Phil K
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I have been desperately trying to download certain mp3's of bootleg albums of one of my fave groups. And since the demise of Audiogalaxy (yes it is technically still running, but words like shite or crap doesnt do it justice) I have to use Kazaa or WinMX.
WinMX shhould be great but has a major problem of relying on the decency of the people using the prog. And as so many of the bastards want to d/l OFF people but dont want to reciprocate, it is infuriating in the extreme. One arsehole in paticular keeps coming on, (he is one of perhaps 3 or 4 people with the album I need) and I'll connect and he will cut me off IMMEDIATELY. Now obviously I will return the favour if ever I get the chance but its not the point. I can understand if say you have a queue and some prat has about 30 downloads going at the same time and the upload speed is say 0.50 kps, all thats doing is buggering up people who are only after 1 track or album. I myself cut those if they are less than 1.0. But cutting people before they even connect is another matter. There should be a case of if you dont share you're banned. Of course you have to start somewhere and putting a minimum of uploads after a certain time would sort out the selfish types. (Thats one problem I would never have ! I seem to upload 10 times - more probably - than I download)
Another irritation is wrongly labelled mp3's. I downloaded what I thought was Led Zeppelin album, and it turned out to be BB King. I quite like BB King, but I wouldn't have downloaded it. So I renamed it, and do you know what ? Its been easily the most uploaded thing from my comp !
WinMX shhould be great but has a major problem of relying on the decency of the people using the prog. And as so many of the bastards want to d/l OFF people but dont want to reciprocate, it is infuriating in the extreme. One arsehole in paticular keeps coming on, (he is one of perhaps 3 or 4 people with the album I need) and I'll connect and he will cut me off IMMEDIATELY. Now obviously I will return the favour if ever I get the chance but its not the point. I can understand if say you have a queue and some prat has about 30 downloads going at the same time and the upload speed is say 0.50 kps, all thats doing is buggering up people who are only after 1 track or album. I myself cut those if they are less than 1.0. But cutting people before they even connect is another matter. There should be a case of if you dont share you're banned. Of course you have to start somewhere and putting a minimum of uploads after a certain time would sort out the selfish types. (Thats one problem I would never have ! I seem to upload 10 times - more probably - than I download)
Another irritation is wrongly labelled mp3's. I downloaded what I thought was Led Zeppelin album, and it turned out to be BB King. I quite like BB King, but I wouldn't have downloaded it. So I renamed it, and do you know what ? Its been easily the most uploaded thing from my comp !
