Posted by Technobarbarian on 11/16/33 11:39

"Kraftee" <kraftee@pleasedon'tspam@kraftee.plus.com> wrote in message
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> Technobarbarian wrote:
>> "Peterson" <hoseratl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:6PzGf.1232$Ly6.1212@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
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>>> "Joe Gillis" <FloatingInThePool@hotmail.com> wrote ...
>>>> I've been using WinMX for over two years, but I've had it. It
>>>> constantly freezes up on me, and last night after two hours of
>>>> screwing with it, it simply crashed on me.
>>> I'd suggest you go look around on www.winmxworld.com for some help. It
>>> sounds like you've got the connection patch, since you can
>>> actually get on to the network, but if not, they'll point you to it.
>>>
>>> A big problem with WinMX, from my experience, is the prevelence of
>>> 'fake' files flooded into the network, particularly with more
>>> popular/current songs. You can try searching with "-user" in one of
>>> your search boxes to eliminate the fakes, but you then lose the
>>> convenience of narrowing searches and will be a bit deflated in the
>>> amount of files now available to you.
>>>>
>>>> So I'm looking for a new P2P program -- any suggestions?
>>>>
>>> I've been using Warez with some success. I enjoyed Ares while I was
>>> using it -- good availability of some more semi-obscure stuff, but
>>> began having incredibly frustrating connection issues soon after. Warez
>>> is kinda like a clone of Ares, uses the same network, and
>>> hasn't given me any connection problems. I don't seem to have the
>>> same success in file availability, but I still have more than I do
>>> with WinMX, typically. Probably better options out there, but I'm
>>> not exactly Mr. Tech-savvy, either.
>>
>> Obviously. Much like Kazaa WinMX is dead, but the corpse keeps
>> flailing around and probably will for some time to come. It's sad to
>> watch, particularly with all the fans that can't let it die in peace.
>> Right now: Shareaza, eMule plus and uTorrent are the best available.
>> Next week, who knows? Evolution marches on. Getting all attached and
>> drippy about any one program is ridiculous. Hell, getting all
>> attached to p2p doesn't make much sense either. For music files
>> binary usenet groups and a good binary harvester are often a better
>> choice. There the freeware Grabit and shareware Newsbin Pro are the
>> top of the heap this week.
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> Only one problem, what happens when your ISP's binary news groups are
> fuba & they place a cap on how much you can download from external news
> services. P2P fills the bill for me for now, although I have had my first
> warning about usage & I can see the time when the restrictions will just
> force me to leave for pastures new & it will be a case of the grass is
> greener...

I can see where that might be a problem. My ISP keeps pushing up my
speed, so it would be counter-productive to cap my volume. We've gone from
4Mbps to 6Mbps. I have no idea what sort of volume I'm downloading, but I
don't worry about it. Sometimes I just download stuff to take a look, figure
out I don't like it, didn't need it, or whatever, and dump it.

TB

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