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nickel
05-25-2003, 02:08 PM
don't google it -- try and guess :)
irwin
05-25-2003, 02:17 PM
My guesses:
Kazaa
Internet Explorer
Gator
Aristo
05-25-2003, 02:20 PM
winzip
winamp
icq
DankNstickY
05-25-2003, 02:21 PM
Originally posted by passwird
My guess:
Kazaa

:stupid:
sho.gun
05-25-2003, 02:21 PM
bonzibuddy!
AIM
hang10wannabe
05-25-2003, 02:26 PM
kazaa
collapse
makilovin.exe
ChrisMG187
05-25-2003, 02:27 PM
kazaa followed by icq
brainsmile
05-25-2003, 04:06 PM
my guess... kazaa!
IntegraTypeR
05-25-2003, 05:01 PM
kazaa is my guess -- especially since kazaa apparently is now advertising on yahoo mail
coleslaw
05-25-2003, 05:04 PM
I actually read an article a few days ago that said that Kazaa was going to surpass ICQ as the top downloaded program (at least, according to download.com). I'm sure it has by now - and just think of the millions of people that are unaware of all of the spyware that has invaded their system. :disa:
Bires
05-25-2003, 09:51 PM
I bet it depends upon how you define "downloaded" Since a large chunk of web pages ask to autodownload macromedia stuff if it isn't on your comp, it seems it would get downloaded A LOT.
coleslaw
05-25-2003, 09:53 PM
Originally posted by Bires
I bet it depends upon how you define "downloaded" Since a large chunk of web pages ask to autodownload macromedia stuff if it isn't on your comp, it seems it would get downloaded A LOT. True, but those are considered plug-ins rather than full-fledged programs. Otherwise, I would have guessed the Flash plug-in to be the most downloaded.
Dave_7
05-25-2003, 10:13 PM
Edit :)

My previous answer was not in the spirit of the thread.


Dave.
look_ma
05-25-2003, 10:36 PM
you guys are not thinking on a large enough scale:
It is so Windows Update. And don’t say they dot count because there are different ones because all the programs listed about have also had different versions. And they do count as a program because they run on your computer, waste resources, and provide a service.
g222leav
05-26-2003, 02:03 AM
Originally posted by hang10wannabe
kazaa
collapse
makilovin.exe

do i want to know what makilovin.exe is :naughty:
Bires
05-26-2003, 06:37 AM
Originally posted by look_ma
...It is so Windows Update. And don’t say they dot count ...

THEY DOT COUNT

(How ya like me know?) :naughty:

J.K. ;)
Burzhui
05-26-2003, 10:00 AM
winzip me thinks
ski
05-26-2003, 01:11 PM
Definitely Kazaa. I was watching a channel called TechTV (I just moved into this apartment and they have all these great cable channels, my last residence we had 5 local channels!) and they announced that Kazaa had just surpassed ICQ as the most downloaded program on the internet.
xsiled2
05-26-2003, 01:37 PM
dont believe anything anyone says on techtv.

i dont think its winzip because well i dont use winzip ;) kazaa prolly...
RoniMan
05-26-2003, 01:39 PM
i'll go with kazaa for $1000, trebek
RichSPK
05-26-2003, 02:21 PM
Winzip because it's used in business and personal situations. Kazaa tends to be frowned on in the workplace.
nickel
05-26-2003, 02:23 PM
Originally posted by RoniMan
i'll go with kazaa for $1000, trebek

sorry Roniman, you would lose out on jeopardy because you didn't answer
with a question.
the right answer would be, "what is kazaa?"

and Alex would say "that is correct." (http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/05/23/media.kazaa.reut/index.html)
RichSPK
05-26-2003, 02:49 PM
From DSLReports.com:
With Kazaa set to become the most downloaded free file on the internet...

The kicker is the word "free". A lot of the software we download is shareware, not free.
nickel
05-26-2003, 03:13 PM
i just copied the title of the article just as they put it.
RoniMan
05-26-2003, 03:16 PM
Originally posted by nickelback


sorry Roniman, you would lose out on jeopardy because you didn't answer
with a question.
the right answer would be, "what is kazaa?"

and Alex would say "that is correct." (http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/05/23/media.kazaa.reut/index.html)

<sean connery> your MOTHER nickelback. and i'll take i heart boobs for $24,000 </sean connery>
RichSPK
05-26-2003, 04:58 PM
Originally posted by nickelback
i just copied the title of the article just as they put it.

Well, I don't know that Kazaa isn't unconditionally the most downloaded program on the web. I guess I'm just playing devils advocate, or defending my guess of Winzip. :P
Nanotech9
05-26-2003, 10:24 PM
acrobat reader?

AIM?
brain
05-26-2003, 11:49 PM
Originally posted by RoniMan


<sean connery> your MOTHER nickelback. and i'll take i heart boobs for $24,000 </sean connery>

Trebek: Let's see how much you bet Mr. Connery. Ah... A buck. Well, a buck is currency.

BUCK FUTTER!
IntegraTypeR
05-26-2003, 11:54 PM
so what's the answer?
coleslaw
05-27-2003, 12:04 AM
I thought that we had already established the answer several times? :shrug:


Trebek: This is the sound a doggy makes.

Connery: Moo.

Trebek: No!

Connery: Well that's the sound your mother made last night!

:P
ski
05-27-2003, 06:54 AM
Shareware: Winzip
Freeware: Kazaa

just depends on what the question means exactly
EzTuSleepy
05-27-2003, 02:04 PM
most of the downloads are categorized. don't know what you really mea
n by the question but if its categorized than yeah.

shareware: Kazaa
chat: AIM
browser: Internet Explore
look_ma
05-28-2003, 07:40 AM
It is not winzip anymore because more and more people are not downloading it anymore because of OS's like WINXP already include a ZIP extracter.
whitak24
05-28-2003, 08:13 AM
Originally posted by Nanotech9
acrobat reader?

it seems like this should be the right answer.

i mean, it doesn't come pre-installed in windows, and it seems like everyone would have to have it.....