• Flying SquidOPM
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    261 year ago

    Although it sucked so much if you were downloading something like a large (for the time) game and had call waiting or someone picked up a phone in another part of the house. 3 hours down the drain.

    • @fox2263
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      341 year ago

      Download Managers were a god send for that reason.

      • Flying SquidOPM
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        271 year ago

        Definitely, but there was a time before them. A dark and evil time when your world could be destroyed by a guy calling to sell gutter cleaning services.

        • @fox2263
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          271 year ago

          Or your mam deciding to call her sister for 3 hours even though she just saw her.

          It took a very long time to get counter strike

      • @demonquark
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        71 year ago

        Holy shit. I completely forgot about download managers.

        • @fox2263
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          51 year ago

          I had one, I forget its name, but it was a firewall AND download manager. Bizarre combo if you ask me but it was pretty cool. Its logo was a lightning bolt I think.

    • @RampantParanoia2365
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      1 year ago

      Second house line was a game changer. Literally. It let me play Quake online.