# Fuck, No!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 23, 2002, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-no/144532 "2002-12-23T13:21:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SmileyDeath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@SmileyDeath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmileyDeath)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-no/144532/1 "2002-12-23T13:21:13Z")
Argh the download I was D/Ling for upwards of 4 hours doesn’t work! FUCK. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-no/144532/2 "2002-12-23T13:22:45Z")
Broadband, son. Broadband. What the hell were you d/ling that takes 4 hours? ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-no/144532/3 "2002-12-23T13:26:24Z")
Even with broadband, things like operating systems can take a day to download from a slower server. I downloaded an operating system with dial-up once, it took over 48 hours of constant downloading. Then decompressing took another 2 hours. ---
**Author:** ![SmileyDeath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@SmileyDeath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmileyDeath)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-no/144532/4 "2002-12-23T13:27:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*Broadband, son. > > Broadband. > > What the hell were you d/ling that takes 4 hours? \*\* I have DSL, or whichever one is 5 mb a second internet speed. I was downloading Simcity thru a File sharing program. Note: D/L from file sharing programs is wrong and completely immoral unless I do it. Please don’t lock this,it’s the truth! ---
**Author:** ![mudcrutch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@mudcrutch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mudcrutch)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-no/144532/5 "2002-12-23T13:54:46Z")
You get what you pay for. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-no/144532/6 "2002-12-23T14:11:05Z")
Shame about your stolen goods not working. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![SmileyDeath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@SmileyDeath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmileyDeath)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-no/144532/7 "2002-12-23T14:16:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elf6c \* > \*\*Shame about your stolen goods not working. :rolleyes: \*\* I had to vent it. And I was just testing… To see if it worked 😃 . No, really. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-no/144532/8 "2002-12-23T14:46:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elf6c \* > \*\*Shame about your stolen goods not working. :rolleyes: \*\* Excuse me, but if the OP was referring to Sim City Classic, it in the public domain now. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-no/144532/9 "2002-12-23T15:06:05Z")
Somehow I don’t think the original Sym City would take 4 hours to download via DSL. It arrived on a grand total of 3 HD floppy disks if I remember correctly. Son, even if you don’t have a moral problem with taking softward you didn’t pay for, you may want to cut the Reader some slack and not put them in an uncomfortable position. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-no/144532/10 "2002-12-23T16:46:44Z")
Just giving the OP the benefit of the doubt. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-no/144532/11 "2002-12-23T16:51:12Z")
Additional (to the OP): just shell out $25 for SC3000 Unlimited! ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-no/144532/12 "2002-12-23T16:52:48Z")
Odds on this being locked within the next hour? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-no/144532/13 "2002-12-23T17:00:02Z")
Eh. I think it oughtta stay open so’s **SmileyDeath** can take some lumps for theft of intellectual property. On the other hand, I **hate** it when the folks at B&N stop me from copying their books. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-no/144532/14 "2002-12-23T17:16:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*Additional (to the OP): just shell out $25 for SC3000 Unlimited! \*\* Or wait for three weeks and get the published version of SC4000. I had no idea it had gone gold. ---
**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-no/144532/15 "2002-12-23T17:39:40Z")
There is an SC 4000! Oh Santa… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-no/144532/16 "2002-12-23T19:05:12Z")
For **Janx** (and anyone else interested): [SC4 info](http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/previews/0,10869,2901579,00.html)