The network setup that could drive any sane person to
poke their eyeballs out with a spoon. A 56k modem, I can handle it, that's all I've ever had (aside from when I had
less), but sharing it is driving me insane. This is because the other computer in the house sucks bandwidth up...
all of the
bandwidth. I can't even connect to IRC if anyone downloads a file on that computer. It doesn't happen the other way around, just from that bandwidth guzzling stupid computer of my brother's. Curse you, computer,
curse you! This of course, isn't a permanent setup, it's just in effect until my brother has to go back to
college and takes his bandwidth eating beast with him. I guess it's just the way his computer is setup, at least that's what he tells me.. I think
he's doing it on purpose.
Evil! Evil, I tell you!
Things not to do while sharing a
56k modem with someone:
- download 500 meg porn movies.
- discover the meaning of life by means of watching billions of shockwave enhanced websites.
- decide to add to your mp3 collection with 20 or 30 full albums.
Generally I've more
patience, but I hate it when I try to connect to IRC and it just times out over and over.
Feeling.. urge.. to... kill... must.. not... someone punch me in the head. I'm kidding, this really isn't
a bad thing, sharing the modem, it works well for
low bandwidth internet things.