I remember in the old days when.....

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 1:46 am

Downloading something took only 1 click.
Now's it's like 5 clicks and 3 websites to get a file nowadays.
Oh how the time's have changed.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 1:47 am

But it takes me like 2 secs to download something, instead of like 10 mins, so im not complaining.

Post by **raw** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 1:47 am

Yeah, we have more bandwidth now and all we do is take the same amount of time to get a file but just through a different method.

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Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 1:55 am

FragaGeddon wrote:Downloading something took only 1 click.
Now's it's like 5 clicks and 3 websites to get a file nowadays.
Oh how the time's have changed.

massive bandwidth increases + hosting insanely expensive = more pages for you

Post by **Foo** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 2:57 am

Yeah was thinking about this earlier which washing the dishes.

I've remarked on having to sign up to EVERY FUCKING SITE I come across too. That's really irritating. Enter details. Open Hotmail. Open Junk Mail. Copy Confirmation URL. Paste and go. Sign in. Log out of Hotmail. Carry On.

It's a joke.

Post by **PhoeniX** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:02 am

Foo wrote:Yeah was thinking about this earlier which washing the dishes.

I've remarked on having to sign up to EVERY FUCKING SITE I come across too. That's really irritating. Enter details. Open Hotmail. Open Junk Mail. Copy Confirmation URL. Paste and go. Sign in. Log out of Hotmail. Carry On.

It's a joke.

http://www.bugmenot.com/

Firefox extension also available if you want it.

re-edit: and use http://www.mailinator.com for 'disposable' email addresses. Just use anythingyoulike@mailinator.com and enter the anythingyoulike on their main page; bingo, instant email.

Post by **seremtan** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:04 am

Foo wrote:Yeah was thinking about this earlier which washing the dishes.

you had dinner at geoff's?

Post by **CheapAlert** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:05 am

downloading from planetquake wasn't still one click. it was just two. however fortunately it still isn't fileplanet and was off the good ol' ftp sites that served the idgames and idgames2 folders. \o/

Post by **Canidae** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:20 am

Massive bandwidth has meant massive gauntlet of ads thrown at us and business schemes revolving around said downloads.

Post by **R00k** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:22 am

PhoeniX wrote:use http://www.mailinator.com for 'disposable' email addresses. Just use anythingyoulike@mailinator.com and enter the anythingyoulike on their main page; bingo, instant email.

Wow, didn't know that's what mailinator was about - only heard of it, never looked into it. Thanks, I believe I will use this quite regularly. :icon14:

Post by **CheapAlert** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:25 am

also, is anyone else aggravated by the times when clicking a link doesn't take you anywhere but just wastes your time recentering the browser's page to the link, making you have to click the link FUCKING TWICE?!?!?!?

Post by **Foo** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:30 am

Yer but fuck big business. I've been sharing most of my gaming files over edonkey since I don't know when. Some of it's really popular, like the Desert Combat installer. Some of the lesser known Quake 1 levels and such barely get a hit a month.

Post by **MKJ** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 9:10 am

worthdownloading.com is the worst IMO

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