Posted by anthonyberet on 10/23/05 10:45

George Hester wrote:
> "anthonyberet" <nospam@me.invalid> wrote in message
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>>George Hester wrote:
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>>>"anthonyberet" <nospam@me.invalid> wrote in message
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>>>>BJtheDJ@the.Controls wrote:
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>>>>pretty much essential for large files to propagate effectivley.
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>>>Hmmm...that sounds like a good reason but I really doubt it. The
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> sharing of
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>>>partials is a prime reason for the File Mismatch error. You will NOT
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> ever
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>>>get a File Mismatch error from someone sharing a complete file but you
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> will
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>>>get a File Mismatch error from partials periodically. That is why we
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> know
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>>>for many files exactly how many bytes has to be sliced off to fix them.
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>>Yes I agree that mismatches are a glitch which is better avoided.
>>I think not sharing partials is throwing the baby out with the bathwater
>>though.
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> Of course Anthony another good reason not to share partials is that some
> traders won't trade if you do. The reason being is that we don't usually
> start new d/ls from partials. I MIGHT but not normally. Hence the partials
> are just noise that we have to sift through and the patience level of most
> WinMX users partials or not is close to void.
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I don't personally trade much.
I don't see partials as noise to sort through - AFS does that for me.
I have had great success of the years beginning downloads from partials.
- It allows me to avoid the worst queues which are going to be on the
complete files.
If there are two sources for a file available, would you rather queue
for ever to start the complete one, or would you rather be downloading
the first 90% of the file while you are waiting in line for the last 10%?
My own shared partials are pretty popular too. - I just don't see it
working without partials for the kinds of stuff I collect and share
- there are two few sources and partials are a godsend.

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