Boss Radio

I feel alone. So alone. I'm certain there's this huge conspiracy going on and no one else can see it. Of course I am aware of the two other possibilities that others are also aware of it but are also afraid to mention it or that everyone else knows about it and you're all laughing at me right now.

I suppose it is also an option that there is no conspiracy, but that would just be ridiculous.

I've previously mentioned getting a new laptop with nothing except the absolute minimum of software loaded on it. I even had to download an ADSL driver via a 56k modem link. It took over three hours. It never used to take that long to download a driver but I persevered, and having downloaded it I was able to come on and start downloading other stuff. The first thing I found I needed, much to my surprise, was Flash. The number of sites that wouldn't work without it is frankly ridiculous, but what the hey, I downloaded it. The estimated download time was "4 mins @ 56k".

It took over 4 minutes at ADSL speeds.

I think the internet only runs at one speed. Sure you can get a run at it by investing in a faster modem, then ISDN, then ADSL, then super-duper-mega-high-speed-ADSL, and fibre-optic cable (Actually even that's last year's thing now. What's that new stuff they're unbundling now? I can't remember and anyway we don't have it over here...), but ultimately as everyone else gets ahold of this super stuff the speed of the 'net averages out again and it takes just as long to download stuff via ADSL or cable as it used to do via a 56k modem.

So the only real difference between today and yesterday is that we're now paying more for it.

Still, I guess that's only fair really, after all, we are all earning more...

...as long as we work for an internet service provider.