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SnowblindFatal
Jan 7, 2011
One thing that was missed was how many times you got something completely different.

Downloading Thief? You get Black and White.

Ren and Stimpy? Aurora Snow throatfucking video. (my first proper exposure to porn)

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SnowblindFatal
Jan 7, 2011
I appreciate the internet of today because I know what it was like when it was taking off.

SnowblindFatal
Jan 7, 2011

angelklaine posted:

back when you would start a download on your dial up connection which you got the access from a college friend who got it off his university. You were lucky if you got a 31kbps connection. Then you would set your computer to download that videogame, which would tie up your phoneline for 3 days.

...then after 16 hours, your mom picks up the phone to call someone and ruins your download. Time to start all over again!

That's why you downloaded one of those FREE DOWNLOAD MANAGER 300% SPEED BOOST programs.

SnowblindFatal
Jan 7, 2011
The kids whose first contact with computers will be through VR goggles will be so jaded.

SnowblindFatal
Jan 7, 2011

Dr.Caligari posted:

But back on the topic of most pirated files, I remember my first pirated album was Rage Against The Machines Evil Empire and it took for-goddamn-ever. It was in .ra or .ram or some other realaudio format and sounded like poo poo. If I took all the hours I spent trying to download that WHOLE ALBUM , and started raking grass or something, I would have had enough money to buy the cd 10 times over.

It's the journey, not the destination.

SnowblindFatal
Jan 7, 2011
Ask Wooster

SnowblindFatal
Jan 7, 2011

Zealee posted:

House of the rising son - Led Zeppelin.mp3

so the Jimi Hendrix version?

SnowblindFatal
Jan 7, 2011

kickascii posted:

I was around 12 or 13 when I got a 300 baud modem for my commodore 64. Kid at school had access to pirated games aka “warez" and hooked me up with a list of BBS phone numbers. I finally successfully connected and got into filling out a registration form. I got stumped on the "ANSI or ASCII" question when suddenly the screen went blank and a message slowly scrolled across. It dawned on me that someone was typing the message out in real time and it terrified me for some reason. "you are the worst lamer i have ever seen. never call here again."

lol

SnowblindFatal
Jan 7, 2011

mycomancy posted:

While all of those are words I know, I'm not certain what that combination is supposed to mean.

The first porn I had was a particularly disgusting deepthroat video masqueraded as a Ren & Stimpy episode, but I still liked it because it was the only piece I had. I assume others have had similar experiences.

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SnowblindFatal
Jan 7, 2011
That was porn...

to somebody.

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