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| Author | Topic: Dennis' rant on download managers (18 messages, Page 1 of 1) | ||||
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 AHS_SONIC Joined: Dec 9, 2006 
mmm toasty |
Posted: Aug 15, 2007 08:52 PM
Msg. 1 of 18
Quote: Never, ever even after the end of time will we ever support download managers. Although the user may think they are great from the server side they are rude, selfish, greedy and are the evil spawn of Satan. Download managers open multiple sometimes thousands upon thousands of threads to the server to download a single file. They are the technical equivalent of a loud obnoxious child cutting in line in the store screaming ME, ME, ME, through a bullhorn set on maximum. We only allow 1 download thread at a time from our servers and people with download managers continually hammer away (open more and more threads) at our servers until most of them either get banned for hammering or have their download speed drastically reduced or the connection dropped. Download managers are evil. We will never support them. So remember kids, although dl managers may seem nice to you, they are a webmasters worst nightmare. |
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AHS_SONIC Joined: Dec 9, 2006
mmm toasty |
Posted: Aug 15, 2007 09:03 PM
Msg. 2 of 18
because not only is he right as acidic rain, he proves a very good point and informs us of something that (im speaking for myself here) some of us might not have known.
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tygron Joined: Jan 16, 2006 
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Posted: Aug 15, 2007 09:03 PM
Msg. 3 of 18
Theres download managers in the utilities section......
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il Duce Primo Joined: Apr 22, 2007 
CMT Team Leader |
Posted: Aug 15, 2007 11:07 PM
Msg. 4 of 18
I don't get the point of this thread.......?
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AHS_SONIC Joined: Dec 9, 2006
mmm toasty |
Posted: Aug 15, 2007 11:42 PM
Msg. 5 of 18
it is to inform you the download managers are evil. . .
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Nugga117 Joined: Nov 14, 2005 
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Posted: Aug 16, 2007 12:12 AM
Msg. 6 of 18
I don't even know what a download manager is.
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Kiwi Joined: Jan 19, 2007 
Now you see him, soon you won't |
Posted: Aug 16, 2007 12:12 AM
Msg. 7 of 18
It's the only way to cleanse your soul.
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zsdg06 Joined: Mar 17, 2007 
Steam - zsdg07 | Xfire - zsdg06 |
Posted: Aug 16, 2007 02:39 AM
Msg. 8 of 18
Quote: --- Original message by: AHS_SONIC because not only is he right as acidic rain, he proves a very good point and informs us of something that (im speaking for myself here) some of us might not have known. right as acidic rain.... thats a new one.... anyways.... download manager don't do anything....they slow me down if anything... |
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Dennis  Joined: Jan 27, 2005 
"We are made of starstuff.” ― Carl Sagan |
Posted: Aug 16, 2007 11:12 AM
Msg. 9 of 18
Download managers or download accelerators are suppose to speed up downloading a file. They do this by opening many, many threads to the server to get many pieces of the file at a time. Think of it like a bucket brigade. With a normal download you have one bucket where you dip it in the water (the server) then pass it forward to the fire and dump it on (the user). What download managers do is create many lines with multiple smaller buckets so the total amount of water being passed to the fire is larger.
The problem is that with our and most servers there is only room to fill one bucket at time in the well so the other buckets clog up the opening trying to get water (the file) until they all come back empty. Edited by Dennis on Aug 16, 2007 at 11:14 AM |
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Kiwi Joined: Jan 19, 2007
Now you see him, soon you won't |
Posted: Aug 16, 2007 12:20 PM
Msg. 10 of 18
Interesting analogy, Kiwi likes the idea of being fire, not so hot on the water though.
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AHS_SONIC Joined: Dec 9, 2006
mmm toasty |
Posted: Aug 16, 2007 04:54 PM
Msg. 11 of 18
dude y do u talk in 3rd person. . .
also, i used flashget for awhile but it wasnt any faster than the windows downloader it just kept the downloads from getting killed every 2 seconds like they tend to do on wifi Edited by AHS_SONIC on Aug 16, 2007 at 04:55 PM |
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H Guru Joined: Oct 15, 2006 
EHSv3 Coming Soon! |
Posted: Aug 16, 2007 04:55 PM
Msg. 12 of 18
yea it gets quite annoying
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ICEE Joined: Mar 1, 2007 
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Posted: Aug 16, 2007 06:05 PM
Msg. 13 of 18
do all download managers actually speed up the file? the one i use doesnt seem to do that, it just allows me to continue a download if i accidently close the window, or if it times out a particularly big file. i dont use it for halomaps though, because the files are small enough that it is a waste of time to open the manager. and now that i know dennis is against them i guess thats all the more reason...
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Jay2645 Joined: Mar 29, 2007 
Cortana saw you naked. |
Posted: Aug 16, 2007 08:16 PM
Msg. 14 of 18
Does Firefox's download manager count? It's impossible to disable, I believe, and it comes with Firefox itself.
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AHS_SONIC Joined: Dec 9, 2006
mmm toasty |
Posted: Aug 17, 2007 07:27 PM
Msg. 15 of 18
thats not a download manager, its the program firefox uses to download files. a download manager is an entirely seperate program you download and install that usually speeds up your download speeds by alot, depending on what kind of internet you have. i have wifi so all it did for me was keep my download from dying every 2 seconds.
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supersniper Joined: Jul 28, 2007 
fear the sniper |
Posted: Aug 17, 2007 10:41 PM
Msg. 16 of 18
Example is a Torrent. Try googling torrent and you will see what it is.
YEA GO FRO§TER |
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Jay2645 Joined: Mar 29, 2007
Cortana saw you naked. |
Posted: Aug 17, 2007 11:49 PM
Msg. 17 of 18
I know what a Torrent is, how else did I get 3DS Ma-A PUPPY! A NICE, CUTE PUPPY!
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corndogman939 Joined: Apr 6, 2007 
Using the same avatar since 2007 |
Posted: Aug 17, 2007 11:57 PM
Msg. 18 of 18
yea i got a 3d puppy too!
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