ww12345 said:

I have to agree. I think that by as many people having the raw files as possible, that the "preservation factor" is the most it can be. It's like some of the studio audio files and bootlegs that leak occasionally; once they're out there, their rarity is diminished. Also, who would've thought even 5 or 6 years ago that a slightly large download would be 16gb? I think that as time goes on, the ability to download huge files will become more commonplace.

unfortunately here in america, the internet speeds are

pretty terrible. even 5 years from now. so that's not

going to change the fact about trying to get several terabytes

of data.

i HAD highspeed internet for the first time 3 years ago.

and have download 5 terabytes or so during that ENTIRE

time.

honestly, i wouldn't even download this if that was the

only way to get it. it's not worth the hassle, imagine

the headache of dealing with partial files, incomplete

files, PAR's etc.... i'm really thinking online is not

realistically going to be an option at all. someone else

will have to pick that up. i'm only going to be dealing

with just the possiblity of one hardware copy, and

that's it.

the thing is 3 people (including myself) already have it.

so we've backed each other up for redundancy. that's

all that we might need for the short term.

later

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