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When I set that site up in 2011, it was really heart-warming how many people rallied around and chipped in. It's doubly nostalgic to see it here again, 5 years later. Edit: and there's still room on that donors page for any companies wanting to chip in something substantial. Edit 2: 5 years, not 4.
I'm interested in how much is being donated. Do you have any plans of releasing some stats?
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I'm interested in how much is being donated. Do you have any plans of releasing some stats?
I would be interested as well, it seems like the site should have been updated since then. Also I wonder what percentage of donations are a result of links to HN/reddit/social media rather than organic?
On a normal day the site gets about 10 visits. In the last 9 hours it's had about 17k.
On a related/tangential note, here [1] is the website for terminate, the world's most powerful communications software. 1: http://www.terminate.com/
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Did you know each manufacturer had a unique sound for their v90 handshake? This one sounds like a Lucent WinModem. (Based on listening to the sounds here[1]. Yay for RealAudio!) The USR/3Com modems were two "bongs" (four if the higher speed failed). But I was always fond of the Rockwell sweep[2]. Of course, required reading is HN favorite Oona Räisänen's excellent analysis of a modem handshake. [1] http://modemsite.c…
Yeah, I listened to the file and immediately thought: that's not how my US Robotics sounded! It's amazing how one remembers it after all these years. In my case, it's probably because of the poor line quality, one always connected with the sound on, and one prayed quite a bit to get a good connection.
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Yeah, I listened to the file and immediately thought: that's not how my US Robotics sounded! It's amazing how one remembers it after all these years. In my case, it's probably because of the poor line quality, one always connected with the sound on, and one prayed quite a bit to get a good connection.
Damn. Nostalgia hit right there. I had a lucent winmodem. I rrmembrr the time when i did my firts switch to linux ( redhat 7) and there was no way in making it work there:( luckily I found a isa modem (33k) that was compatible out of the box, those were the times
Oh man, the memories. For people who have grown up in a hyper-connected always-online world, it's hard to explain the pure joy of hearing the sound of your computer picking up the phone and sending those tones [0]. Because it meant going from isolated, disconnected and unitary to being part of a wider world. Suddenly, everything was at your fingertips and it was intoxicating to me as a teenager. Fire up Trumpet Winso…
And let's not forget the great times that could be had by joining any large channel on IRC and sending a single command: /CTCP #channel PING +++ATH0 Interestingly enough, I tried it again a few months ago and was shocked to discover that it apparently still works.
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> those tones http://evilrouters.net/56k.mp3 (MP3) It's my ring tone. I love the weird looks on people's faces when I'm in a meeting and my phone rings -- especially the "older" crowd (some of the "youngsters" don't recognize the sound).
Did you know each manufacturer had a unique sound for their v90 handshake? This one sounds like a Lucent WinModem. (Based on listening to the sounds here[1]. Yay for RealAudio!) The USR/3Com modems were two "bongs" (four if the higher speed failed). But I was always fond of the Rockwell sweep[2]. Of course, required reading is HN favorite Oona Räisänen's excellent analysis of a modem handshake. [1] http://modemsite.c…
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And let's not forget the great times that could be had by joining any large channel on IRC and sending a single command: /CTCP #channel PING +++ATH0 Interestingly enough, I tried it again a few months ago and was shocked to discover that it apparently still works.
The modem I had fixed this by requiring a 1 second gap after +++ where no bytes were sent before dropping into command mode.