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Tell me what it means (lemm.ee)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 9 months ago (3 children)

We had hopes for the future and internet connections made sounds.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Not if you disabled the sound so you could sneakily get online at night without your parents noticing! I was so happy when I figured that out and could quit nervously smothering the modem in pillows when connecting.

I don't know if that always worked. I didn't figure it out until we were on a 56k modem. Maybe it didn't work with older modems.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

ATL0 I think.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I did not know you could do that! My trick was to connect while parents were hussy, then distracting them from the phone the whole evening.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I miss having hope.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I wonder if the Internet would still make sounds if the communication devices were connected to speakers