As an admin of ShareConnector which was recently taken down for a legal invesitagtion, I have an opinion on BitTorrent and why it hurts the P2P community:
Most other major P2P networks keep files shared for long after their initial demand. BitTorrent does not. Infact only a few weeks after a release, a tracker can be completely dead.
Secondly, trackers are always dying, and when replacing a dead tracker it isn't always easy to not have to start over.
If everybody used BT, it would be near impossible to get your hands on a movie that's a few years old. Sure, there are occasional reshares, but not for rare files.
Thirdly, Centralization is not a always a bad thing. It helps files get shared more efficiently because rogue clients cannot trick their peers. Most eD2k clients use both the Overnet (decentralalized) and the eD2k (centralized) network, and I have personally found it much easier to get rare files using this, and I still download/upload at max speed so I know I couldn't be beating it with BT.
I'm not saying other P2P networks are perfect. Take eD2k for example... Most newbies to it don't understand what they're doing and get a low-id (firewalled connection), then don't add enough files for it to be efficient, then complain when it's so slow, and give up using it.
I'm not saying 'Don't use BT', and I'm not trolling, I'm just suggesting that people atleast share their files afterwards on other networks so that people in the near future will still be able to get that file they wanted.
I'm sick of having my payments cancelled every 3 weeks and having to call them up and explain why I am exempt from seeking employment.
When I'm on the phone they say things like "Oh, the server seems really slow this time of day", as though they are just using IE to browse a web interface.
2001: A Space Odyssey still stands today as one of the most scientifically accurate Sci-Fi movies.
My physics teacher once got the whole class to watch that movie, and pointed out all of the inconsistencies and scientific innaccuracies. I cant remember them all, but one I did remember clearly:
When they were travelling to the rotating space station and using the gas propellant to get there, at the very last minute the guy turns around to face the space station, without using the propellant or anything else.
I am not going to pay any extra for a can when you already get a sufficient cooling from the forming of Carbon Dioxide.
Within a couple of minutes of opening a standard can of drink, it cools several degrees, and when you pick it up to drink it, the even larger forming of CO2 that you get from pouring it into your mouth and having it react with your saliva is enough to make it cold.
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As an admin of ShareConnector which was recently taken down for a legal invesitagtion, I have an opinion on BitTorrent and why it hurts the P2P community:
Most other major P2P networks keep files shared for long after their initial demand. BitTorrent does not. Infact only a few weeks after a release, a tracker can be completely dead.
Secondly, trackers are always dying, and when replacing a dead tracker it isn't always easy to not have to start over.
If everybody used BT, it would be near impossible to get your hands on a movie that's a few years old. Sure, there are occasional reshares, but not for rare files.
Thirdly, Centralization is not a always a bad thing. It helps files get shared more efficiently because rogue clients cannot trick their peers. Most eD2k clients use both the Overnet (decentralalized) and the eD2k (centralized) network, and I have personally found it much easier to get rare files using this, and I still download/upload at max speed so I know I couldn't be beating it with BT.
I'm not saying other P2P networks are perfect. Take eD2k for example... Most newbies to it don't understand what they're doing and get a low-id (firewalled connection), then don't add enough files for it to be efficient, then complain when it's so slow, and give up using it.
I'm not saying 'Don't use BT', and I'm not trolling, I'm just suggesting that people atleast share their files afterwards on other networks so that people in the near future will still be able to get that file they wanted.
im paying 80 a month for 3mbit
That's funny. I'm paying $80 / month for 512/128. Stop complaining.
Unlike Suprnova and most of the previous sites however, they aren't planning to just roll over and die.
I know ShareConnector (eD2k) is not a bittorrent site, but ShareConnector is not planning to just roll over and die either.
I've always wanted to telnet in and see what's happening down there....
Don't forget to use protection. SSH.
Google for: "Powered by phpBB 2.0.1...10" Finds all the sites that still havent updated to phpBB 2.0.11
Does it run Linux?
I'm sick of having my payments cancelled every 3 weeks and having to call them up and explain why I am exempt from seeking employment. When I'm on the phone they say things like "Oh, the server seems really slow this time of day", as though they are just using IE to browse a web interface.
No wonder it needs cooling, they obviously forgot how much juice Microsoft IIS + ASP.NET uses.
I also find something suspicious about a domain named 'trustedreviews.com' using Microsoft products...
2001: A Space Odyssey still stands today as one of the most scientifically accurate Sci-Fi movies. My physics teacher once got the whole class to watch that movie, and pointed out all of the inconsistencies and scientific innaccuracies.
I cant remember them all, but one I did remember clearly:
When they were travelling to the rotating space station and using the gas propellant to get there, at the very last minute the guy turns around to face the space station, without using the propellant or anything else.
I am not going to pay any extra for a can when you already get a sufficient cooling from the forming of Carbon Dioxide.
Within a couple of minutes of opening a standard can of drink, it cools several degrees, and when you pick it up to drink it, the even larger forming of CO2 that you get from pouring it into your mouth and having it react with your saliva is enough to make it cold.