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I remember in the old days when.....
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 1:46 am
by FragaGeddon
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.
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 1:47 am
by Guest
But it takes me like 2 secs to download something, instead of like 10 mins, so im not complaining.
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 1:47 am
by raw
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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Re: I remember in the old days when.....
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 1:55 am
by +JuggerNaut+
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
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 2:57 am
by Foo
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.
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:02 am
by PhoeniX
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.
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:04 am
by seremtan
Foo wrote:Yeah was thinking about this earlier which washing the dishes.
you had dinner at geoff's?
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:05 am
by CheapAlert
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/
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:20 am
by Canidae
Massive bandwidth has meant massive gauntlet of ads thrown at us and business schemes revolving around said downloads.
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:22 am
by R00k
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:
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:25 am
by CheapAlert
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?!?!?!?
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:30 am
by Foo
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.
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 9:10 am
by MKJ
worthdownloading.com is the worst IMO