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See also [[Beeping Computers]] and [[Magic Countdown]]. |
See also [[Beeping Computers]] and [[Magic Countdown]]. |
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== Anime and Manga == |
== Anime and Manga == |
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== Web Original == |
== Web Original == |
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* On MSN Games, you see an ad before and sometimes interrupting gameplay. Below the ad is a progress bar that says "x% complete" and progresses at a constant rate. If the ad is not a video, the game will begin exactly when the bar reaches 100%. Of course this is not a real progress bar but a fixed delay disguised as one. (In the case of videos, the game will begin when the video finishes playing.) |
* On MSN Games, you see an ad before and sometimes interrupting gameplay. Below the ad is a progress bar that says "x% complete" and progresses at a constant rate. If the ad is not a video, the game will begin exactly when the bar reaches 100%. Of course this is not a real progress bar but a fixed delay disguised as one. (In the case of videos, the game will begin when the video finishes playing.) |
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** There is a radio station named [[ |
** There is a radio station named [[Name's the Same|Lite 96]] whose site has this when ''loading'' the radio stream. |
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* In ''[[Star Harbor Nights]]'', when an alien machine [[Hive Mind]] is trying to infiltrate a villainess's [[Elaborate Underground Base]] full of [[Phlebotinum]] waiting to be assimilated, the download progress bar keeps resetting and jumping around randomly, undermining her attempts to play [[Enemy of My Enemy]] with the government. |
* In ''[[Star Harbor Nights]]'', when an alien machine [[Hive Mind]] is trying to infiltrate a villainess's [[Elaborate Underground Base]] full of [[Phlebotinum]] waiting to be assimilated, the download progress bar keeps resetting and jumping around randomly, undermining her attempts to play [[Enemy of My Enemy]] with the government. |
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