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Post by Shut Yer Pus on Jan 3, 2008 22:46:34 GMT
Peer to peer file sharing - Is this dodgy ? or is it kosher ? like Limewire ? anyone used it ?
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Post by jeffers on Jan 3, 2008 22:49:58 GMT
I thought it was illegal, but I'm totally clueless so I'm probably wrong!  |
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Post by skip on Jan 3, 2008 23:10:39 GMT
Limewire is naughty and a hacker friend of mine said the internet police are watching it closely at the moment.
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Post by Shut Yer Pus on Jan 3, 2008 23:13:22 GMT
I thought it was kosher as long as you dont burn them to CD ? ipod use only
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Post by jew on Jan 3, 2008 23:15:01 GMT
Internet police are watching you  |
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Post by tigerstokie on Jan 3, 2008 23:17:13 GMT
Download Bitlord and then use sites such as torrentspy.com for downloading films and stuff. Lot better than limewire and cleaner
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Post by Time4aPINT on Jan 4, 2008 1:48:56 GMT
Limewire can be a bit dodgy, it's very easy to download loads of spyware and viruses. I've used it in the past but I wouldn't recomend it. As Tigerstokie says using Torrent is a better way of downloading. However it is illigal to download copywrited material without the owners consent and I would never do that!  |
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Post by Blackpoolstokie on Jan 4, 2008 15:51:20 GMT
has anyone got a link to limewire?
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Post by CashBack on Jan 4, 2008 17:37:32 GMT
www.google.co.uk Also why even use Limewire, Didn't you read the above in the tread about torrents?  Some people today
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Post by shiny nosehair on Jan 4, 2008 18:30:18 GMT
Limewire is filthy and will land all manner of nasties on your PC without you noticing, until it shudders to a halt of course Stick to the torrent sites ie www.torrentz.com , and use a torrent program such as the one mentioned (bitlord) or bitcomet etc and get your shared non-copywrited files safely |
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Post by tapeloop on Jan 4, 2008 19:10:49 GMT
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Post by wembleyofthenorth on Jan 4, 2008 19:22:39 GMT
tried out this stuff have been using Ares?? is this any good?
sorry made a mistake got a film and couple of songs downloading songs at 25kb/s film at like 3kb/s on bitlord why is this? is this about right?
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Post by POS51 on Jan 4, 2008 19:34:31 GMT
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Post by wembleyofthenorth on Jan 4, 2008 19:38:14 GMT
nice one, not sure if this bitlord thing is right or i'm bieng a spaz as not the greatest on computers. quick, easy and few viruses is all i'm after. will check it out.
when i say pub, you say quiz, PUB........whats that from??
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Post by POS51 on Jan 4, 2008 19:39:09 GMT
Rob dj's monday night pub quiz.
As heard on the Chris Moyles show.
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Post by tapeloop on Jan 4, 2008 19:40:37 GMT
I'm not sure about Ares, I've never used it, but I'm sure it's fine.
Torrent files build up momentum as they go along, i.e. they tend to start slow and get quicker. I'm on an 8mb pipe and I get speeds over over 400kb/s for my downloads.
Your speeds sound very slow (what's your pipe speed?), one thing you can try is pick torrent files with plenty of seeders, this means that more people are sharing the file which should allow your software to download quicker.
The only other thing to do is ensure your port fowarding is set up correctly from your router to your PC. This will allow lots of traffic to flow from the internet to your PC without it being restricted (stopped) by your router.
A quick search on google should help you to find out how to forward ports for the type of router you own. It sounds much more complicated than it is!
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Post by wembleyofthenorth on Jan 4, 2008 20:01:50 GMT
Thanks for your help
I'm living in a complex/apartment with a wireless that i connect to. god knows what the speed is or how i find out.
I dont know what a router is to be honest, whats is this so as i can sort the ports out.
What would you say is a healthy number of seeders?
have some bloody karma.
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Post by tapeloop on Jan 5, 2008 11:37:45 GMT
I dont know what a router is to be honest, whats is this so as i can sort the ports out. Okay, the wireless device that you connect your PC to is probably the router, is the wireless network shared in your complex? If so, you probably don't have the permissions to change the settings. If this is the case there isn't much you can do to speed things up. This is a good page that explains things in more detail that I ever could www.peerevolution.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3679Thanks for the Karma  hope some of this stuff helps a fellow Stokie. |
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Post by edinburghstokie on Jan 5, 2008 17:21:40 GMT
I'm living in a complex/apartment with a wireless that i connect to. god knows what the speed is or how i find out. Sounds like you are connecting to an open wireless network. Naughty |
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hope some of this stuff helps a fellow Stokie.
