Stuffit

ARRRRGGHHHH

Why did some idiot programmer/company decide that making a non-network program network bound is a good idea?

If you have a Mac and have been having trouble expanding files with StuffIt, here's a fix:

If you're scared of the command line:
Start StuffIt Expander
Wait
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Wait
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Wait some more
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When it finally comes up, go to the preferences panel, go to "Version Checking", uncheck "Allow Version Checking"

If you don't mind the command line:
Start a Terminal

defaults write com.stuffit.expander allowVersionChecking false