XBL downloads/What we can do?

Never really figured this one out... so here goes.

What can we actually do whilst downloading anything from the marketplace, that doesn't stop downloads?

You can play single-player games such as Bioshock 1 or Fallout 3

most singleplayer games get a patch that lets u play them while u download. otherwise jsut set them up, switch off to sleep mode and head to bed!

Let him on and play on the computer xD

It seems to like to stop and start on its own. In theory it is supposed to wait until you are doing something that does not use Xbox Live (such as just sitting in the menus or playing a single player game) but for me it'll stop and start all the time (to the point of being frustrating) in single player games.

My advice... Download while you are doing homework or some other obligation.

simple play a game. Most games will not stop a download as long as you dont go to any type of online mode.