Re: [NF] Torrent Schmorrent

2007-09-09 Thread Kevin Cully
I don't remember anyone mentioning this potential factor but I've heard certain ISP considering throttling Torrent traffic. Could it be something out of Whil's control at play here? -Kevin CULLY Technologies, LLC Sponsor of FoxForward 2007 foxforward.net _

Re: [NF] Torrent Schmorrent

2007-09-09 Thread Man-wai Chang
> I wouldn't be so sure about uTorrent being free forever. Sometime > developers place a fish hook hidden inside the freeware bait, and the > hook is timed to be set at the right moment. Once the hook is set the > user is locked into the product and pays the tax. > Open Source Software has a l

Re: [NF] Torrent Schmorrent

2007-09-08 Thread Leland F. Jackson, CPA
I intended to say that this works on FC6. Regards, LelandJ Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: > Or for the command line challenged, click on the Add/Remove Software > menu option. When the Add/Remove Software GUI Dialog appears, do a > search on azureus. When azureus appear in the display window,

Re: [NF] Torrent Schmorrent

2007-09-08 Thread Leland F. Jackson, CPA
Or for the command line challenged, click on the Add/Remove Software menu option. When the Add/Remove Software GUI Dialog appears, do a search on azureus. When azureus appear in the display window, click on the check box adjacent to it, and then click on the [Apply] button. Regards, LelandJ

Re: [NF] Torrent Schmorrent

2007-09-08 Thread Ted Roche
On 9/7/07, Whil Hentzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The one labeled "Click here if you want to steal the entire second > season of Friends and watch it without paying a nickel". Oh, no, I'm not > supposed to say that. > "Friends?" You should be ashamed. > I do need to find a better one because

Re: [NF] Torrent Schmorrent

2007-09-08 Thread Jeff Roberts
make sure you have a port open on your firewall for incoming bittorent connections and make sure you have that port specified in the bittorent client, that speeds things up greatly. also, i second, or third the suggestion for utorrent. it may not be open source, but right now its free and isnt bl

Re: [NF] Torrent Schmorrent

2007-09-08 Thread Whil Hentzen
Ted Roche wrote: > On 9/7/07, Whil Hentzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It's been running on a line with no other traffic, I've got it throttled >> up as high as possible. It was being pokey (40 KB/s down, 80 KB/s up), >> and had about 5 hours to go, so I started goofing around. > > There's a lot

Re: [NF] Torrent Schmorrent

2007-09-08 Thread Leland F. Jackson, CPA
I wouldn't be so sure about uTorrent being free forever. Sometime developers place a fish hook hidden inside the freeware bait, and the hook is timed to be set at the right moment. Once the hook is set the user is locked into the product and pays the tax. Open Source Software has a license up

Re: [NF] Torrent Schmorrent

2007-09-07 Thread Man-wai Chang
In case you are interested, under Linux, I am using rTorrent. I am running it as a GNU screen session. -- @~@http://changmw.homeip.net / v \ May the Force and Farce be with you! Linux 2.6.22.6 /( _ )\ (Xubuntu 7.04) 12:23:01 up 16:46 1 user ^ ^load average: 0.04 0.03 0.00 news:/

Re: [NF] Torrent Schmorrent

2007-09-07 Thread Man-wai Chang
Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: > I found the answer to my question in the uTorrent FAQ: Not yet. But definitely a freeware. -- @~@http://changmw.homeip.net / v \ May the Force and Farce be with you! Linux 2.6.22.6 /( _ )\ (Xubuntu 7.04) 12:20:01 up 16:43 1 user ^ ^load average: 0

Re: [NF] Torrent Schmorrent

2007-09-07 Thread Leland F. Jackson, CPA
I found the answer to my question in the uTorrent FAQ: #-- Is µTorrent open source? No. It is not likely to become open source ever. #--- Regards, LelandJ Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: > Is uTorrent open source? > > Regards, > > LelandJ > > Man-wai Chang wrote:

Re: [NF] Torrent Schmorrent

2007-09-07 Thread Leland F. Jackson, CPA
Is uTorrent open source? Regards, LelandJ Man-wai Chang wrote: > Whil Hentzen wrote: > >> Went to grab the latest F7 iso via BitTorrent. 700 MB for KDE live. >> >> It's been running on a line with no other traffic, I've got it throttled >> up as high as possible. It was being pokey (40 KB/s

Re: [NF] Torrent Schmorrent

2007-09-07 Thread Man-wai Chang
Whil Hentzen wrote: > Went to grab the latest F7 iso via BitTorrent. 700 MB for KDE live. > > It's been running on a line with no other traffic, I've got it throttled > up as high as possible. It was being pokey (40 KB/s down, 80 KB/s up), > and had about 5 hours to go, so I started goofing arou

Re: [NF] Torrent Schmorrent

2007-09-07 Thread MB Software Solutions
Whil Hentzen wrote: > stuck here in Milwaukee with the Atlanta blues again. > Just got back from dinner/drinks across the street from the hotel. It was fun! -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com "Work smarter, not harder,

Re: [NF] Torrent Schmorrent

2007-09-07 Thread Leland F. Jackson, CPA
Actually, installing the JRE is not the headache it once was. It's already installed in most versions of Linux, or can be easily installed with the tools provided by the various Linux distributions, now that Sun has released Java to the Open Source community. Regards, LelandJ Leland F. Jack

Re: [NF] Torrent Schmorrent

2007-09-07 Thread Leland F. Jackson, CPA
I also use Azureus. It's a slick application. The only downside of running Azureus is you will need the Java Runtime Environment installed in your OS. I'm running Azureus under Linux. Regards, LelandJ Ted Roche wrote: > On 9/7/07, Whil Hentzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> It's been ru

Re: [NF] Torrent Schmorrent

2007-09-07 Thread Ted Roche
On 9/7/07, Whil Hentzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's been running on a line with no other traffic, I've got it throttled > up as high as possible. It was being pokey (40 KB/s down, 80 KB/s up), > and had about 5 hours to go, so I started goofing around. There's a lot of noodling, tweaking a

Re: [NF] Torrent Schmorrent

2007-09-07 Thread Leland F. Jackson, CPA
Also, the more people using bittorrent at the same time to download a particular item; the faster the download will go for everybody, as all the participants will be sharing pieces of the downlaod with each other as they capture bits of the whole. Regards, LelandJ Pete Theisen wrote: > On Fr

Re: [NF] Torrent Schmorrent

2007-09-07 Thread Pete Theisen
On Friday 07 September 2007 12:38, Whil Hentzen wrote: > Found a 2.7 GB DVD iso for the main distro. Clicked on the http link out > of some place in the Netherlands. Same line as the BitTorrent > connection. 50 minutes later I have a DVD burned and ready to play with > > Meanwhile, the torrent sti

[NF] Torrent Schmorrent

2007-09-07 Thread Whil Hentzen
Went to grab the latest F7 iso via BitTorrent. 700 MB for KDE live. It's been running on a line with no other traffic, I've got it throttled up as high as possible. It was being pokey (40 KB/s down, 80 KB/s up), and had about 5 hours to go, so I started goofing around. Found a 2.7 GB DVD iso fo