When the interwebs were young

[d0zer]

Downloading 30mb realplayer rips of seinfeld episodes overnight on a 28.8k modem.

Playing quake 2 with a 300 ping

Using dogpile because google wasn't out yet.

Remember those "get paid to have ads on your screen" deals? Well I would run one of those overnight with an app I wrote to simulate user activity and laugh all the way to the bank as the tens of dollars rolled in.

[boost]

Downloading 30mb realplayer rips of seinfeld episodes overnight on a 28.8k modem.

Playing quake 2 with a 300 ping

Using dogpile because google wasn't out yet.

Remember those "get paid to have ads on your screen" deals? Well I would run one of those overnight with an app I wrote to simulate user activity and laugh all the way to the bank as the tens of dollars rolled in.

See my post above..

tldr: you got a small cut of referrals' ad revenue and there was a crack that allowed you to multitable them.