did you miss the freebie WinRAR key download?

[ceg]

Due to the crappy way they set up a download from a bogged down website I've
put the two files into a downloads area on a couple of my sites. You can
get them from either http://fuqqinsuqs.sytes.net or http://ceg.sytes.net .
Click on the DOWNLOADS link then follow to ARCHIVERS->RAR UTILITIES. Both
the WinRAR 3.51 and the key file are available. If that doesn't work let me
know and I'll put them into my ftp space.

 

[John Jay Smith]

Hi, what is this different from getting a warez key?

that offer was for 1 day I think.... not for distribution...

 

[Fran]

That is true, but they promised to send the key to everyone who clicks on
their link, but were unable to do so for technical reasons. Taht would mean
that there are a lot of people who didn't recieve a key though they have a
right to it (tried to get it yesterday).

Hi, what is this different from getting a warez key?

that offer was for 1 day I think.... not for distribution...

 

[Ric]

Well, for "technical reasons" a lot of us couldn't even click on the link.
If Win-rar were really launching an honest offer and not a scam, they should
have least thought about their bandwidth capacities before going public.
Unfortunately, ceg is now on 404 too.

That is true, but they promised to send the key to everyone who clicks on
their link, but were unable to do so for technical reasons. Taht would
mean that there are a lot of people who didn't recieve a key though they
have a right to it (tried to get it yesterday).

 

[ceg]

ftp: ceg.sytes.net
user: tool
password: tool

Well, for "technical reasons" a lot of us couldn't even click on the link.
If Win-rar were really launching an honest offer and not a scam, they
should have least thought about their bandwidth capacities before going
public.
Unfortunately, ceg is now on 404 too.

 

[ceg]

in my personal experience 7z compresses to a smaller archive for most files

 

[ceg]

Due to the crappy way they set up a download from a bogged down website
I've put the two files into a downloads area on a couple of my sites. You
can get them from either http://fuqqinsuqs.sytes.net or
http://ceg.sytes.net . Click on the DOWNLOADS link then follow to
ARCHIVERS->RAR UTILITIES. Both the WinRAR 3.51 and the key file are
available. If that doesn't work let me know and I'll put them into my ftp
space.

if you had problems with the ftp try it again...should be working. websites
should be working as well

 

[badgolferman]

ceg, 7/31/2006, 12:19:18 AM,

Due to the crappy way they set up a download from a bogged down
website I've put the two files into a downloads area on a couple of
my sites. You can get them from either http://fuqqinsuqs.sytes.net
or http://ceg.sytes.net . Click on the DOWNLOADS link then follow to
ARCHIVERS->RAR UTILITIES. Both the WinRAR 3.51 and the key file are
available. If that doesn't work let me know and I'll put them into
my ftp space.

How is this utility better than IZArc or any other that handles RAR
files?

 

[Fran]

It can create RAR archives, something no free archiver can do. Appart from
that it's like any other archiver, and is different from IZarc only in some
details.

 

[Chris Dubea]

ftp: ceg.sytes.net
user: tool
password: tool

Must be lot's of users. Not responding this morning.


===========================================================================
Chris

 

[Aaron]

in my personal experience 7z compresses to a smaller archive for most
files

True but as of now, most 'normal' people still don't recognise 7z , nor
know how to handle it compared to rar.

 

[George]

I'm not sure posting the key is legal. The way the offer operated is
they sent you an e-mail where you could download the key from a link in
the e-mail.

The message from web site that said the offer is over said you could
still download the key if you got the e-mail. If you didn't get the
e-mail, I would assume you're out of luck.

I've looked at WinRAR. To be honest, I'm not sure it is all that much
better than TugZip. The only real reason you would need WinRAR is if
you want to create RAR files. Many freeware programs can unzip RAR
files but I think WinRAR is the only one that can create a RAR file.

 

[Ric]

WinRAR isn't even freeware so why are we talking about it here on this list?
The problem is that they promised a days free downloads of registration keys
for an old version (3.51, latest is 3.6) because us freeware/shareware users
had voted them "Best overall utility 2006". But they didn't deliver the
goods! They hid behind MySQL errors, 404's and other "Out of service"
screens for 24 hours!
If they had said nothing no-one would be talking about it here.
When you buy "their key" it is supposed to be valid for all subsequent
versions, so this not a "commercial risk" situation but more of a
promotional offer to entice people to pay for a "real" key for future
versions.
WinRAR should thank Ceg and follwers for helping save its reputation on the
net.
Perhaps now that alternatives have been mentionned, some of us will go and
have a look.
I, for one, think these scams from those who "refuse the commercial model"
and "defend the true spirit of the net" are worse than spam!

 

[ceg]

Must be lot's of users. Not responding this morning.

email me at ceg at ceg dot sytes dot net and i'll attach the key file

 

[John]

I've looked at WinRAR. To be honest, I'm not sure it is all that much
better than TugZip. The only real reason you would need WinRAR is if
you want to create RAR files. Many freeware programs can unzip RAR
files but I think WinRAR is the only one that can create a RAR file.

WinRAR has superior compression to WinZip, that's for sure. I compressed
20 MB of files to 7 MB with WinRAR, and WinZip did it to only 11 MB. So
that's a big plus in WinRAR's favour. (I tested with a mix of executables,
text files, bitmap images and MP3s, all in one folder).

 

[ceg]

Due to the crappy way they set up a download from a bogged down website
I've put the two files into a downloads area on a couple of my sites. You
can get them from either http://fuqqinsuqs.sytes.net or
http://ceg.sytes.net . Click on the DOWNLOADS link then follow to
ARCHIVERS->RAR UTILITIES. Both the WinRAR 3.51 and the key file are
available. If that doesn't work let me know and I'll put them into my ftp
space.

also available at http://anandaquest.com or via news server at
news://ceg.sytes.net on binaries.archivers ng

 

[Slarty]

But they didn't deliver the
goods! They hid behind MySQL errors, 404's and other "Out of service"
screens for 24 hours!

Rubbish, as you must realise if you have been reading here in the last 24
hours.

 

[John Fitzsimons]

I'm not sure posting the key is legal.

Of course it isn't legal. Unless the WinRAR people have given
permission for others to distribute. Which I would think is highly
unlightly.

Without permission from the owner of the program this means that
the distribution is "warez". Stolen software in other words.

The way the offer operated is
they sent you an e-mail where you could download the key from a link in
the e-mail.

< snip >

Yep, and if people had difficulty doing that they should take it up
with the WinRAR people.

Regards, John.

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[Nomen Nescio]

Save as rarreg.txt in WinRAR directory.

RAR registration data
PCA Special Offer
Version: 3.51
UID=1646b0bf276e0741a35d
6412212250a35de40c0f65f0de0b1ec394651547dd886d12c4b273
314b58181fcd2e99e818605ed576bd5c0b10a8740d2f11c59f87b3
8e75c09eba7f7fb395c7d1ac80abf2030c873788fad37f614109c6
0442fb933697af5e46876631c75812072460411d34d0918118ff8a
335fc8bb64cc46b907d19a6ced2ce9ff90a0c417b6c3f12379447a
30dd1c68cf9aa89877227b946f55e1b61411656f387b498160fd03
65a1c527d7f9899d013980b9fe11ef23d35df5224a293546221894

 

[krakajak1]

Due to the crappy way they set up a download from a bogged down website I've
put the two files into a downloads area on a couple of my sites. You can
get them from either http://fuqqinsuqs.sytes.net or http://ceg.sytes.net .
Click on the DOWNLOADS link then follow to ARCHIVERS->RAR UTILITIES. Both
the WinRAR 3.51 and the key file are available. If that doesn't work let me
know and I'll put them into my ftp space.

Neither page will load for me.

('sob')

Krakajak