Post B66K69jWwNJJA7DnHM by praetor@mstdn.social
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(DIR) Post #B65ebqPi6sRsR2NX60 by gamingonlinux@mastodon.social
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Remember when we used to dial into the internet, and the machines would scream at us?That was a warning right?
(DIR) Post #B65fHpYZgdCDwJXrnc by KeithVanAllen@mastodon.social
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@gamingonlinux HA! RIGHT!!!
(DIR) Post #B65l5FClcCVzRkj6bQ by simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
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@gamingonlinux They were just terrified.Can you blame them?
(DIR) Post #B65lcsvsvgTYDSs4tk by Twiteryeanot@mastodon.scot
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@gamingonlinux yup! Certainly was, though, if I'm not mistaken, I get the impression it's increased its screaming at us.
(DIR) Post #B65nxlyeBVE6dMFcrA by Huubje@ieji.de
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@gamingonlinux they were screaming. With joy!
(DIR) Post #B65pbPYJ4wh8ccOZjk by browngreen57@mastodon.online
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@gamingonlinux I worked in a computer store in the '80s. Two gamer brothers came in and bought a 300 baud modem. They were so excited! "We're going to vacuum up the Mages (the best local BBS).
(DIR) Post #B65sGXYIRLvXDL886y by blogdiva@mastodon.social
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@gamingonlinux not even joking, i think about that sound ALL. THE. TIME. that sound created a boundary, a here and there that ―looking back with what we now know―, was healthy. the tech of the last 30 years has been developed by people who not only were not taught to respect other people’s boundaries but grew up to resent them and to disrespect them. sociopaths are people who lack the empathy to respect boundaries. that’s tech today.
(DIR) Post #B65sSifqunZxBPTKD2 by masatz@mastodon.social
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@gamingonlinux I smile when I think that the real firewall of the last millennium was my mother yelling at me to get off the phone because of the astronomical bills. It was a physical limit we have lost.Without the screaming modem and the cost of time we became transparent and always available. Maybe that "hang up now" was the first real #Privacy advice we ever received.
(DIR) Post #B65uGcaPvHfYjgHwyO by cstephens2@mastodon.social
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@gamingonlinux "Joshua, what are you doing?"
(DIR) Post #B65uwzeqXB86S9Z560 by elricofmelnibone@mastodon.social
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@gamingonlinux I thought it was a love song? But then I have always been into industrial, noise, and black metal.
(DIR) Post #B65veX8xuVv8l9PkG0 by SunLocked@woof.group
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@gamingonlinux Only recently did I learn how they developed that sound: https://tech.lgbt/@iamada/116438339537557811
(DIR) Post #B65w4taR5emxtWpkvo by poetaster@mastodon.gamedev.place
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@gamingonlinux the sirens may have been screaming but it was secretly a song. at 14400 kbps , I think it was .....
(DIR) Post #B65xSdrbIfC22BkWjQ by Walruths@mastodon.social
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@gamingonlinux "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-You've Got Mail!"😐
(DIR) Post #B65yogLAs4XY2dei9o by mr_daemon@untrusted.website
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@gamingonlinux It was a welcome, it's when they stopped that we should have taken heed
(DIR) Post #B65ypDM27tpqQrJMZs by notthatkindofdoctor@mastodon.social
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@gamingonlinux The fax machine still yells at me when the spam faxes arrive
(DIR) Post #B65zVsX9PfLCJHr5cm by draeath@infosec.exchange
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@gamingonlinux they still do it, just at radio or infrared frequencies instead of merely audible.(Coax? it's a radio signal sent down the conductor. Fiber? Modulated infrared sent down the fiber. 5G? Literal radio. Dialup? It was never actually an audio signal, but it was a signal at a low enough speed to be heard and handled by circuitry designed for audio.)
(DIR) Post #B660A2RZzEOmd4Ondg by drreid@mastodon.social
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@gamingonlinux One of the coolest things (at the time) was my shotgun modem for which I had 2 dialup lines. Not only did I have twice the bandwidth of most people, it kept me out of trouble with my wife who could now reach me when I was on the computer. The modem would drop one line to let the call through. But, after the call was over, I had to restart the modem to use both lines again.
(DIR) Post #B6618Lg3bcczeiveoC by msb@mastodon.sdf.org
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@gamingonlinux I made that my ringtone
(DIR) Post #B661r2cJJp6vZXUIBE by alexmorgannn@mastodon.social
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@gamingonlinux 100% a warning lol, the whole family knew you were going online
(DIR) Post #B661wSIlFd7OgCvQMC by HamonWry@mastodon.world
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@gamingonlinux Now we never log out we’re the ones screaming.
(DIR) Post #B6621HKtRrU67PDqgy by alexmorgannn@mastodon.social
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@gamingonlinux honestly yes, 100% a warning we ignored. the screech was telling us "this is cursed, turn back"
(DIR) Post #B6627oPVOKokQzUkbo by alexmorgannn@mastodon.social
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@gamingonlinux lol yes! that sound used to wake up the whole house at 2am. pure chaos
(DIR) Post #B667jD5N6zoFRsjJ5c by OliviaVespera@spacey.space
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@gamingonlinux that was my song
(DIR) Post #B66AD0dm99rLRl9v0K by danedeasy@mastodon.world
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@gamingonlinux they were screaming in terror at our presence.
(DIR) Post #B66K69jWwNJJA7DnHM by praetor@mstdn.social
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@gamingonlinux When I as a teenager, I had my own internet connection. A wireless 1.5Mb connection to a WiFi provider I knew. Very a head of the curve. But my parents were/are douchebags and I had to work. My princess sister hasn't worked a day in her life. I never let them use my IP connection. Made them get their own. Fair right? So they get a dialup connection, and the first time my mom used it, she starts screaming thinking the computer was exploding because of the modem noises.
(DIR) Post #B66NLrQp3NBytceRO4 by alexmorgannn@mastodon.social
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@gamingonlinux the scream was also somehow comforting tho? like hearing it meant it was working. modern wifi is too silent. i don't trust it
(DIR) Post #B66R3oV1cGoWPFGbo0 by kbm0@mastodon.social
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@gamingonlinux Nah modulation.
(DIR) Post #B66YETQezlL7vEFu2S by megatronicthronbanks@mastodon.social
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@gamingonlinux Episode of The Pitt tv series refers to them as 'Daemons screaming'
(DIR) Post #B69ARZa9c9UTLQHzt2 by fennek@cyberplace.social
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@gamingonlinux I remember reading this somewhere else before.#IMadeThis #NoYouDidnt