Torrents?

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Hi everyone,

I'd like to learn more about torrents. Can you help?

My only real experience with file sharing has been with Napster (Back in the day *nostalgia*) and KaZaa (Again.. back in the day *more nostalgia*)

This is what I think I know so far:

I take it a torrent is a file sharing network, where members just share (seed?) whatever the hell they like for people to search for?

I take it to use a torrent, you need a client, like Bittorrent or emule or edonkey for example?

I dont know whether each client only works with its own clients or not? Eg, Person A is using emule and searching for google earth, Person B has google earth, but is using bittorrent. Will Person A be able to get google earth from Person B?

I dont know how safe torrents are, are what you share/download being carefully monitored so that you can be personally identifiable if you share..... I dunno...... Vista Beta's? Music? Films etc.....

I dont know which torrent client is "the best" or the one that doesnt contain adware? (if any of the clients come with adware?)

Can any of you help by telling me a bit more about torrents?

Apologies if this is in the wrong place, I just didnt know where else to post it?

Thanks again!

John

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Cool, thanks for the help!

I know torrents CAN have illegal uses, but so has the knife i'm using to cut my steak, so I hope that this doesnt get closed or anything..... :whistle:

Thanks for the advice, i'll look unto utorrent!

Do torrents from different clients "overlap", I mean, can users of utorrent and bittorrent share files between one another for example.

Thanks again!

John

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lol u just gave some links

i personally think utorrent and bittornado are the best clients

leachers are people who download but dont upload slowing everybody down

seeders are people with the full file who everybody is downloading from

when somebody makes a new torrent there is 1 seeder the creator who has the stuff

-edit bittorent clients can overlap but only with each other not with programs like emule and limewire as they share differently

(hope im right)

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Anyone can have different clients such as Azureus, uTorrent, BitTorrent, ABC, BitTornado, etc, as long as you get a .tor file, anyone getting that file can also share it.

Start learning using AutoPatcher XP February release. Download a torrent client, and download the torrent for AutoPatcher.

http://download.winboard.org/downloads.php?release_id=1111

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I just started using torrent since 17th feb. Believe me its very addictive. Downloaded 7 movies ( d/l 6.8GB and upped 5.6GB ) in 10 days. Well they were all old movies 50's and 60's which are not available for purchase on DVD VCD in India

I use utorrent and for top torrent sites

http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/peersh...rent_search.htm

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Mainly the same thing.

P2P = A sharing and delivery of user specified files among groups of people who are logged on to a file sharing network. Napster was the first mainstream P2P software that enabled large scale file sharing.

Peer-to-peer networking (P2P) is an application that runs on a personal computer and shares files with other users across the Internet. P2P networks work by connecting individual computers together to share files instead of having to go through a central server.

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As my custom status probably shows, i'm a big freedom/privacy advocate...... so are torrents safe? Or can I easily get tracked down if I download anything that i'm not supposed to?

Haha, I knew this question was comin up. lol

Yes you can get tracked down.

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Haha, I knew this question was comin up. lol

Yes you can get tracked down.

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LOL :rofl:

What do you mean you knew that question was coming up? :whistle:

:whistle: *tries to look innocent* :whistle:

If people get tracked down, and nailed for sharing/downloading copywrited stuff, how come torrents havent been nailed like napster was?

Thanks for the help,

John

PS test downloading a ubuntu live cd right now, so far so good, very fast! Torrents rock! :p

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1: a heavy rain [syn: downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, pelter, soaker] 2: a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid); "the houses were swept away in the torrent" [syn: violent stream] 3: an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" [syn: flood, inundation, deluge]

Source: dictionary.com

lol, okay... bad me indeed.

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