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I love this sort of thing: > Be warned that 50 million digits of pi takes up 50 megabytes. This can take up to 4 hours to download with a 28.8k modem!
by kibibu 12y ago
I love this sort of thing:
> Be warned that 50 million digits of pi takes up 50 megabytes. This can take up to 4 hours to download with a 28.8k modem!
- Aldo_MX 12y agoHaha, I laugh at you! I got a 56k modem.
- BuildTheRobots 12y agoYeah, but does yours do v92? If you don't get the two bongs during connect then you're missing out ;)
- programmer_dude 12y agoDo the bongs come with some grass?
- BuildTheRobots 12y agoWell I did always find dial up far more bearable when I was drugged out of my head... though I'm kinda upset you don't remember the v92 connect noise... this is HN not reddit ;)
- kubiiii 12y agoHopefully some modems firmware can be upgraded to reach 33.6k :)
- chrismcb 12y agoIf I kick off a download, it will be done when I wake up. Better check the "hang up after download is finished"
- mathattack 12y agoThe website doesn't look like it's been updated in a dozen or so years, but it's still up. It's a good style marker for how the web used to look. I guess they still make enough in ad sales and Pi t-shirts to stay running.
- leephillips 12y ago"It's a good style marker for how the web used to look." Loads fast and easy to read. I hope our web designer friends are taking note.
- mathattack 12y agoThis was probably very slow back in the day. The irony is that network speed is being used to cram more stuff across the web, rather than speed up existing material. The price of change.