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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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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[-] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 3 points 2 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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).