Downloading can be addictive.

[Sytze]

Hi all

With hot topic concerning the looming cap, it hit me that downloading stuff can be quite an addictive habit. Of course we now have an excuse or "testing" iBurst before the cap is enforced, but in general I wonder about the behaviour of some individuals if there was NO cap!

So here's the self help list of questions to determine your download habits:

A. What do you do with the stuff you download?
1. I hardly look at or install most of the stuff I download.
2. I hardly use any of it.
3. I try it once or twice and then discard it.
4. I Evaluate the stuff I find usefull and discard the rest.

I this not a strong reason for all the whining about the cap?

 

[nocilah]

i generally download when I require it...

It's pointless trying to stay on top of new software releases and besides being in my industry M$ partner and Macromedia Aliiance partner the groovy **** I get anyways...

music software... now there's a different story

 

[GuRu]

I think the majority of people just download because they can and mostly it can be done quicker than on Tel@#$!!

 

[Celemasiko]

I only down- or upload what I need, otherwise you end up with so much crap on your system...

 

[stoke]

My biggest ones are game demo's. Gotta try before you buy. But they're really massive - like 650 MB a shot. Sheesh. With a 3GB cap you can get 3 demo's a month - silly.

 

[Gaz{M}]

And that makes each demo R599/3 = R200 so you may as well buy the game for R299 anyway even if it is crap!

 

[slimothy]

R599 isn't the cost of 3gb its the cost of connecting to the network plus 3gb, we'll have to see how much more gb's are before we can put a price on it, i like downloading tv shows

 

[nocilah]

My biggest ones are game demo's. Gotta try before you buy. But they're really massive - like 650 MB a shot. Sheesh. With a 3GB cap you can get 3 demo's a month - silly.

dude! just buy a NAG each month for 30 odd rand and it usually has the latest demo's. PC Format is also cool... but scout the mags first, before you dll.

 

[edg3]

Go for NAG, it has changed the cover cd with dvd.
Here is the list of "things" coming out on their next issue, (31 March 2004(NAG dvd ))


DEMOS:
Republic Commando
Splinter Cell 3
Swat 4
Airstrike 2
Astro Avenger
Cellblock Squadrons
Domination
Empire Earth 2
Global Defense Network
GTR
Heavy Weapons
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Psychotoxic
Still Life
Wik and the Fable Of Souls
Will of Steel

MOVIES:
Darwinia vid.review
Ape Academy
Batman Begins
Bloodrayne
Boom
Brothers in Arms
Cold Fear
Colin McRae 2005
Constantine
Corpse Bride
Devil May Cry 3
DOOM 3 Expansion
F.E.A.R MP
Fighting Jam
Full Spectrum Warrior
Gran Turismo 4
Kessen 3
Lego Star Wars
Project Snowblind
Don’t Panic!
The Matrix Online
The Sims 2 University
Vivisector
Worms 4
Resident Evil 4
DS Launch UK Ad

DRIVERS
ATI Catalyst 5.2 XP
Nvidia ForceWare 66.93 XP

FLASH MOVIES
War
Shadow Brian
Orbox
Ddautta
Cat Song

FULL GAMES
Head over Heels
Highway Pursuit
MU Online
Rise of the Triad Shareware
Rise of the Triad XP addon

ANIME
Lo Magazine
Robota
Appleseed
Robota Hunted

PATCHES
Chaos League v1.07
NWN v1.65
Red Mercury v1
Superpower 2 v1.3
FlatOut v1.1
Topspin v1

ADDONS
ROTT Goodies

UTILITIES
WinXP Service Pack 2
3DMark 2005
Adobe Acrobat 7
DirectX 9c
DVD Decrypter
FireFox
Gmail Notifier
LimeWire
Maxthon
Media Player 10
Microsoft AntiSpyware
Quicktime 6
Shareaza
The Core Media Player
ThunderBird
WordWeb

 

[bb_matt]

I download what I need.

I used to be addicted to downloading anything when I was on a diginet line - until I realised what an utter waste of time it is.

Of course, there's TV programs and movies available that I'd like, but with 3gig, your up **** creek with half a paddle, so there's no point.

 

[slimothy]

yeah i agree, with no cap you're gonna go crazy and then you might calm down and only go for a certain content type but 3GB is so tiny that you may as well not even bother anymore

 

[edg3]

if you get the NAG you get all the latest demo's and trailers, AND reviews of the games, to birds with one stone so you can use your cap for movies and chatting on MyADSL!

 

[qdada]

Raise your middle finger if u have thousands of mp3's and only listen to about 20 tracks the whole months

 

[edg3]

ooo ooo ooo,

I DO, I DO.

 

[Nom Chompsky]

I'm a subscriber to NAG so I'm hopefully getting it today..I can't wait and now I don't have to waste my cap so much in fear of NAG not putting a demo I want on the DVD...Also in giving us a DVD, they have guaranteed my next subscription.

 

[slimothy]

there is no cap so how have you wasted your bandwith before now on iburst?