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Drugwash, 2013-08-18 22:20 »

If mankind keeps going down this lane, next life I'd rather spend it on some other planet, in some other galaxy. Hopefully they have not invented money over there, or they already got rid of it.
Yeah, good health is the ultimate fortune one should treasure. "You only know what you had when you lost it". :(

!, 2013-08-18 02:14 »

I see. Bad health is not fun at all. :e One of the worst things, actually, THE worst thing I know of is to be ill. I agree on the poor and honest part. I too, rather be poor and honest than rich and dishonest. Perhaps in next lifetime you will get a fiber optics line! :mrgreen:

Drugwash, 2013-08-18 00:21 »

It's a bit complicated. As a child, I've always been ill every few weeks or so, after a near-death experience at the age of three. Ever since, I've had problems breathing, couldn't keep up with others in terms of physical effort and so on. But my parents wouldn't accept I was "less than normal" and we also didn't have any real governmental support for such situations.

Then, growing up, I tried to fit in, to feel normal. I managed to get a job in another town, living in miserable conditions. It lasted less than a year, because at that time, the government started the massive firing plan. I got fired together with many others, on shallow basis like "I was from outta town" and other crap.

After that, I tried to find a job in my hometown, based on the new qualification (streetcar driver), but they wouldn't accept me for some reason. After a few years of rejections, I just gave up and promised myself I would never again become a slave. Better poor and honest.

So I've limited myself to fixing friends' and neighbors' electronic and electric appliances for whatever they would give me. Kept doing that until my eyesight got bad and the memory worse. Now I'm struggling to build a few software toys, freeware and to help whenever and whoever I can. Been trying to change the world for the better but won't happen, not in my lifetime. Now I'm just surviving. Whatever comes my way... Not whining, just telling the story, since you asked.

!, 2013-08-17 23:54 »

22 years!? Is that due to illness or that you can't stand the "8 hour day routine"? I personally hate being slave but have no choice at the moment. :? I got a friend who hates working more than I do. He has managed to not do work for a few years now. Trying to live as close to nature as possible.

Drugwash, 2013-08-17 23:42 »

This is plain theft. But there's so many other serious issues with this world that "losing" a few software files seems completely unimportant.
I've been unemployed for the last 22 years. Got used to it in the end. Actually, the end is yet to come. Couldn't care less.

!, 2013-08-17 16:58 »

Ah, that explains the crappy bandwidth. It sucks to be out of work, for sure. My own work is feeling a bit unstable too at the moment so I might be in your situation in the coming months. :(

Indeed, never ever trust "cloud" storage. You know what they say, if you can't touch it, you don't own it! :lol: They can up and vanish any second.

Drugwash, 2013-08-17 16:29 »

Yeah, but I only pay about $5/month for this connection, because I'm unemployed and can't afford fiberlink. So it's probably fair enough. Downside is they don't allow me to put up a quick HTTP/FTP server to give others access to my drivers, apps and whatnot, as TmEE does. And recently, the bastards destroyed FileDen where I had some of my own apps hosted for my blog friends and also some banners done for Problemchyld's Service Pack and other files. I always knew relying on public servers is a huge mistake. :cry:

!, 2013-08-17 14:44 »

Drugwash wrote:...My ISP only allows me 5GB of download monthly with full GPRS speed (~400-500kB/s), then it falls down to 14kB/s, just like old 14400 bps modems 25-30 years ago. Just wonderful! :cry:

Wow, that is one sucky ISP! :<

Drugwash, 2013-08-17 13:33 »

Argh, it was WinHTTrack! Damn! :evil: I updated to v3.47-23 (was 3.47-18) and it resumed downloading 169.21 forceware and AutoPatcher Full (for now). I think I might have a few dozen GB of corrupt stuff on my drives because of this faulty software. :(

My ISP only allows me 5GB of download monthly with full GPRS speed (~400-500kB/s), then it falls down to 14kB/s, just like old 14400 bps modems 25-30 years ago. Just wonderful! :cry:

Drugwash, 2013-08-17 12:01 »

Thank you. I've already started a WinHTTrack session to mirror your server locally, since FlashGet can't deal with folder structure in HTTP - doesn't even do it right in FTP. On this occasion I noticed many files have unusually small sizes compared to what they should be (in my opinion).

For example, win2kddk.exe, win98ddk.exe, RP967.EXE, RP971.EXE and others, most obvious of them being AutoPatcher98.Dec07_FULL_Final.exe which should have 300,373,004 bytes and is only 80,869,456 bytes (as downloaded on my HDD by WinHTTrack) as well as AutoPatcher98.Dec08_UPGRADE.exe which is only 8,650,184 bytes as opposed to 47,558,413 bytes as my old copy is.

I haven't seen any timeout or retry failed errors in the log, but at the same time the file sizes reported by your server seem correct, so I suppose there could be a bug in WinHTTrack or some other HTTP-related issue. Strange thing is other files were downloaded properly, CRC check succeeds on them.

I have also tried on a small file seconds ago (RP967.EXE reported broken above) and FlashGet shows it supports 'Resume' so they all probably support it as well. And FlashGet downloaded the file correctly, no corruption.

Weird thing! I'll keep digging, because this might be indication that I have screwed up other previous mirrors and that would be a disaster. :(

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