugh on Tue Nov 16th 2004 at 4:00am
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Posted 2004-11-16 4:00am
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Yeesh, 2.4... I have 56k, but at least I get a good solid 5...

/me offers Orph a cookie.
Re: /Me cries big tears Posted by Cash Car Star on Tue Nov 16th 2004 at 6:53am
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Posted 2004-11-16 6:53am
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I'm mixed up in the dial-up shenanigans, so I run the forums using the condensed view. No avatars or sigs, but it's otherwise pretty rocking. Lep set the thing up pretty well.
Re: /Me cries big tears Posted by Orpheus on Tue Nov 16th 2004 at 9:56am
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Posted 2004-11-16 9:56am
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for the most part, its the users.. but i am so glad i don't live here 2.4 is horrible, even by 56k standards..

he lives way out, the servers only guarantee 2.4. tis a good thing, cause thats all he's getting :lol:
Re: /Me cries big tears Posted by scary_jeff on Tue Nov 16th 2004 at 9:57am
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I use condensed view as well. Also the firefox cache seems better than the IE one, which helps a lot when on modem. Snarkpit is a lot better than most sites for 56K, most sites have pointless flash animations everywhere and huge banner or background images...
Re: /Me cries big tears Posted by Orpheus on Tue Nov 16th 2004 at 10:04am
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Posted 2004-11-16 10:04am
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scary_jeff said:
I use condensed view as well. Also the firefox cache seems better than the IE one, which helps a lot when on modem. Snarkpit is a lot better than most sites for 56K, most sites have pointless flash animations everywhere and huge banner or background images...
case in point, kage posted a tiny screenshot of the steam image.. it was 2 inches by 3 inches and no where near optimized.. it was 67k for christ sakes.took ma almost 15 seconds to load. 10k would have been oversized..

no one optimizes anymore cause of broadband :sad:
Re: /Me cries big tears Posted by OtZman on Tue Nov 16th 2004 at 12:52pm
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Posted 2004-11-16 12:52pm
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A few weeks ago I got broadband. But before that I did my best to stand
56k and god, it was annoying sometimes. Hell, I hate 56k. It
disconnected and stuff. 56k is pure evil.