Humor: Cargo Cult Programming

[John Abreau]

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Jason Stephenson <jason at sigio.com> writes:

> My first 'net connection was over a 2400 baud modem to a Unix server. I 
> used that modem for 3 years before I could afford a 14400 modem. I used 
> that for several years before getting ADSL at 768 Kbps / 128 Kbps. 
> Today, I'm on a dedicated SDSL line at 144 Kbps both ways, and sometimes 
> it feels slow.

My first connection was via an old thermal-print teletype with a built-in 
110/300 baud acoustic coupler, dialed into a Vax/VMS system at Northeastern
University. Took about four seconds to print a single line. Now *that* 
was painful!


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