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Posted by anthonyberet on 09/27/22 11:30
George Hester wrote:
> "anthonyberet" <nospam@me.invalid> wrote in message
> news:3s7pdqFmvoanU2@individual.net...
>
>>Don Wiss wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 13:05:44 +0100, anthonyberet <nospam@me.invalid>
>
> wrote:
>
>>>
>>>>There are arguments against sharing incomplets, such as quality-checking
>>>>etc, but don't forget that incomplete large files (over 100mb total) are
>>>>pretty much essential for large files to propagate effectivley.
>>>
>>>
>>>I disagree. Because of leeching the WinMX is upload bandwidth
>
> constricted.
>
>>>Even many people that share a lot of files choke down their upload
>>>bandwidth. So getting bytes is dependent on this limitation, and not
>>>whether you are downloading from a completed file or an incomplete.
>>>
>>>The only time incompletes help bandwidth is from the people that only
>
> share
>
>>>incompletes. If they didn't share them they would not be supplying any
>>>bytes into the network.
>>>
>>
>>er hang on, are you saying that although I share complete files and large
>>incomplete files, when somebody downloads from an incomplete, that this
>>doesn't help the network?
>>Data is data - as long as not corrupted, more sources of a file are
>>always going to help, not hinder.
>
>
> Anthony 100% shared files which are uncorrupted because they are full are
> better than 2% of INCOMPLETE files wherein they are corrupted.
Yes I agree - that isn't what I am promoting though.
> I chose 2%
> that is very small. The file I am thinking about has 95% corrunpted on the
> Network all partials which you think is good to share.
I think it is better to share them yes, although not ideal.
I would rather be able to get 95%, even if I need to trim.
However, if I *never* saw a full file, I wouldn't download it in the
first place, let alone share it!
> And that is not the
> only one. If all users shared just complete files that would be the end of
> the File Mismatch error.
That is simply not true - corruption can occur when crashing during a
download of a complete file, just as surely as with an incomplete.
> Now I know if your files are under 5MB that is no
> big deal but files that are 1GB this can be a major pain in the butt.
> Because once corrupted they will drown out the valid files.
>
I can't see why they would drown out the complete files, unless the
complete files have disappeared from the network.
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