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#61
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Originally Posted by theonelaw
Wow, haven't seen anyone do that in years!
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2017-08-17
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#62
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Originally Posted by theonelaw
MEGA isn't fom Kim Dotcom anymore, for years already....
As much as I appreciate Kim dotcoms travails,
his mega download service sets off every alarm bell in the room.
Originally Posted by theonelaw
You don't need any extension to download from MEGA.
I visited to download and installing someone else' browser extension just to handle a single download is inexcusable.
Originally Posted by theonelaw
And the icing on the cake is they archived it in .rar format.
Originally Posted by Feathers McGraw
I still use it everyday, and I still find the . rar extension like 90% on the web?... I don't know where you guys hang out... Probably under a Jolla rock or something...
Wow, haven't seen anyone do that in years!
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2017-08-17
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#63
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Originally Posted by HtheB
Same here.
I still find the . rar extension like 90% on the web?
Maybe they were talking about the very narrow specific case of using it for package management? .. a quick look at the last few posts ... no, it was about distributing Ubuntu images. No idea what is supposed to be wrong with that.
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2017-08-17
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#64
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From what I understand Mega is one of the best ways to store your content if you really need an external cloudservice; it is fast, scalable and encrypted. No need to bash a nice service like that
Of the rar format, I agree it is very rar-e, nowdays I find gz or xz are the most common...
Of the rar format, I agree it is very rar-e, nowdays I find gz or xz are the most common...
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2017-08-17
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#65
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Originally Posted by juiceme
You and I clearly live on different planets*). I find it exactly the opposite.
the rar format, I agree it is very rar-e, nowdays I find gz or xz are the most common...
*) You could just as well have said, "Of the Windows OS, I agree it is very rare, nowadays I find Unix or Linux are the most common." That may be the case in the small bubble you live in, but not globally
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2017-08-17
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#66
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@pichlo, you nailed it spot on!
I have to confess I know pitifully little of the current developments in the windoseland. In a way it is orthogonal to my life, something happening in "the other bubble universes"
I still kind of doubt what @HtheB said about rar being 90% of the web; if it was that ubiquous surely I'd bump into it more often? (can't remember when I last saw one...)
I have to confess I know pitifully little of the current developments in the windoseland. In a way it is orthogonal to my life, something happening in "the other bubble universes"
I still kind of doubt what @HtheB said about rar being 90% of the web; if it was that ubiquous surely I'd bump into it more often? (can't remember when I last saw one...)
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2017-08-17
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#67
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Originally Posted by HtheB
What kind of things are you downloading that are in rar files? Genuinely curious - the last time I saw one was about 10 years ago. I've never come across anyone sending a rar file professionally either, pretty sure if you emailed one most corporate antivirus systems would have a meltdown.
I still use it everyday, and I still find the . rar extension like 90% on the web?... I don't know where you guys hang out... Probably under a Jolla rock or something...
Then again if you bought a winrar license I guess you'd want to get your money's worth!
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2017-08-17
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#68
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Originally Posted by theonelaw
What do you mean, if you weren't traveling?
Although the Pocket probably does have warts and whatnot,
it is still a very real device and probably can be very useful.
If I were not traveling I would already have one.
I thought the whole point of the Pocket is to offer something for people who are traveling, so that they can get some work done on the go.
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2017-08-17
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#69
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Originally Posted by Feathers McGraw
Movie/TV-seires subtitles are archived as .rar on many subtitle portals. Which is nowadays a bit funny, as one subtitle file (.srt) is about 50kB. So no need to compress them... Yep the real reason is to archive some advertisements with the subtitle file. But anyway, I see .rar archives quite often in subtitle files.
What kind of things are you downloading that are in rar files?
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2017-08-17
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#70
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Originally Posted by theonelaw
What is the problem you see with using .rar format ? Doesn't the command unrar come preinstalled with most linux flavors ?
And the icing on the cake is they archived it in .rar format.
I agree that is not common, a quick survey of my world shows for images distribution:
* zip : Raspberry pi (I wouldn't have though of this one...)
* xz : BeagleBone, Odroid
* iso : Fedora, Ubuntu
* tar.bz2 : custom Yocto images
But if it can be easily opened, where is the problem, and which format would you prefer ?
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