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blind34_1 · 02-21-2004, 11:18 AM

i suspect those files are put out intentionally by anti-sharing crusaders...whatever. Its very unlikely it happend within the download process. It was either ripped incorectly (VERY common) or was intentially fuxored.

I did some further testing on my idea, it works but there is a downside: the hex text file becomes about 66% bigger than the original file. compression helped a little but the file is still about a meg bigger than the original file. Plus there would be no real way to share these files short of p2p services (free web hosting doesnt allow files over 1 meg to be posted.).

I ask a friend of mine to design a program that would reduce the hex text file a bit to make my idea somewhat workable, but seems like more trouble than its worth. i'll keep you posted if i have any breakthroughs.

In the meantime, use BitTorrent!

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02-21-2004, 11:18 AM	#1
blind34_1 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: IL Age: 41 Posts: 1,813	i suspect those files are put out intentionally by anti-sharing crusaders...whatever. Its very unlikely it happend within the download process. It was either ripped incorectly (VERY common) or was intentially fuxored. I did some further testing on my idea, it works but there is a downside: the hex text file becomes about 66% bigger than the original file. compression helped a little but the file is still about a meg bigger than the original file. Plus there would be no real way to share these files short of p2p services (free web hosting doesnt allow files over 1 meg to be posted.). I ask a friend of mine to design a program that would reduce the hex text file a bit to make my idea somewhat workable, but seems like more trouble than its worth. i'll keep you posted if i have any breakthroughs. In the meantime, use BitTorrent!