A regular glance at several status pages on #network connected #devices is routine for me.

My routine paused today as it dawned on me that a 60 watt light bulb gets about a 1000x better received rate than my last 56kps #modem ever did, and blows away the transmit rate by nearly twice its current 54Mps RX rate.

A fucking light bulb!

And somehow, _some people_ deny meaningful progress is even possible, and science is just plain wrong.

Asshats!

#GOP = #FlatEarthers

You know you're in the future when you can see the text “+++” on a web page and your Internet doesn't drop out before the page finishes loading.

#retrocomputing #dialup #modem

Le député Modem Marc Fesneau confie avoir déjà participé à une free party, alors qu'il défend la proposition de loi visant à pénaliser leur organisation: "J'ai été jeune", affirme-t-il sur Inter. "On a besoin d’avoir des responsables, la liberté s’arrête quand on vient nuire aux autres", souligne l'élu du Loir-et-Cher. On n'en saura pas plus sur la jeunesse de ce natif du 15e arrondissement de Paris...

#Politique #Freeparty #Gouvernement #MoDem #DirectAN #Justice #Repression #Police

April 1987 #yoursinclair special to explain you what a modem is and what it is for

#zxspectrum #internet #modem #retrogaming