- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Affect, actually. Ah, kim, always the forum -blam!-. Joking. Effect is used when describing something directly related to a cause, i.e. When taking "placebo," common side effects include dry nose, blah blah blah. Cause and Effect.
Affect is more of a tone word meaning to have an influence upon, used when saying stuff like "Will the lessons in class affect me" As for Aga's post up there, (sorry aga, but) affection is an entirely different word altogether, in the same way pillage does not have anything to do with pills, despite similar base words.
Right...now that that's out of teh way...
I would also check for any external apps that may be clogging up bandwidth. If you've got an IM program, a file-sharing app, (or mostly anything that communicates at short intervals with the internet running in the background,) you should probably turn it off, since that means less info going back and forth through your internet and therefore a faster connection. And finally, if you're using wireless, encrypt it or switch to a grounded connection, since others may be leeching wireless or packets are simply lost through wireless.
EDIT: n-a-z-i is censored?
[Edited on 10/28/2006]