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I seem to remember that some old program was in fact purposefully bloated (by including a copy of ... something(?) encrypted with a random key, i.e. essentially
by mananaysiempre 4y ago
I seem to remember that some old program was in fact purposefully bloated (by including a copy of ... something(?) encrypted with a random key, i.e. essentially a chunk random data, on the installation CD) to make it harder to transfer via the slow connections of the time.
(I wanted to make a snarky irrelevant note but now I want to remember what it was.)
- dgfitz 4y agoGive it some time. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32789120 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32789120
- popmatrix 4y agoI don't believe the intention was padding the size, given the main shipping format was disks rather than downloads, but perhaps you're thinking of this? https://kotaku.com/when-south-park-got-an-ea-sports-game-pulled-off-the-sh-5818372 https://kotaku.com/when-south-park-got-an-ea-sports-game-pul...
- mananaysiempre 4y agoNo, and probably not this either (which cites both piracy and padding to the higher-bandwidth edge of the CD). https://all-things-andy-gavin.com/2011/08/13/crash-bandicoot-interviews-r-us/ https://all-things-andy-gavin.com/2011/08/13/crash-bandicoot...