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slow as sludge

mike65 · 2009-07-13 15:13:09

Like wading through treacle in lead boots while going uphill. win vista, opera 9.61

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13-07-2009 4:13pm

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mike65

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Like wading through treacle in lead boots while going uphill.

win vista, opera 9.61

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#2 13-07-2009 4:18pm
javaboy

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Me too. Took about 2 minutes to post this.

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#3 13-07-2009 4:26pm
Dades

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I keep expecting to hear the screech of a 14.4 kbit/s modem...

s l o w

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#4 13-07-2009 4:29pm
Jonathan

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Slooooooooooow for me too..

Some webnodes clap out or something?

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#5 13-07-2009 4:31pm
Ron DMC

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Slow out of it here also.

IE6 on XP.

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#6 13-07-2009 4:31pm
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#7 13-07-2009 4:38pm
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Ahh dial up.

Beep beep beep beep beepbeep. Nrr####ChhhhhkhhhnNeNuNe Chrrrr#####

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#8 13-07-2009 4:41pm
mike65

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0

God be with the days....

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#9 13-07-2009 4:43pm
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mike65 wrote: »

God be with the days....

I still get this wave of anticipation every time i hear it.

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#10 13-07-2009 4:46pm
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#11 13-07-2009 7:24pm
Red Sleeping Beauty

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Dead slow for me as well. I was getting the 404 stuff .
IE 7, Windows XP , Eircom brownband.

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#12 13-07-2009 7:31pm
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Looks like it was either someone who really fails at writing spiders or a deliberate DOS.

It would have been slow between approximately 15:57 and 16:28.

Ross blocked it off.

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