Unholy Nightmare

Flameseeker · 2003-05-23, 10:28 PM

He tore open the recently purchased PS box. Shoving the discs into the comp, it installed in about an hour. After updating the launchpad, he connected. Flameseeker registered a Sony acct, and entered the CD-Key for a free month. Then, our hero hit connect. Go. Work.
"No subscription."
"Subscribe here."
I have a free month, right?
Nope.
After spamming message boards, the main character discovers he must buy a month, which will be free.
Bwahahah.
He connects, and completes the 10+ hour download, it's done at 3 in the morning. He sees the shiny "Play" button, but decides to sleep.
Flameseeker gets up, and gets on PS. What's this? After a few hours have passed, the pretty Play button has vanished.
"NOOOOOO!"
He has to leave, so he turns the comp off. After coming back, he finishes the new DL in two hours. He clicks "Training" to hone his skills.
"You need 256 RAM, you have 128, NO PS FOR J00, FOO!"
Why do you hate me, spoon?

Stregone · 2003-05-23, 10:30 PM

You do get the first month free. They don't charge your untill the free month is up. You can cancel your account right away and still play your free month.

AcidCat · 2003-05-23, 10:40 PM

If you really have only 128 megs of ram you should have invested the money you spent on planetside on more ... that's ridiculous.

Flameseeker · 2003-05-23, 10:42 PM

1. Getting more ASAP.
2. Do Bytes per Second=k? 28bps=28k? I would assume so.

EODTech · 2003-05-23, 11:50 PM

So are you saying that you have a 28.8 modem?

Destroyeron · 2003-05-23, 11:54 PM

Oh god, my old modem was a 28.8, dude, in PS 56k is MINIMUM!!!! Check your system requirements!!!

mistled · 2003-05-24, 12:20 AM

Originally posted by Flameseeker
2. Do Bytes per Second=k? 28bps=28k? I would assume so.

Uh.. no... k=1,024b... so 28k is roughly 29,000bytes

where in the world do you see bps??

*edit* b = byte
k = kilobyte (1000 bytes.... but it's actually a power of 2 thing, so it's 1,024 and not an exact 1000)

Gwartham · 2003-05-24, 12:21 AM

"2. Do Bytes per Second=k? 28bps=28k? I would assume so."

K=kilobyte=thousand bytes, hence why most communications are in Kbps.

If your getting 28bps, your world is indeed a very gloomy place.

HellFlame · 2003-05-24, 03:19 AM

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P.S. I'm not trying to be cruel..........much.

Sentrosi · 2003-05-24, 03:26 AM

I hate to say this, but I nominate FlameSeeker for the PSU Darwin award.

Gwartham · 2003-05-24, 03:29 AM

Yes if you want to be technical mistled is correct.

course if you want to even more technical:

1 kilobyte (K / Kb) = 2^10 bytes = 1,024 bytes

Shadowsword8 · 2003-05-24, 05:52 AM

@ Hellflame: Maybe you can try to make your next post a little more.......Constructive, can't you?

Demdadar · 2003-05-24, 08:58 AM

HellFlame , his name tells it " Hell " and " Flame " .
He lives flaming .

Seer · 2003-05-24, 10:47 AM

A byte is 8 bits, and modems are clocked in kilobits per second. Most downloads are measured in kilobytes per second. That's why, even though you have a 28.8 kbps modem, your DLs will never go above 3.6 k/s.

Flameseeker · 2003-05-24, 03:38 PM

Hellflame- In your sheltered little world did you realize not everyone can afford a top of the line computer every year? Or that not every person on this board has access to cable? If I could get cable, I'd have it. But this isn't the case.

Everyone else-I was skimming the bps info off the top of my head, I thought I saw it on AOL. My 28k doesn't lag at all in most games, yet DLs retardedly slow.

This used to be a friendly place to ask questions, but it seems that it has turned into something else.