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A discussion at work prompted memories of early BBS days, starting with the early 300 baud modems (you could read this text faster than 300 baud could send it). This was before the internet ruined everything and made everyone impatient for instant gratification. Once computers started talking faster than us we got competitive as a society and felt the need to speed up as well. We can only hope that one day a coronal mass ejection sufficient to wipe out all electronics on earth will allow me to relax in my backyard at a slower pace while zombies steal my bottled water. Enough of me sounding like old man Leinnintiger, on to the article I was presented with immediately by Google the second "300 baud" was uttered from my coworkers mouth, and prompted me to publish this rant one minute later.