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Re: [OT] bit torrent
BitTorrent splits files into lots of pieces - so you can share the pieces
you have, even
if you don't have them all.
You don't do anything when the download is complete except leave it
running. The whole
time you're downloading, you're also uploading. In fact, if you limit the
upload too much,
others won't let you download. It works in a tit-for-tat type way.
I use Azureus.
HTH
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen" <ukha@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 1:36 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] bit torrent
> Hi,
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> I am just downloading my first bit torrent, so it is all new to me.
> Can you recommend any FAQ sites for me to learn more about this?
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> Which program do you recommend for use with XP? I am using uTorrent
> (that's a greek u for micro) which is what the download site
> recommended.
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> As I understand it, you download the binary and when you finish you
> then upload the binary to others. At the moment I have a download at
> 26kb/s and an upload of 0.3kb/s. Surely I cannot be uploading to
> others since I have only just started downloading myself; I do not
> have much of the file to share! Is this just parity information going
> back to the originator? I'm just a bit nervous about trojans etc.
>
> Thanks.
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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