Posted by George Hester on 10/10/05 06:21

"Angrie.Woman" <Angrie.Woman@ggmail.com> wrote in message
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> George Hester wrote:
> > "Angrie.Woman" <Angrie.Woman@ggmail.com> wrote in message
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> >
> >>George Hester wrote:
> >>
> >>>"Angrie.Woman" <Angrie.Woman@ggmail.com> wrote in message
> >>>news:RBe2f.30$GH2.27@newssvr22.news.prodigy.net...
> >>
> >>>>What is the definition of "leech" anyway? I think it is somebody who
> >>>>doesn't have files available to share, but is it actually more
> >>>>complicated? I've seen "fake file suppliers" that have lots of files
> >>>>"available" if you do a browse on them. How would you be able to tell
> >>>>that person wasn't actually sharing?
> >>>>
> >>>>A
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Do a whois on them and look at their on queue. A leecher is someone
who
> >
> > is
> >
> >>>d/l from you and has 0 files in shares. Remember those that do this in
> >
> > all
> >
> >>>likelihood know what they are doing. New users do not know enough to
> >
> > remove
> >
> >>>their partials from their shares. Ip so fact o all are leechers who do
> >>>that.
> >>
> >>But some of the fake file suppliers have tons of files to view. One of
> >>the "heads up!" signs I used was seeing if there were multiple copies of
> >>the same file available.
>
> > Sure but a fake file supplier is not a Leecher. A Leecher is one who
shares
> > nothing and expects you to give him\her what he\she wants. A fake file
> > supplier is a person who is sharing fakes. Hey even I might be guilty
of
> > that. I d/l much more then I actually see at any one time. And share
them.
> > But for the most part I do catch the fakes and delete them.
> >
>
> I thought the fake files were the ones that you could never download.
> Are there other file types out there?
>
> A

Sure fake files that d/l. Happens all the time. That is why I like to keep
my browse open when I choose files to d/l. The names can be fake but if I a
lready have the file I'll know it. The fakes you are talking about can't be
d/l usually and those I delete right off. That happens a lot with mp3s not
so much with vids. In vids you might obtain Star Wars Part 3 but get some
Porn movie. That is also a fake.

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George Hester
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