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How do you download mostly? |
mostly via newsgroup |
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80% |
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mostly via bittorrent |
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20% |
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mostly via irc |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
mostly via p2p |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
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xo Site Admin

Joined: 09 Feb 2002 Posts: 466 Location: Los Angeles [comcast]
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 2:04 am Post subject: How do you download? |
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Me, I'm about 50/50 nowadays newsgroups/torrent. I expect that to change quite dramatically in about 11 days.
What's your ratio nowadays? |
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xo Site Admin

Joined: 09 Feb 2002 Posts: 466 Location: Los Angeles [comcast]
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Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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*crickets* |
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Gorunova

Joined: 10 Feb 2002 Posts: 318 Location: Burnaby, B.C., Canada
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Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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<cricket noises>
I'm 99% newsgroups, the remainder being fills downloaded from EasyNews via HTTP. I've never been much of a fan of P2P, and I can't be now that Rogers is trampling P2P traffic. BitTorrent as I understand it is just another P2P system, and I've always hated IRC because it's live and it tends to attract idiots even more than Usenet, if such a thing is possible. |
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jed
Joined: 27 Dec 2004 Posts: 3 Location: Herts, UK
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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I use NewsBin Pro but there are several things that still take me ages so would like a few tips - any more users here? |
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xo Site Admin

Joined: 09 Feb 2002 Posts: 466 Location: Los Angeles [comcast]
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 1:20 am Post subject: |
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Gorunova wrote: |
I've never been much of a fan of P2P, and I can't be now that Rogers is trampling P2P traffic. BitTorrent as I understand it is just another P2P system |
I don't think of BT in the same way I do of Kazaa and the like. It's definitely different than that. Rather than "hey can I get that file from you", it's more like "hey, lets all get together and distribute this file amongst ourselves". With anime fansubs, I typically get better speeds downloading via BT than I do from my local news server.
Another thing I like about BT is that I can "contribute" without going through the hassles of posting to the newsgroups.
Anyway, 3 more days for me! |
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jed
Joined: 27 Dec 2004 Posts: 3 Location: Herts, UK
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 4:25 am Post subject: |
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I've never tried BT as I want to keep clear of viruses and spyware and worse (I want the contents of my hard drives to remain my private property) - how safe do you rate it? |
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xo Site Admin

Joined: 09 Feb 2002 Posts: 466 Location: Los Angeles [comcast]
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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I use the official BitTorrent, which is just some python scripts, on Linux, so viruses and spyware aren't a concern.
I can't speak for the Windows clients.
Speaking of which, I'm starting to see a lot of "this torrent only works with BitComet" and stuff like that. WTF?
Then you have certain fansub groups *cough*static-subs*cough* that reject my client because it's 1 version "out of date".
-xo |
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Joined: 18 Feb 2002 Posts: 356 Location: San Diego
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 11:41 am Post subject: |
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Probably 60% BT (mainly using Azureus), the rest with Newsbin Pro from my local RR and Easynews.
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