(20/04/2011 03:35 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  

(20/04/2011 02:35 AM)Assassinator Wrote:  

(19/04/2011 08:22 AM)ProperBritish Wrote:  The CRC/hash thingies are usually only used to make it easier for people to search for your files.

Lolwut?

No, the hash is there so people can check the integrity of their file.

Might not be the purpose, but it actually can be quite effective to search via the hash.

If the actual purpose was to make it easy to search, then they would something more sensical than a random string of hex numbers.

So something like SSIS01HD (SS Infinite Stratos 01 HDTV Release) instead of 90008EDD.

The searching thing can only be a side effect at best.