don't know why i didn't do this sooner since there's a lot of us that use rapidshare and megaupload. i know it's off topic for the music downloads bit, but it seemed the best place to post it.
if the hour and a half rapidshare waiting time is getting on your nerves, then just (if you can), switch your modem off and then switch it back on again. if it's set up to automatically find an ip address it'll be different to the one that rapidshare uses to keep track of who you are. the clock will be reset to 0 if the previous file was about 50 meg, and to 45 mins or so if it was bigger. then do the same again and it should go back to 0. either way you can say bye bye to the hour and a half waiting time!
i only found out about this recently. it's the only rapidshare trick that really works. all the other stuff about free membership and the like is pure bullshit and more likely to get you a virus or waste your time.
if you can't switch your modem off like this, or you have a permanent ip address then there's not much you can do really apart from buy a premium account or just upload and share like crazy until you get 10,000 points and they give you a free account! (think i'll get that in about 20 years!)
also, rapget is a useful downloader that doesn't require you to enter a code (thanks to 4ever2mind for telling me about this!). just paste the links and it does the rest (with waiting time unless you do the off on trick). the only problem is that rapidshare is wise to the guy who makes it's game and as a result they find a way to block it. you then need to wait until he releases a new version (which he does fairly regularly) and off you go again!. you need the ssl thingy as well. get them here http://www.rapget.com/en/download.html
hope this helps, and sorry for the length
do i win a prize for longest waffle?
any other ideas gratefully recieved.......................
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