So I waited a few years, and then some months, and then many days, until Microsoft released Windows Vista Beta 1. So, it's a 2.42GB ISO. I have to start downloading it now (because it will be sent to MSDN Subscibers in DVD form in SEPTEMBER!). So I have to download something that I will get for free (well, not free free).
So what's the problem? The problem is that I'm downloading on a freakin' 115kbps connection via my cell phone which serves as a modem - the fastest connection available in this town-sized replica of tattooine. I started downloading on the 27th, and it this very moment, I still have 1066.5MB left to download at 10.1kbps (which is around ~30 hours worth of downloading).
The only stuff I know about Vista is the couple of videos I've seen on Channel9 and at Paul Thurrott's site, plus the stuff I read at http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/
I just hope I can see everything first hand and in proper performance on my 2GIG VPC.
Waiting.
Waiting.
Waiting.
Still waiting... sigh.
UPDATED: 4 hours later
Current status - 969.7MB ~29 hours
While waiting for Longho- er, Vista to download, I...
- read 3 Star Wars novels
- found out that your thumb is more sensitive that your index finger as it is used less often and the nerves are more sensitive as a result
- have over 183 'lines' in my thumbprint
- saw something resembling Joe Pesci near the center of my thumbprint
- found out that eating realy spicy food before going to bed gives you horrible dreams about your 2GB download file being corruped
- made over 17 backups of the temporary download file for Vista, including one "fallback milestone" at 660MB when a power failure occured and my UPS died with it
- started preparing for NukeBall's CD production, booklet printing, manual design, and other such stuff
- updated the frontpage of Nukeation
- re-read the "Q Continuum" trilogy
- am closing in on the secret of life and the universe - I think I might completely solve that mystery when I download Beta 2
- photographed and studied a lizard hanging out outside my window (I'm the only one at 3am who has light on, so the entire state's insects visit me at night)
- discovered 78 ways to kill mosquitos
- started working on my article 'The Human UI'
- listened to Burning Man in a loop for 3 hours
- finished (from start to finish) Republic Commando over 4 times
- finished WORK
- the list is building...