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01-13-2009, 04:15 PM
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#1 | | I STILL don't get it
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| download managers
do you guys use download managers for your direct downloads? if so which ones do you use? any that you should stay away from?(contains adware etc.)
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01-13-2009, 11:11 PM
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#2 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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Been using www.internetdownloadmanager.com for years now, and I love it. It is always updated, and doesn't interfere too much at all. It's commercial only (no spyware) but totally worth it.
This is the only way to get the most out of your bandwidth. Using it, I am able to use my full 6.5 mbps from Hong Kong to pretty much any site in the world.
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01-13-2009, 11:14 PM
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#3 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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download accelerator still around? i remember it used to be very popular not sure about now
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01-14-2009, 12:03 AM
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#4 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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no download managers needed
i only use them in the past when i was on 56k, so i can resume the download
now its not needed
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01-14-2009, 02:36 AM
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#5 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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Originally Posted by Grandmaster TSE  no download managers needed
i only use them in the past when i was on 56k, so i can resume the download
now its not needed | Wrong
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01-14-2009, 03:37 AM
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#6 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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used to have flashget, but now i'm just like Grandmaster TSE...
no reason to use it when your internet speed can get up to 1mb per second.
If it's large file, i'll use BT instead
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01-14-2009, 04:54 AM
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#7 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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You won't get your full internet speed without an accelerator, unless you're downloading from the same hub or something.
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01-14-2009, 05:35 AM
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#8 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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well i gave that software a try. I'm on shaw extreme. Max speed i seen is 2MB. Average is around 1.3MB-1.7MB. I guess it depends on how many connection the host you are downloading from allow you to connect to. But all in all very useful app. Thanks skinny
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01-14-2009, 07:29 AM
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#9 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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download accelerator or DownThemAll! firefox extension
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01-14-2009, 07:29 AM
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#10 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp You won't get your full internet speed without an accelerator, unless you're downloading from the same hub or something. |
Correct,
Download accelerators create multiple connections to the server or multiple servers to download at top speed.
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01-14-2009, 07:46 AM
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#11 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by FiveDime DownThemAll! firefox extension | +1! 
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01-14-2009, 10:16 AM
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#12 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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still getting fast enough speeds for me  | |
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01-14-2009, 10:57 AM
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#13 | | Snapping away
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i use the plugin in firefox 'downloadthemall' i think
mostly i just use opera, you can resume/pause/restart
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01-14-2009, 11:06 AM
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#14 | | Wunder? Wonder?? Wander???
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eh, i never have a download take more than like 30 seconds anyway. probably take longer than that to open up some other program and fuck around with it anyway.
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01-14-2009, 11:41 AM
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#15 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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well i do use downthemall
but only cuz it help me download mass posting of pics and so on
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01-14-2009, 03:19 PM
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#16 | | Resident Bullshitter
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i dont really do much direct downloads anymore, and i hardly direct download multiple files at the same time. either way, the download is finished in a minute or 2.
for mass download, i'll just use BT and leave it on. with multiple downloads and the right ports opened, its not hard to use up the whole bandwidth using BT anyways.
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01-14-2009, 03:50 PM
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#17 | | SFICC-03*
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^pretty much..
i RARELY find the need to do HTTP downloads that exceed 50-100MB, so whats the point of a dl manager?
most larger files that you download through HTTP re-direct you to proprietary download managers anyway (itunes, msn, etc...)
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01-14-2009, 08:03 PM
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#18 | | I STILL don't get it
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yeah ive tried downthemall, was just wondering if there was anything better. i'll give internet download manager a try. i found some files i needed that i couldn't find a torrent version of, hence the directdownloading lol
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01-14-2009, 08:05 PM
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#19 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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Originally Posted by unit ^pretty much..
i RARELY find the need to do HTTP downloads that exceed 50-100MB, so whats the point of a dl manager?
most larger files that you download through HTTP re-direct you to proprietary download managers anyway (itunes, msn, etc...) | You don't download podcasts, or youtube videos, or anything like that?
Anyway what's the point? The point is, you can be downloading at 900KB/s instead of 100KB/s.
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01-14-2009, 08:47 PM
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#20 | | Resident Bullshitter
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i thought youtube is just stream.... i never save them anyways
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01-14-2009, 09:45 PM
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#21 | | Proud to be called a RS Regular!
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Originally Posted by .Renn.Sport i thought youtube is just stream.... i never save them anyways | you thought wrong!! you can download them with a program | |
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01-15-2009, 05:15 AM
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#22 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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^or a handy Firefox plugin!
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01-15-2009, 09:38 PM
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#23 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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Good info! I'll try downloadthemall too!
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01-15-2009, 09:39 PM
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#24 | | Resident Bullshitter
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Originally Posted by Tallow you thought wrong!! you can download them with a program | i know i can save them, i just dont bother to do it since streaming the video each time doesn't take long.
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01-16-2009, 12:02 AM
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#25 | | SFICC-03*
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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp You don't download podcasts, or youtube videos, or anything like that?
Anyway what's the point? The point is, you can be downloading at 900KB/s instead of 100KB/s. | podcasts i download are like 20-30MB. no, i dont download youtube videos, if i want to see a youtube video i visit youtube.com. and i dont download at 100kb/s, i download up to 500kb/s over http
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