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Roymundo
Caldari
Perkone
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Posted - 2009.01.12 07:22:00 -
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well lads.
just want to throw this out there for discussion.
what do you think about Limewire?
A: usefull software that helps us to spread information around the globe.
B: tool used by thieving *****s to rob artists/developers of their hard earned cash.
C: hotbed of filth.
D: blah blah blah.
discuss?
i go for option A myself.
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Ivana Drake
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Posted - 2009.01.12 07:24:00 -
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E: it sucks
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Taradis
Amarr
The Imperial Assassins
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Posted - 2009.01.12 07:25:00 -
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I heards limewire hogs resources i'm a bit torrent person myself
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Matthias Reid
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Posted - 2009.01.12 07:26:00 -
[4]
E: A horrible program
Use bittorrent instead
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Roymundo
Caldari
Perkone
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Posted - 2009.01.12 07:30:00 -
[5]
 Originally by: Taradis
I heards limewire hogs resources i'm a bit torrent person myself
believe me it sucks resources worse that vista.
however, for sheer ease of use, and searchability, limerwire beats torrent
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Ivana Drake
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Posted - 2009.01.12 07:33:00 -
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OK well try Phex, it does the same thing but isn't quite as bad as LW 
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Super Whopper
I can Has Cheeseburger
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Posted - 2009.01.12 07:38:00 -
[7]
Originally by: Roymundo
believe me it sucks resources worse than I do.
While I don't know this person his opinion makes me believe he is right about himself and Failwire.
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Roymundo
Caldari
Perkone
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Posted - 2009.01.12 07:41:00 -
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Originally by: Super Whopper
Originally by: Roymundo
believe me it sucks resources worse than I do.
While I don't know this person his opinion makes me believe he is right about himself and Failwire.
lovely. and reason you couldn't take the time to write something constructive? instead of belittling me for my choice of program how about getting off your high chair and suggest an alternative?
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Super Whopper
I can Has Cheeseburger
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Posted - 2009.01.12 08:01:00 -
[9]
Originally by: Roymundo
lovely. and reason you couldn't take the time to write something constructive? instead of belittling me for my choice of program how about getting off your high chair and suggest an alternative?
How about Emule? Constructive enough?
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Bellum Eternus
Gallente
Death of Virtue
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Posted - 2009.01.12 08:05:00 -
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Just skip everything like limewire, emule and the like and just stick to bittorrent apps.
All the old stuff (limewire etc.) *used* to be good, but now all the files are rife with viruses and lots of other horrible stuff, the download speeds are terrible, and like a few have mentioned, the resource hogging is through the roof. Mostly due to the RIAA and it's attempts to poison file sharing.
Bellum Eternus
Inveniam viam aut faciam.
Death of Virtue is Recruiting
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Super Whopper
I can Has Cheeseburger
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Posted - 2009.01.12 08:08:00 -
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Originally by: Bellum Eternus
Just skip everything like limewire, emule and the like and just stick to bittorrent apps.
All the old stuff (limewire etc.) *used* to be good, but now all the files are rife with viruses and lots of other horrible stuff, the download speeds are terrible, and like a few have mentioned, the resource hogging is through the roof. Mostly due to the RIAA and it's attempts to poison file sharing.
Not where I live 
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Taua Roqa
Minmatar
Silhouette Soliloquy
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Posted - 2009.01.12 09:30:00 -
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emule still rocks, way more file variety than torrents, even if the speed is sometimes questionable :P
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annoing
Fallen Angel's
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Posted - 2009.01.12 09:55:00 -
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Edited by: annoing on 12/01/2009 09:58:57
I sit here, mouth agape, surprised that anyone uses such rubbish as limewire or even bit-torrent.
If you really want to get anything that you could possibly dream of you really should be using MIRC. The reasons why:
1) You dont share files to leech files
2) The speed is far faster for dl's than limewire or bit-torrent (I regulary get 500-600kbs as my slow dl speed - usually 1mbps +)
3) A quick run through the tutorial enables you
a) to hide your IP addy
b) block files types or recieve only certain file types
c) turn off chat and requests etc
4) If you are UK resident it opens an interesting legal quandry. Technically (as far as I understand it), in the UK it is illegal to share files but not to download. Most P2P systems use the upload/download style of sharing, THIS is where most people get caught out. For the film/record/software company to catch you taking files with MIRC, they have to be the ones sharing .
5) Its no more insecure than any torrent or p2p programme. Like any downloads, run it through a scanner before you open etc. In the last 6 years i've only recieved 2 infected files and both of those were caught by my scanner.
Edit: awful spelling, i'll leave you to complain about the grammer 
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Reven Cordelle
Caldari
School of Applied Knowledge
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Posted - 2009.01.12 10:07:00 -
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Its ballbags tbh.
I mean sometimes you can get lucky but now - you'll search something and every result will just be some **** link with your search terms randomly added in.
If you finally get something, the quality will suck too much to be useful.
At this point in life - Torrenting is the way forward.
That and... Buying... the content. HEAVEN FORBID. |
Super Whopper
I can Has Cheeseburger
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Posted - 2009.01.12 10:11:00 -
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Originally by: annoing
Edited by: annoing on 12/01/2009 09:58:57
I sit here, mouth agape, surprised that anyone uses such rubbish as limewire or even bit-torrent.
If you really want to get anything that you could possibly dream of you really should be using MIRC. The reasons why:
1) You dont share files to leech files
2) The speed is far faster for dl's than limewire or bit-torrent (I regulary get 500-600kbs as my slow dl speed - usually 1mbps +)
3) A quick run through the tutorial enables you
a) to hide your IP addy
b) block files types or recieve only certain file types
c) turn off chat and requests etc
4) If you are UK resident it opens an interesting legal quandry. Technically (as far as I understand it), in the UK it is illegal to share files but not to download. Most P2P systems use the upload/download style of sharing, THIS is where most people get caught out. For the film/record/software company to catch you taking files with MIRC, they have to be the ones sharing .
5) Its no more insecure than any torrent or p2p programme. Like any downloads, run it through a scanner before you open etc. In the last 6 years i've only recieved 2 infected files and both of those were caught by my scanner.
Edit: awful spelling, i'll leave you to complain about the grammer
Looking into this as I type this. |
Neyro7830
Gallente
The Scope
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Posted - 2009.01.12 12:53:00 -
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If you are going to torrent don't be stupid and use bittorrent. Use uTorrent.
Limewire is fantastic as long as aren't and idiot and download 400kb WMA files with names of "Greatest hits remixed"...
Oh god how did this get here I am not good with computer |
Vega Alioth
Caldari
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Posted - 2009.01.12 14:21:00 -
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ebil - utorrent is much better (though ill check out mIRC) |
TimMc
Gallente
Brutal Deliverance
OWN Alliance
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Posted - 2009.01.12 14:40:00 -
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Limewire is full of viruses and trojans etc, probably more so than piratebay. However it is nice for getting individual songs quickly.
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Rob Z0mbie
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Posted - 2009.01.12 16:07:00 -
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Originally by: Taradis
I heards limewire hogs resources i'm a bit torrent person myself
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Leilani Solaris
Gallente
Atomic Battle Penguins
The Darwin Award Foundation
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Posted - 2009.01.12 17:19:00 -
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Originally by: Roymundo
B: tool used by thieving *****s to rob artists/developers of their hard earned cash.
This one. People like me. |
Cyprus Black
Caldari
School of Applied Knowledge
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Posted - 2009.01.12 19:11:00 -
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7) A petri dish of viruses. |
eWrath
Caldari
The Omni Federation
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Posted - 2009.01.12 19:13:00 -
[22]
WAT?  |
Bish Ounen
Gallente
Best Path Inc.
Ethereal Dawn
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Posted - 2009.01.12 19:21:00 -
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Edited by: Bish Ounen on 12/01/2009 19:21:45
Not only is Limewire (and eMule, and others that use those older styles of file sharing.) INCREDIBLY insecure, and a MASSIVE in-vector for viruses, Trojans and spyware, but they are VERY VERY VERY easy to monitor and snoop on.
I used to work for an ISP (now taken over by Time Warner) and it was CHILD'S PLAY to detect people using these services AND what they were sharing. That was 5 years ago. the detection/snooping technology has advanced since then.
If you are going to file-share, then Bittorrent or IRC is the way to go. If you are going to use bittorrent, then use the uTorrent or Vuze clients. uTorrent if you want a "cleaner" and more straightforward approach, Vuze if you want a more multimedia-centric approach with broader flexibility.
Alternately, use MIRC and dig up the proper IRC channels. This is probably the FASTEST way to get certain items, but it requires a more technical mind and a willingness to dig around in alot of different IRC channels. But since most of what is available via various Bittorrent sites originates from the IRC channels, Using MIRC is pretty much going right to the source. |
annoing
Fallen Angel's
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Posted - 2009.01.12 19:53:00 -
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Those of you who are looking to get into MIRC/IRC (use MIRC though cos its better ), you have to use the XDCC to search for your desired files. This site here is a popular one but make sure you have pop-ups turned off and dont click on any adverts 
Use the search bar there to look for the file you want, it links you to the name of the chat-room and on what server. If you have MIRC open, it automatically goes to that room, ctl+c in chat box and wait for your stuff to download. There may be a wait time so just be patient 
There are plenty of xdcc sites out there but I aint giving you mine as I dont want to have you all in my rooms leeching all the files i want to leech :)
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Daelorn
Perkone
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Posted - 2009.01.12 22:31:00 -
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Limewire a P2P thing? I just use torrents now, but for P2P I use to use Ares
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Imperator Jora'h
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Posted - 2009.01.12 22:54:00 -
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Originally by: Vega Alioth
ebil - utorrent is much better (though ill check out mIRC)
Are you aware that the RIAA (or rather a subsidiary of it but same thing really) own Bit Torrent and uTorrent? There has been evidence that the newer clients in fact do send data back to them.
In short, use older versions if you use them. Safe builds for Azureus and uTorrent are:
utorrent 1.6.474
azureus 2.5.0.4
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Rondo Gunn
Caldari
Perkone
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Posted - 2009.01.12 23:09:00 -
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Originally by: Super Whopper
Edited by: Super Whopper on 12/01/2009 08:08:48
Originally by: Roymundo
lovely. and reason you couldn't take the time to write something constructive? instead of belittling me for my choice of program how about getting off your high chair and suggest an alternative?
How about Emule? Constructive enough?
Also your half intelligent comment about Vista hugging resources wasn't constructive, so go whine elsewhere about constructive posting.
You'll have to excuse Super Whopper. Anytime anyone anywhere says : "Vista sucks." they start to foam at the mouth.
shin ku myo u
Please note: Everything I say is flavored with irony, cynicism and, of course, minty freshness. |
Kyden
Gallente
Foundation
Sons of Tangra
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Posted - 2009.01.13 08:26:00 -
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Rapidshare.com account > any other way of downloading apps, movies, music ect ect ect. I get Download speeds up to 3mbs. Plus you pay a monthly fee of $10 making it legal in any country. You can also get free accounts by uploading **** for others to dl, If you get enough hits in one month, your next month is free. |
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