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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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sidenote, are memes allowed? it doesn't say anything about them not being allowed, but I don't see anybody posting any 🤷‍♀️

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[-] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Or the even worse era of trolling IRC chats looking for DCC bots and hoping your feeble attempts at security or obfuscation will hold. Ah, the good ol days.

[-] MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 months ago

Warez websites with 9/10 links broken ftw

[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

xdcc msg MoViEgOdz! get pack #128
*starts downloading hardcore goat sex*
"Ah shit, I meant 127”
xdcc msg MoViEgOdz! cancel 128
*goat sex downloads even faster*
"...well, at least it'll be educational"

[-] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?

[-] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Grab list, found what you wanted... As 49 separate downloads, on one busy bot.

While on dialup.

[-] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago

Admittedly, the small file chunks made sense on dialup, but man did it suck when you'd end up with 102 of 110 files and then they'd vanish.

[-] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 3 points 2 months ago

Oh definitely, but wow did it suck when they went offline.... You just keep those parts around unless you can find another bot to start and complete a whole other download of different sized split rars...

[-] bktheman@awful.systems 2 points 2 months ago

I've never heard of this before. I was on IRC in the oughts, probably a bit late to see it happening. Neat.

[-] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 2 points 2 months ago

By that point there were other options that were more popular, yeah. Xdcc as a script for ircii came out around 1995ish, maybe a bit earlier. Early 2000s would be around when mirc scripts had xdcc bots built in, so well after they first became common.

At that point you also had Napster, kazaa, limewire, even the first bittorrent client (BitTorrent).