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    College on an Alien Planet

    hypothetically, if there where Martians enrolled in universities and their culture had no copyright laws, where would they go about downloading their text books?
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    Re: College on an Alien Planet

    You know, I always thought that Swedes had an odd greenish complexion...
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    Re: College on an Alien Planet

    who says they download.... or read? hello, telepaths
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    Re: College on an Alien Planet

    Quote Originally Posted by Dayofswords View Post
    who says they download.... or read? hello, telepaths
    pretend they do download.
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    Re: College on an Alien Planet

    What if they were born with all the knowledge they needed for their already planned out lives?

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    Re: College on an Alien Planet

    Quote Originally Posted by earthpigg View Post
    hypothetically, if there where Martians enrolled in universities and their culture had no copyright laws, where would they go about downloading their text books?
    I see what you did there
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    Re: College on an Alien Planet

    They would probably use a system where the data was split in parts then collected from a small file which had the necessary information. They would probably have to download a large group of books and find theirs inside it...
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    Re: College on an Alien Planet

    Quote Originally Posted by TironN View Post
    They would probably use a system where the data was split in parts then collected from a small file which had the necessary information. They would probably have to download a large group of books and find theirs inside it...
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    Re: College on an Alien Planet

    Some synonyms of the type of download you are looking for would be:

    cascade, cataclysm, cataract, cloudburst, deluge, downpour, effusion, flood, flooding, flux, gush, inundation, niagara, outburst, overflow, pour, rush, shower, spate, stream, tide, waterfall

    courtesy of thesaurus.com

    (if youre smart, one of those synonyms above is actually a program name that does what you are asking)

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    Re: College on an Alien Planet

    Quote Originally Posted by stim View Post
    Some synonyms of the type of download you are looking for would be:

    cascade, cataclysm, cataract, cloudburst, deluge, downpour, effusion, flood, flooding, flux, gush, inundation, niagara, outburst, overflow, pour, rush, shower, spate, stream, tide, waterfall

    courtesy of thesaurus.com

    (if youre smart, one of those synonyms above is actually a program name that does what you are asking)
    Torrent?

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