The RPM Challenge - Internet 1, Tangmo 0

Internet 1, Tangmo 0

Tuesday, 15 April 2008

I'm gearing up to go offline for an undetermined period of time. Part of it is a bid to save money, and part of it is a reaction to years and years of dialup. I'm just tired of the frustration--that which I experience from my own lack of a fast connection, and that which I experience collatorally from people who don't have a clue what connecting at 28 kbps means.

Love or hate the source, Noam Chomsky is reported to have said (to the effect): The internet is an elitist organization when you consider half the world has never made a phone call. Don't know if either the quote or the figures cited are accurate, but it sure feels true--and I need a break. Getting a bit closer to my brothers and sisters in the fellowship of info-highway suffering will be as good a info-holiday as trekking in Nepal.

I've got some 'business' to finalize (including a bit here) but am aiming to have that wrapped up by weeks end. When it is, I'll be disappearing from the net for a period of time yet to be decided--in other words, I'm playing it by ear like my keyboard.

Ya'll be good. Send me a postcard, if you feel like it.

Comments (10)

1 Yeah Sure
Written by Michelangelo, on 04-15-2008 22:06
I can send you CDs full of Internet porn downloads. No problem. I'll be sure to send them like weekly.

No trouble at all.

2 Opps!
Written by Michelangelo, on 04-15-2008 22:07
That was supposed to be a PM.

Sorry!

3 Written by Michelangelo, on 04-15-2008 22:07
};-D

4 Written by Tangmo, on 04-15-2008 22:14
Damn, I will miss my porn no doubt.

5 Written by moschell, on 04-15-2008 22:30
Mick, I don't think you'll need CDs. The guy is used to 28 kbps... you can fit a months worth of porn on floppy.

6 see you soon.
Written by angie fights crime, on 04-16-2008 09:50
you know the address.

7 I understand...
Written by Broken Promise Keeper, on 04-16-2008 12:26
but I think I'd kill the TV before internet access. best of luck and hope you'll get back on line soon.

8 Written by Kai Starr, on 04-16-2008 12:54
Man, that bites. I know how it is, though. Before we moved, the best I could get was what you're getting: 28k. Now, the best I can get is 48k. A huge improvement, but still, it makes internet work very difficult. Hope you're able to find something better and make it back online, soon!

9 BPK
Written by Tangmo, on 04-16-2008 14:35
I killed the TV years ago. Television is an elite organization too, when 7/8 of the world have never even heard of a Super Bowl commercial.

10 We'll miss you
Written by Endicott Road, on 04-17-2008 11:28
Those of us who have internet access at work are wasting valuable company time on these frivolous pursuits. And we love it!
Hope to hear back from you soon.
ER