I was throwing a hissy fit because my internet stopped working. It was so annoying because the computer upstairs was working fine. I tried different browsers, disabling/enabling the NIC, rebooting. I was about to start slitting wrists.

Then the microwaved finished heating up my mac & cheese.

I'm such an idiot

Dacendoran

United States825 Posts

August 10 2011 05:09 GMT

I don't understand were you trying to browse the internet on a microwave?

ArvickHero

10387 Posts

August 10 2011 05:12 GMT

I too am confused

Aeropunk

Australia255 Posts

August 10 2011 05:12 GMT

Ahahahahaha, oh damn, I feel your pain man.. My steering wheel bugs out anytime the microwave is going. Really sucks when you're in a 24 hour team race online.

Enjoy your mac & cheese

enigmaticcam

United States280 Posts

August 10 2011 05:13 GMT

lol, nah. I'm using wireless from my laptop. The microwave was disrupting it, but I was going crazy because I couldn't figure it out. When the microwave dinged, I had to laugh because I was getting so riled up. It was just a funny thought I wanted to share.

ArvickHero

10387 Posts

August 10 2011 05:17 GMT

I had no idea that microwaves disrupted the internet connection lol, learn something new everyday heh..

EvilTeletubby

Baltimore, USA22259 Posts

August 10 2011 05:18 GMT

For those of you confused...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_interference_at_2.4_GHz

The #1 culprits of the 2.4GHz range (the range most routers run in) is microwaves and cordless phones.

Z3kk

4099 Posts

August 10 2011 05:36 GMT

Wowowow! The more you know....!

Azzur

Australia6267 Posts

August 10 2011 05:44 GMT

Great thread! Maybe that's why my internet is sometimes unstable lol :p

Shebuha

Canada1335 Posts

August 10 2011 05:47 GMT

#10

I actually find this OP hilarious, thanks so much for sharing!

"KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!!"

RogerX

New Zealand3180 Posts

August 10 2011 05:55 GMT

#11

Ah humor where probably 90% of people won't get until someone explains it to you.

Well played. Well played OP

Plutonik

Canada329 Posts

August 10 2011 05:56 GMT

#12

learn something new everyday

ReketSomething

United States6012 Posts

August 10 2011 05:56 GMT

#13

This used to happen with my phone all the time...

Was so annoying. Thank goodness for more awesome cell phones!

enigmaticcam

United States280 Posts

August 10 2011 06:01 GMT

#14

Ha, I thought this was common knowledge among nerds. Oh well, it was funny in my head as I was writing it. At least some found it funny

boon2537

United States905 Posts

August 10 2011 06:05 GMT

#15

Now, I feel like an idiot

Hyren

United States817 Posts

August 10 2011 06:09 GMT

#16

I feel like an idiot for having no idea what you were talking about a first lol

PhuxPro

United States294 Posts

August 10 2011 06:16 GMT

#17

I think I fixed my problem on my 2WIRE router by going to the settings configuration and upping the Power or whatever it was from 8 to 10.

I got a new router anyways. U-Verse is keeping me happy at the moment; no problems as of yet.

Lanaia

Canada1142 Posts

August 10 2011 06:42 GMT

#18

My phone used to disrupt my wireless internet (not on dial-up, of course) and it was such a pain in the ass. Wasn't aware a microwave could do the same.

DisaFear

Australia4074 Posts

August 10 2011 07:02 GMT

#19

Never knew that

The microwave is far away from my PC...what's the range of the microwave's disruption powers?

x-Catalyst

United States921 Posts

August 10 2011 07:16 GMT

#20

Fun fact, my GOM stream would shut down on my laptop when I used the microwave.

Deleted User 3420

24492 Posts

August 10 2011 07:36 GMT

#21

At first I thought the moral of the story was that your mac n cheese was so good you felt like an idiot for being mad about your internet.

MasterOfChaos

Germany2896 Posts

August 10 2011 08:43 GMT

#22

'Cheater!' 'Hey, gaming on wifi? You have only yourself to blame.'
http://xkcd.com/654/

infall

Sweden39 Posts

August 10 2011 10:52 GMT

#23

Set your router to the 5Ghz band.
Profit!

Deleted User 101379

4849 Posts

August 10 2011 13:09 GMT

#24

I know why i rather have a 20m long cable to my router than rely on any wifi, it's just not reliable enough

I notice it every time with my android: When i'm lying in bed turned to the right, i have 100% signal, when i turn to the left, the connection breaks down to 0%. I sometimes wish they'd somehow manage to add ethernet ports to mobile phones :p

Zorkmid

4410 Posts

August 10 2011 14:01 GMT

#25

I've heard that Aquariums can fuck signals up pretty bad too.

FPMDrama

United States14 Posts

August 10 2011 14:05 GMT

#26

I have a friend who used to get disconnected from WoW and we instantly knew that someone used the microwave in his house. Fun stuff :D

Rinrun

Canada3509 Posts

August 10 2011 14:09 GMT

#27

I remember when our cordless phones worked on the same band as our router, man it sucked.
It was during my FPS days, so I'd d/c during matches all the time.