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  1. 06-29-2005, 11:09 PM #11
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    Meh, they all work.

    It's only for the ghey ascii art which I don't care for anyhow
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  3. 06-29-2005, 11:23 PM Lounge   -   #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by manker
    I think it's something to do with an .nfo file is slightly smaller in kbs than a .txt file - so back in the days of yore, when dial-uppers were concerned about stuff like that, it was decided that .nfo files was the way to go.
    They're just text with a different file extension.
    It's fine in Notepad2 for me. Only time i ever read them is to find a serial or read how to isntall something.
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  5. 06-29-2005, 11:31 PM Lounge   -   #13
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    They display ASCII art correctly (Black squares and such)

    Also topsite scripts can read them because one of the NFO readers is coded to work with the programs used to join topsites, kinda confusing

    Its the same with Keygens, all about pride. Keygens came about when groups tried to prove they were 1337 by coding music into a keygen and keeping the file size as low as possible, so its the ASCII art is the pride of the group in a way, they want to get reconition when the end user see's who's getting the latest shit for them for free.
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  7. 06-29-2005, 11:35 PM Lounge   -   #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by rossco
    Quote Originally Posted by manker
    I think it's something to do with an .nfo file is slightly smaller in kbs than a .txt file - so back in the days of yore, when dial-uppers were concerned about stuff like that, it was decided that .nfo files was the way to go.
    They're just text with a different file extension.
    It's fine in Notepad2 for me. Only time i ever read them is to find a serial or read how to isntall something.
    But then, to be fair, you think "isntall" is a word.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JPaul
    Quote Originally Posted by rossco
    They're just text with a different file extension.
    It's fine in Notepad2 for me. Only time i ever read them is to find a serial or read how to isntall something.
    But then, to be fair, you think "isntall" is a word.
    It ins't?
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  11. 06-29-2005, 11:43 PM Lounge   -   #16
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    I use 'DAMN NFO Viewer'..it's free & you can make your own with it if u want.....
    Notepad is free also, but hey..it needs it's own program
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  13. 06-29-2005, 11:51 PM Lounge   -   #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by Afronaut
    Quote Originally Posted by JPaul
    But then, to be fair, you think "isntall" is a word.
    It ins't?
    you stupid motherfucker
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  15. 06-30-2005, 07:22 AM Lounge   -   #18
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    Quote Originally Posted by GepperRankins
    Quote Originally Posted by Afronaut

    It ins't?
    you stupid motherfucker
    Who's a furthermucker
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    dunno. just wanted to see what he'd do
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    Quote Originally Posted by JPaul
    Quote Originally Posted by rossco
    They're just text with a different file extension.
    It's fine in Notepad2 for me. Only time i ever read them is to find a serial or read how to isntall something.
    But then, to be fair, you think "isntall" is a word.
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