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March 07, 2007
Dreams of a faster Internet connection
Look at the speeds above, just registered here on my wireless PowerBook G4 running OSX 10.3.9 on Comcast high-speed internet.
What do you think?
Pretty darn fast, is probably what's going through your mind.
And, relative to the speeds most people I know get, it is.
But let me tell you something: I bet I spend at least one hour a day atop my treadmill waiting, waiting, waiting for sites to download and uploads to happen, in the course of creating bookofjoe.
That's one hour I could have for all manner of cool stuff I'd rather be doing than just striding along here on my treadmill, listening to Daft Punk et al.
It must be nice to work at Google or live in Korea where everything happens instantly, what with average speeds of 100,000kbps.
Real soon now, maybe.
March 7, 2007 at 12:01 PM | Permalink
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"what with average speeds of 100kbps."
isn't that like ISDN speeds?
even if you meant "bytes" instead of bits, that's still pretty little... missing a zero or two maybe?
Posted by: Jeff Foster | Mar 7, 2007 8:08:27 PM
10.3.9! Are you insane?!?!?! What happens on sunday when DST kicks in? You'll be an hour late to all your important meetings!! Without upgrading to 10.4.8, you can't get the DST fix and as such, will be stuck in the past.
Just a reminder that DST will be starting on the 11th this year. Set your clocks accordingly.
Posted by: Maximillian | Mar 7, 2007 1:58:06 PM
