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Posted by Loco Jones on 10/11/05 00:29
"FatKat" <robynari@juno.com> wrote in message
news:1128980581.691255.118960@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Loco Jones wrote:
> > Funny, I seem to recall the WinMX slogan as being "the best way
> > to SHARE your media".
>
> I don't remember WinMX ever having a slogan.
Does this look at all familiar?
http://www.nodata.plus.com/index2.html
- artwork cribbed from the now defunct WinMX home page.
> [ ... ]
> It's a pretty diverse network.
Absolutely. Which is why it's unfair to characterize all users as one
"type" or another. Sure, there exists a minority/majority (depending on
your personal experience) of traders on the network, but that has nothing
to do with what the software was originally designed for. The fact that
*intended* use often gets co-opted by the users is nothing new.
> The other day I sent what I thought was a polite request to
> a user on my queue who was trying to DL several files through
> several Open Nap servers (like DutchLeechNet) asking that he
> log through a single server. The response I got was, among a
> few unprintable words, that I was now added to HIS ignore list.
> Now here's a guy who's nasty AND stupid - it's not like I was
> on his queue for anything.
Nasty and stupid have never been exclusive to WinMX. In fact, I seem to
recall them both showing up in IM chat way back when Napster was free. In
fact, they show up quite frequently, everywhere in the ether. Sometimes
just plain ugly puts in an appearance too.
> > (Now Playing: Tit For Tat - Neil Sedaka)
>
> Sounds pretty racy for Sedaka.
He had his moments. Nothing like Chinga Chavin of course.
- Loco -
(Now Playing: Tit Stop Rock - Chinga Chavin)
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