Have you got patience with your downloads - P2P-Zone

napho · 30-09-02, 04:10 PM

or do you have a quick trigger finger and look elsewhere?
If a movie doesn't start in 15 minutes I get on a couple other programs instead. I assume some people have files that haven't finished in months.

Dawn · 30-09-02, 04:52 PM

I use eDonkey for movies. I gots the patience of a saint.

MagicMorpheus · 30-09-02, 05:08 PM

I have patience but only because I know I'm getting everything for free

, unlike some people:
"Ah man! This movie is going 50 kb/s! Stupid thing won't be done for 5 hours! This network sucks!"

JackSpratts · 30-09-02, 05:36 PM

i keep dialing 'till i get it but if i can't find it anywhere i'll leave it up on ft to grab eventually.

- js.

Kris404 · 30-09-02, 08:14 PM

Im very patient with my downloads.. But lately, WinMX is trying to change all that

twinspan · 01-10-02, 10:48 AM

I don't have the patience or the hard drive space to dedicate to week-long/month-long downloads à la Donkey. If I can't get something from FastTrack, I head to IRC and look for an FServe with a high min CPS rate.

only after a few netsplits and DALnet disconnects will I turn to eDonkey and begin to wait.... and wait... and wait...

Haole · 01-10-02, 11:05 AM

Hey, time is money, right?
Question is: Are you patient with your uploads?

No doubt, AudioGalaxy was awesome in terms of finding anything and getting it quickly. Even when I got the wrong file it took only seconds to get the right one.

Winmx--forget it! One should have a copy of "Autobiography of a Yogi" nearby when trying to dl (unless of course you trade).

Soulseek is slower, in a sense that you can only dl one file at a time from a user, but patience pays off big here! The selection here is unmatched, IMHO. And just being able to dl a complete CD in a folder cuts down on all the tedious work that needs to be done with other p2ps.

thinker · 03-10-02, 01:43 PM

WinMX used to be great, but not anymore. If you're still on 2.6, you don't get to use WPNP - a lot like the NapINC forced upgrades most of us recall, and what's more, there isn't a place on the WinMX site anymore to get cache addresses, etc. so you can config. Sucks, really, but the sadest thing is, I haven't yet found anything better than WinMX's shell of its former self. iMesh, Blubster, KaZaA...please. I'd give aG a chance if I could ever download it from their site, and I haven't had a run at Limewire yet either. Last night I actually had a six hour connection (a rarity considering my shit modem, shit box and the shit phone lines around here - for those of you living in caves, yes, I'm still on dial-up) but what did it go for? About 5% of a 40 meg file. If I had a dedicated connection and could wait around for a couple of days for a download to start, yeah, I guess it wouldn't be so bad. Oh, and yes, I do have downloads that haven't finished in months. Surprise.

WilliamdeWorde · 13-10-02, 08:43 AM

patience is a virtue.

it's all free anyhow.

I think audiognome is pretty cool, Soulseek does what does slowly, but for speed (read movies) FastTrack is the one. Be it Grokster or Kazaalite or even iMesh.

zombywoof · 13-10-02, 11:48 AM

I got trigger finger. Common shit on p2p, I'll go for the fastest d/l. Harder to find stuff, I go to the quickest, available source possible. Queues and wait times are a last resort.

ONEMANBANNED · 13-10-02, 08:58 PM

nope : short attention span

30-09-02, 04:10 PM	#1
napho Dawn's private genie Join Date: May 2001 Location: the Canadian wasteland Posts: 4,461	Have you got patience with your downloads or do you have a quick trigger finger and look elsewhere? If a movie doesn't start in 15 minutes I get on a couple other programs instead. I assume some people have files that haven't finished in months.

30-09-02, 04:52 PM	#2
Dawn R.I.P napho 1-31-16 Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Venus Posts: 16,723	I use eDonkey for movies. I gots the patience of a saint. __________________ I love you napho and I will weep forever..........

01-10-02, 10:48 AM	#6
twinspan - a rascal - Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: for security reasons, never the same as the President's Posts: 759	"patience is a card game" I don't have the patience or the hard drive space to dedicate to week-long/month-long downloads à la Donkey. If I can't get something from FastTrack, I head to IRC and look for an FServe with a high min CPS rate. only after a few netsplits and DALnet disconnects will I turn to eDonkey and begin to wait.... and wait... and wait...

13-10-02, 08:43 AM	#9
WilliamdeWorde reporter Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Land of the Rising Sun Posts: 45	patience is a virtue. it's all free anyhow. I think audiognome is pretty cool, Soulseek does what does slowly, but for speed (read movies) FastTrack is the one. Be it Grokster or Kazaalite or even iMesh. __________________ Where there's a will There is ALWAYS a way

13-10-02, 11:48 AM	#10
zombywoof Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 2,160	I got trigger finger. Common shit on p2p, I'll go for the fastest d/l. Harder to find stuff, I go to the quickest, available source possible. Queues and wait times are a last resort. Last edited by zombywoof : 13-10-02 at 12:05 PM.

30-09-02, 05:08 PM	#3
MagicMorpheus Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 275	I have patience but only because I know I'm getting everything for free , unlike some people: "Ah man! This movie is going 50 kb/s! Stupid thing won't be done for 5 hours! This network sucks!"

30-09-02, 05:36 PM	#4
JackSpratts Join Date: May 2001 Location: New England Posts: 10,018	i keep dialing 'till i get it but if i can't find it anywhere i'll leave it up on ft to grab eventually. - js.

30-09-02, 08:14 PM	#5
Kris404 How may I help you? Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA Posts: 210	Im very patient with my downloads.. But lately, WinMX is trying to change all that

01-10-02, 11:05 AM	#7
Haole Pronunciation: 'hau-lE Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 502	Hey, time is money, right? Question is: Are you patient with your uploads? No doubt, AudioGalaxy was awesome in terms of finding anything and getting it quickly. Even when I got the wrong file it took only seconds to get the right one. Winmx--forget it! One should have a copy of "Autobiography of a Yogi" nearby when trying to dl (unless of course you trade). Soulseek is slower, in a sense that you can only dl one file at a time from a user, but patience pays off big here! The selection here is unmatched, IMHO. And just being able to dl a complete CD in a folder cuts down on all the tedious work that needs to be done with other p2ps.

03-10-02, 01:43 PM	#8
thinker Ex-Singular Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Earth Posts: 4,677	WinMX used to be great, but not anymore. If you're still on 2.6, you don't get to use WPNP - a lot like the NapINC forced upgrades most of us recall, and what's more, there isn't a place on the WinMX site anymore to get cache addresses, etc. so you can config. Sucks, really, but the sadest thing is, I haven't yet found anything better than WinMX's shell of its former self. iMesh, Blubster, KaZaA...please. I'd give aG a chance if I could ever download it from their site, and I haven't had a run at Limewire yet either. Last night I actually had a six hour connection (a rarity considering my shit modem, shit box and the shit phone lines around here - for those of you living in caves, yes, I'm still on dial-up) but what did it go for? About 5% of a 40 meg file. If I had a dedicated connection and could wait around for a couple of days for a download to start, yeah, I guess it wouldn't be so bad. Oh, and yes, I do have downloads that haven't finished in months. Surprise.

13-10-02, 08:58 PM	#11
ONEMANBANNED Push "winky" ! Push!!! Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: north Posts: 3,529	nope : short attention span

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