Buffering

I seem to spend most of my time on the computer nowadays doing one of 3 things: Moaning to the Internet about problems that possibly don't exist via Blogspot, declining obscure Facebook group invitations, or waiting for a Youtube video to buffer. Now for those of you who don't know what buffering is, it means the time taken for Youtube to load a video so you can play it in one continuous stream without having to pause.

As my computer is frail and old now, it takes me about 10 minutes to watch a 3 minute video. I have to pause, play, pause, play (you get the idea) my way through a video. Even if the video is funny, I get so pissed off by having to watch the buffer bar instead of the actual footage of the ape doing the moonwalk that the humour is lost and the mood ruined.