> what? what? they were just washing each other
> back..what's so horrible about that

exactly this is just like the old modemer get togethers in the 80s

I am not too proud to admit that I was actually an aol member about twenty years ago. My mom sent me the installation kit on 3.5" floppies, and I connected using the 9600 baud modem which came with my Quantex 486 (which cost three thousand dollars at the time...) Aol used to charge by the hour back then, and one month my bill was larger than my car payment.

Then came the shareware version of DOOM.

It's all been downhill since.

This would be like fighting Italy after WWII... just because Italy had been allied with Germany.

I'd quite simply argue it is instead like fighting Italy during WWII because Italy was allied with Germany.

The entire problem is because everything has been spun into unrecognizable gibberish by the time it gets near the media, let alone the public. The advocates for staying in Afghanistan use Al Qaeda as shorthand for Islamic jihadists, because that makes it easier for the ignorant masses to follow. Further still, at the "Great Game" level nobody cares over much about a safe haven in Afghanistan for Islamic jihadists. The real concern is a safe haven for jihadists along Pakistan's border. The former head of Paksitan's ISI, that the US and nearly all muslim countries paid to form the jihadist armies that ousted the Soviets is Hamid Gul. He currently is an outspoken supporter of the Taliban's jihad, and formerly said the following in response to concerns about their formation "We are fighting a jihad and this is the first Islamic international brigade in the modem era. The communists have their international brigades, the West has NATO, why can't the Muslims unite and form a common front?" He's still very influential in Pakistan, and he is hardly alone. The jihadist's campaign prior to 9/11 had been garnering support within Pakistan's government, and they had made big strides. Since 9/11, when Pakistan's government responded to western pressures to reverse course, the jihadists have begun efforts to destabilize Pakistan instead. If they can't gain absolute control of the nations nuclear arsenal, instability and civil war within a nuclear state they hold tremendous sway in will also serve their needs.

And there you have the problem. Actually talking about the REAL situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan is simply far beyond the attention span of the people. They don't have the time to even hear the basic facts, let alone form any kind of opinion. So instead, the media provides them with unrecognizable pablum. It's like choosing between the steak and the lobster, but the only taste test you get is baby food jars of pureed steak and potates, or pureed lobster and spinach.

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Thanks for the promote! Tho silly me, it was a dupe. Oh well, the original submitter will be happy!

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>> ^Throbbin:

When I got my 14.4 US Robotics modem, I dialed into their bulletin board that they advertised on the underside of their modem. I thought it was very interesting. My mom not so much when the phone bill came in and she demanded to know who was calling a California phone number for 2 hours.


Yeah, it sounds like when was I was a newbie during my teenage days. I didn't know same area codes does not always mean local calls.

I still use my dial-up modem as a backup ($9.95 per month for ten hours a month, but it gives me Giganews with it!) once in a while when my cable modem goes down (stupid TWC RR, Adelphia, and @Home).

When I got my 14.4 US Robotics modem, I dialed into their bulletin board that they advertised on the underside of their modem. I thought it was very interesting. My mom not so much when the phone bill came in and she demanded to know who was calling a California phone number for 2 hours.

That's pretty cool. I currently have the sound of a 28.8 modem as my Blackberry's ringtone - gets some weird looks, but I love it.

>> ^jimnms:

Is there some kind of time delay before god hears your prayers and acts on them?


Yes. God uses a 56k modem. Do you know how long it takes for a prayer to get to heaven by 56k modem?!

>> ^demon_ix:

I used to spend a couple of hours with friends in the school computer lab, playing network games of Descent 2 every week... Good times...


I spent a couple hours a week playing it over a 14.4 modem. If I could type out the modem sounds I would but it wouldnt make any sence.. do do dooo doo weeii doo doo. hehehe. Playing this over a 14.4 was decent... enough ( bahahha)

Quite a bit faster than my 300 baud modem back in the 80's, but comparable to my 56k modem in the 90's.

A very important piece of history, there.