Valve's DRM was inspired by an exec's nephew, who 'used a $500 check I'd sent him for school expenses and bought himself a CD-ROM replicator… he sent me a lovely thank you note'

野麦さん@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 days ago

Valve's DRM was inspired by an exec's nephew, who 'used a $500 check I'd sent him for school expenses and bought himself a CD-ROM replicator… he sent me a lovely thank you note'

Night Monkey@sh.itjust.works · 9 days ago

Oof. I’m guessing your modem wasn’t actually connecting at 56k then. Or anywhere near it. I was able to get a 3-5 megabyte mp3 in about 12-20 mins max using my dial up service. This is using Napster.

IllNess@infosec.pub · 9 days ago

I never thought to check my speed when I had a 56k modem. Interesting.

You are probably correct that I never got full speed.