I f'n hate Bit Torrent... >:(

[gooddane66 at yahoo.com (Phil Boeye)]

Nice.  But what *is* that link's URL?

--- Calimus <calimus@techography.net> wrote:

> Torrents are great for larger files, no doubt. 
> However they hing on a few
> key factors.  One is that there are an assload of
> ppl pulling the file.  Two
> a fair ammount of that assload must be on high-speed
> connections (usually
> around 3-4mb upload or better).
> 
> A small group of 7-10ppl is going to result in much
> frustration.
> 
> I've posted up the link on my server,  It should be
> faster then the BT.
> 
> William
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Blake Irvin" <blake@clockworm.com>
> To: "Phil Boeye" <gooddane66@yahoo.com>
> Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 10:29 PM
> Subject: Re: I f'n hate Bit Torrent... >:(
> 
> 
> > for a file this size it will take most of the
> night, or longer - but
> > that would happen regardless.
> >
> > the nice part is i often get 1000+ megabyte files
> with more
> > torrenters sharing in 8 hrs or so.
> >
> > blake/
> >
> >
> > On Nov 2, 2005, at 10:24 PM, Phil Boeye wrote:
> >
> > > At 1-2 KB/s, it will move a lot of stuff by
> about the
> > > year 2050.  This sucks.  I am consistently
> uploading
> > > faster than I am downloading.  What is
> absolutely
> > > wrong with that?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Blake Irvin <blake@clockworm.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> you are doing everything right - bt is like a
> semi
> > >> truck - very slow
> > >> to start, but can move a lot of stuff.
> > >>
> > >> blake/
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Nov 2, 2005, at 9:27 PM, Phil Boeye wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> OK, someone wanna clue me?  I have yet to ever
> d/l
> > >> a
> > >>> torrent successfully.
> > >>>
> > >>> I d/l the program.  D/L the torrent file. 
> Then I
> > >>> clicked on it.  It shows 0 Kb/s download rate
> and
> > >>> obviously 0.0% done.  I say, WHAT THE F*CK?!?
> > >>>
> > >>> The file is in 'play' mode and nothing is
> being
> > >>> uploaded.  And this is DSL.  I would really
> like
> > >> to
> > >>> know what I am doing incorrectly.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
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