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SirSmokesAlot

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Posted: Mon, 24th Jul 2006 22:46 Post subject: why are releases split?	Quick Quote Quote

I never understood this.. why are releases always split into 15 meg rar files.. if you look at the download que you have, its always the exact same size as the image file you end up getting after extracting, so I know its not for saving time on downloading. FUS RO DAH F a i t h i n m a n k i n d 0% ▓▓░░░░░░░░░░ 100%

Spun[k]

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Posted: Mon, 24th Jul 2006 22:51 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

If one part Is bad (or missing)..you don't have to download everything again, just that file. If Its just one big file, and It gets corrupted or something, you have to download the whole thing again.. Sig too big. Last edited by Spun[k] on Mon, 24th Jul 2006 22:53; edited 2 times in total

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Posted: Mon, 24th Jul 2006 22:52 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

its because when the groups share their releases in msn messenger, sometimes they by accident click cancel button, and instead of sending the whole 700 mb file they can send just the 15 meg one. or these guys just SmokesAlot and tries to make your life harder.

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lobsterboy

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Posted: Mon, 24th Jul 2006 22:53 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_%28warez%29 Last edited by lobsterboy on Mon, 24th Jul 2006 22:54; edited 1 time in total

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SycoShaman
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Posted: Mon, 24th Jul 2006 22:53 Post subject:

numero wrote:

its because when the groups share their releases in msn messenger, sometimes they by accident click cancel button, and instead of sending the whole 700 mb file they can send just the 15 meg one.

or these guys just SmokesAlot and tries to make your life harder.

somebody's been smoking something...*cough*rocks*coucgh*

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deelix
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Posted: Mon, 24th Jul 2006 22:54 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

So you don't need to download the whole ISO, just the corrupted rarfile if there is somebullshit. You can also choose what to seed if you use bittorrent. And yeah, you save lotsa time. And take less space.

Freakness
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Posted: Mon, 24th Jul 2006 23:20 Post subject: Re: why are releases split?

SirSmokesAlot wrote:

I never understood this.. why are releases always split into 15 meg rar files..
if you look at the download que you have, its always the exact same size as the image file you end up getting after extracting, so I know its not for saving time on downloading. Confused

You are probably one of those guys mentality who upload 4GB isos to some sites that get corrupted frequently after download/upload and I think these types should be

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Posted: Mon, 24th Jul 2006 23:35 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

these guys should jumping rope while some green vegetable is shooting you with rifle ?

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snoop1050
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Posted: Mon, 24th Jul 2006 23:36 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

when everyone was on 56k they would not be able to get much more than 15mb before there connection droped thats probably one of the reasons

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Parallax_
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Posted: Mon, 24th Jul 2006 23:40 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

It still happens that uploader get cut off. That is why we have par files Imagine how long it would take to repair a 4gb file O.o Upcoming PC games 2009 and onwards Bravery is not a function of firepower.

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whoKnows
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Posted: Tue, 25th Jul 2006 06:35 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

http://www.nfohump.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3220 although many people talked crap in that thread, like in this one , but listen to dkkev and tumtum

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