Babe 3: Pig With A Modem must be made now
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Babe 3: Pig With A Modem must be made now
Big Oof. Montreal is being hit by a proper snowstorm... in early November lol. We lost power an hour ago and Hydro-Quebec still doesnt know where the problem is. I guess an early bedtime is in order. My UPS is keeping my modem going and my laptop has good battery but no gaming uh
#QCStorm
#QCStorm
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Big Oof. Montreal is being hit by a proper snowstorm... in early November lol. We lost power an hour ago and Hydro-Quebec still doesnt know where the problem is. I guess an early bedtime is in order. My UPS is keeping my modem going and my laptop has good battery but no gaming uh
#QCStorm
#QCStorm
e meu gato que comeu o fio da fonte do modem 🤡 agora estou sem internet apenas sobrevivendo com 4g
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 AM
e meu gato que comeu o fio da fonte do modem 🤡 agora estou sem internet apenas sobrevivendo com 4g
I think you just connected your phone to the Kremlin modem pool!
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I think you just connected your phone to the Kremlin modem pool!
"Private right of action" is one of the most insidiously evil innovations in modem politics
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
"Private right of action" is one of the most insidiously evil innovations in modem politics
Psyched to check out HAMNET, which I understand to be about a pig with a modem
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Psyched to check out HAMNET, which I understand to be about a pig with a modem
you ever just remember (from one month ago)
pinky crush! sparkle shower!
(in the voice of every bemani artist crammed into a sound booth at 5 PM on Friday) IIDX GOOOOO oo o o o o o ("let's gooo o o o o oo" sample)
200 BPM.
(modem dialing sounds over reversed kicks ensue)
pinky crush! sparkle shower!
(in the voice of every bemani artist crammed into a sound booth at 5 PM on Friday) IIDX GOOOOO oo o o o o o ("let's gooo o o o o oo" sample)
200 BPM.
(modem dialing sounds over reversed kicks ensue)
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
you ever just remember (from one month ago)
pinky crush! sparkle shower!
(in the voice of every bemani artist crammed into a sound booth at 5 PM on Friday) IIDX GOOOOO oo o o o o o ("let's gooo o o o o oo" sample)
200 BPM.
(modem dialing sounds over reversed kicks ensue)
pinky crush! sparkle shower!
(in the voice of every bemani artist crammed into a sound booth at 5 PM on Friday) IIDX GOOOOO oo o o o o o ("let's gooo o o o o oo" sample)
200 BPM.
(modem dialing sounds over reversed kicks ensue)
So what I'm hearing is:
There are people out here thinking "Super Metroid Bad".
Okay, okay, I just need to throw my modem in the trash, no biggie.
There are people out here thinking "Super Metroid Bad".
Okay, okay, I just need to throw my modem in the trash, no biggie.
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
So what I'm hearing is:
There are people out here thinking "Super Metroid Bad".
Okay, okay, I just need to throw my modem in the trash, no biggie.
There are people out here thinking "Super Metroid Bad".
Okay, okay, I just need to throw my modem in the trash, no biggie.
So, there I was, Kazaa'ing some Avril Lavigne MP3s, and suddenly the modem started making these weird noises and it was someone calling on the house phone trying to reach my mom, except she was working over at Enron in the claims department. It was so embarrassing I almost whizzed my JNCOs.
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
So, there I was, Kazaa'ing some Avril Lavigne MP3s, and suddenly the modem started making these weird noises and it was someone calling on the house phone trying to reach my mom, except she was working over at Enron in the claims department. It was so embarrassing I almost whizzed my JNCOs.
If there is a numerical code with five or more digits with no dashes in between, sorry y’all I can not read that. My mind just melts. I almost had a panic attack reading the serial number off the back of my modem to my internet service provider.
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
If there is a numerical code with five or more digits with no dashes in between, sorry y’all I can not read that. My mind just melts. I almost had a panic attack reading the serial number off the back of my modem to my internet service provider.
Fun fact: all the data is pouring out of that ragged hole and winter dark is rushing in. Soon, you will be able to pick up the phone in the comfort of your own home and hear its cradling ocean hiss, like a modem that can't quite be bothered to connect, heard through the blanket over your head
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Fun fact: all the data is pouring out of that ragged hole and winter dark is rushing in. Soon, you will be able to pick up the phone in the comfort of your own home and hear its cradling ocean hiss, like a modem that can't quite be bothered to connect, heard through the blanket over your head
literally once helped migrate a bank's server with a 5G modem and antennas strapped to a moving van, worked fine
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
literally once helped migrate a bank's server with a 5G modem and antennas strapped to a moving van, worked fine
Kinda bumbed that my modem may be cooked and that I had to stop stream, but I should be able to come back up tomorrow hopefully. I'll use the bonus time to work on my discord, and maybe watch some Farscape. I know I've watched the whole series half a dozen times, but its so dang good.
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Kinda bumbed that my modem may be cooked and that I had to stop stream, but I should be able to come back up tomorrow hopefully. I'll use the bonus time to work on my discord, and maybe watch some Farscape. I know I've watched the whole series half a dozen times, but its so dang good.
Orange modem ? Mon dieu quelle horreur
November 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Orange modem ? Mon dieu quelle horreur
It's still boggling to me I can download half a gig in less than 10 seconds. I remember buying my first DSL modem that could download at a whopping 250 kbps. Imagine... 25 KB/sec! Breakneck speeds like that were unheard of in 2000.
And now I can pull upwards of 100 MB/sec.
4000x faster.
🤯
And now I can pull upwards of 100 MB/sec.
4000x faster.
🤯
a cartoon character says welcome to the world of tomorrow !!!
ALT: a cartoon character says welcome to the world of tomorrow !!!
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
It's still boggling to me I can download half a gig in less than 10 seconds. I remember buying my first DSL modem that could download at a whopping 250 kbps. Imagine... 25 KB/sec! Breakneck speeds like that were unheard of in 2000.
And now I can pull upwards of 100 MB/sec.
4000x faster.
🤯
And now I can pull upwards of 100 MB/sec.
4000x faster.
🤯
That's cool but kids will never really know the pain until they have to share the phone line with a dial-up modem.
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
That's cool but kids will never really know the pain until they have to share the phone line with a dial-up modem.
I should be able to just say I was born in the 80s so I can bypass the baby questions like this
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I should be able to just say I was born in the 80s so I can bypass the baby questions like this
Je dirais même plus : on dirait presque un orange MoDem. ☝️😌
Pour le second point, je te conseille la flagellation avec un bouquet de ronces sèches et d’orties fraîches. Cul nu, bien sûr. 😏
Pour le second point, je te conseille la flagellation avec un bouquet de ronces sèches et d’orties fraîches. Cul nu, bien sûr. 😏
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Je dirais même plus : on dirait presque un orange MoDem. ☝️😌
Pour le second point, je te conseille la flagellation avec un bouquet de ronces sèches et d’orties fraîches. Cul nu, bien sûr. 😏
Pour le second point, je te conseille la flagellation avec un bouquet de ronces sèches et d’orties fraîches. Cul nu, bien sûr. 😏
I had to clean up the image, so pulled it into Illustrator and just built up the shapes in various layers before back into photoshop for mucking around and back into InDesign to finish it off. And I clearly missed a trick which I fixed and labelled this Modem Classics.
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I had to clean up the image, so pulled it into Illustrator and just built up the shapes in various layers before back into photoshop for mucking around and back into InDesign to finish it off. And I clearly missed a trick which I fixed and labelled this Modem Classics.
I did computer work from home using dial-up modem. There wasn't any internet involved, just remote login over phone lines.
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I did computer work from home using dial-up modem. There wasn't any internet involved, just remote login over phone lines.
For context: I recently switched from a wireless connection to a proper wired connection to my modem. This is great! Unfortunately, it seems like the switch might have had some unforeseen effects on my OBS settings. This isn't!
Give me some days to try and sort things out. I'll keep you posted.
Give me some days to try and sort things out. I'll keep you posted.
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
For context: I recently switched from a wireless connection to a proper wired connection to my modem. This is great! Unfortunately, it seems like the switch might have had some unforeseen effects on my OBS settings. This isn't!
Give me some days to try and sort things out. I'll keep you posted.
Give me some days to try and sort things out. I'll keep you posted.
Log into the provider modem and record the values for upstream and downstream, as well as SNR.
Read them off to the tier-1 person in India, and they'll immediately hand you off to tier-2.
No, that's not the problem, but it's techy enough to scare them into escalating.
Read them off to the tier-1 person in India, and they'll immediately hand you off to tier-2.
No, that's not the problem, but it's techy enough to scare them into escalating.
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Log into the provider modem and record the values for upstream and downstream, as well as SNR.
Read them off to the tier-1 person in India, and they'll immediately hand you off to tier-2.
No, that's not the problem, but it's techy enough to scare them into escalating.
Read them off to the tier-1 person in India, and they'll immediately hand you off to tier-2.
No, that's not the problem, but it's techy enough to scare them into escalating.
You're not an old fart until you've placed a rotary phone handset onto an actual MODEM to download a file to audiocassette so you could print out a paper map to the record store to buy vinyl with a paper cheque so you could listen to music on your turntable through your outdoor weatherproof speakers
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
You're not an old fart until you've placed a rotary phone handset onto an actual MODEM to download a file to audiocassette so you could print out a paper map to the record store to buy vinyl with a paper cheque so you could listen to music on your turntable through your outdoor weatherproof speakers
Can’t wait for the 14.4 modem to make a comeback.
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Can’t wait for the 14.4 modem to make a comeback.
Did that when they were having issues with their setup, but now I think they've changed ISPs and are fine with their retail modem and router, so I might claim that back for my home network and set up some homelab stuff.
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Did that when they were having issues with their setup, but now I think they've changed ISPs and are fine with their retail modem and router, so I might claim that back for my home network and set up some homelab stuff.