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RACES CONDUCTED WHILE DOWNLOADING
TWO OR MORE FILES SIMULTANEOUSLY
FROM NAPSTER IN ITS WANING DAYS
BY JOSHUA ROBERTS
1.

FILENAME: Sports-Giants win the Pennant, SIZE (bytes): 347,315, USER: nolocon, SPEED: T3, RATE (k/s): various

v.

FILENAME: The Ramones-Happy Birthday, Mr. Burns (Simpsons ep), SIZE (bytes): 695,066, USER: udienow!, SPEED: 56K, RATE (k/s): various

WINNER: Sports-Giants win the Pennant
 

2.

FILENAME: Tube Bar-Call 06 (Ben Dover), SIZE (bytes): 999,748, USER: macusin7, SPEED: Unknown, RATE (k/s): various

v.

FILENAME: Britney Spears – Oops!…The Mic is On and I Didn’t Realized [sic] (Rock in Rio 2001), SIZE (bytes): 1,433,600, USER: sillym, SPEED: T3, RATE (k/s): various

v.

FILENAME: James Bond Theme, SIZE (bytes): 1,679,331, USER: ohyeahhh, SPEED: Cable, RATE (k/s): various
 
 

WINNER: Britney Spears – Oops!…The Mic is On and I Didn’t Realized [sic] (Rock in Rio 2001), PLACE: Tube Bar-Call 06 (Ben Dover), James Bond Theme eliminated through Transfer Error
 

3.

FILENAME: Dusty Springfield-Son of a Preacher Man, SIZE (bytes): 2,369,410, USER: uasdf44, SPEED: DSL, RATE (k/s): various

v.

FILENAME: Leonard Nimoy-Put a Little Love in Your Heart, SIZE (bytes): 2,426,880, USER: gargleme, SPEED: T3, RATE (k/s): various

WINNER: Leonard Nimoy-Put a Little Love in Your Heart, handily
 

4.

FILENAME: Bjork-Army of Me, SIZE (bytes): 4,681,728, USER: screamer, SPEED: Cable, RATE (k/s): various 

v.

FILENAME: Aphex Twin-Speed Racer (Porno Mix), SIZE (bytes): 5,297,371, USER: sklluv, SPEED: T1, RATE (k/s): various
 

WINNER: Aphex Twin-Speed Racer (Porno Mix)
 

5.

FILENAME: Tsunami-David Foster Wallace, SIZE (bytes): 5,646,461, USER: papywrst, SPEED: Unknown, RATE (k/s): various

v.

FILENAME: Aphex Twin-Star Wars Theme (Mix),            SIZE (bytes): 5,926,912, USER: saywut?, SPEED: 56K, RATE (k/s): various

WINNER: Aphex Twin-Star Wars Theme (Mix). Oddsmakers take note (see #4).
 

6.

FILENAME: Rolling Stones-Cocksucker Blues (long version), SIZE (bytes): 6,616,494, USER: ellisdee, SPEED: T1, RATE (k/s): various

v.

FILENAME: Orbital-Halcyon & On & On, SIZE (bytes): 6,813,696, USER: ravemon, SPEED: DSL,            RATE (k/s): various

v.

FILENAME: Au Pairs-It’s Obvious,            SIZE (bytes): 7,545,859, USER: rmutter, SPEED: Unknown, RATE (k/s): various

WINNER: Rolling Stones-Cocksucker Blues (long version), PLACE: Au Pairs-It’s Obvious, SHOW: Orbital-Halcyon & On & On

7.

FILENAME: Frank Zappa-Brown Shoes Don’t Make It, SIZE (bytes): 8,357,878, USER: mldyfig, SPEED: 28.8K, RATE (k/s): various

v.

FILENAME: Massive Attack v. Mad Professor-Cool Monsoon, SIZE (bytes): 10,344,617, USER: brillobro, SPEED: Cable, RATE (k/s): various

WINNER: Massive Attack v. Mad Professor-Cool Monsoon, no contest
 

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