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strangelife2k
Oct 24, 2003, 07:42 AM
For years i have been using limewire, it has done me well until recently only 4 connections can only be made made.
Ive been looking for another P2P app, so i thought i search these forums, i found two which came up the most and was popular here they were:

Direct Connect
And
mlMac

I downloaded them both and they are so amazing, mlMac searches loads of networks and you are bound to find the thing your after, Also Direct Connect searches loads of networks, the speed from downloading something is brilliant.

I recommend downloading these two Applications.
:) :) :) :)



tpjunkie
Oct 24, 2003, 09:33 AM
dude, download posioned. it searches gnutella, fast track (that's kazaa) and openFT. plus its updated all the time.

Giaguara
Oct 24, 2003, 10:37 AM
yes, download those and then to not pirate. hm.

mIMac used to screw the airport base station, if i was running that and an other mac was on on the same time.

shadowfax
Oct 24, 2003, 10:54 AM
it seems to me like this subject is better left undiscussed on these forums.

MrMacMan
Oct 24, 2003, 10:42 PM
Originally posted by shadowfax
it seems to me like this subject is better left undiscussed on these forums.
Don't dis P2Ping man.


Sure there are illegal Purpose, but there are also legal purpose.

I like to use Poisoned, Bit-Torrent and mLMac alot... in that order.

Limewire can bite me. :p

Phil Of Mac
Oct 24, 2003, 10:54 PM
Originally posted by MrMacman
Sure there are illegal Purpose, but there are also legal purpose.

Name them.

toughboy
Oct 25, 2003, 10:06 AM
I can name some legal purposes...

like sharing my photos that I take with my digital camera
like sharing my own music that I composed
like sharing my homeworks, so others will not waste that much time!
are these illegal? I dont think so...

icetraxxg5
Oct 25, 2003, 10:26 AM
I personally use P2P to distribute my independent movies my crew and I make. I find P2P great for this since it doesn't cost anything (no big server fees), and it really gets our material out there. I think that independent artists also do similar things to get their music more known. I also like to share some of the material I own over P2P, I believe that anyone that tries to stop the discussion of P2P on a publicly accessible forum should really think about what they are saying. This whole thing reminds me of the people that want to start a petition to end all the "pointless" petitions. :rolleyes:

strangelife2k
Oct 25, 2003, 11:08 AM
Downloaded Poisoned, thats pretty cool, reminds me of imesh or kazza but so much better, Thanks.

mrjamin
Oct 25, 2003, 11:10 AM
a lot of users share some very handy documents.

its also useful for getting bootlegs of particular artists. R.E.M. and Radiohead authorise people to 'share' bootlegged gigs and unreleased tracks, as do many others, like Martina Sorbara for example.

Phil Of Mac
Oct 25, 2003, 07:38 PM
Originally posted by toughboy
I can name some legal purposes...

like sharing my photos that I take with my digital camera

Only if you label them "hot asian girl gets reamed sex porn ***** bbw xxx xxx porn porn sex anal oral"

Originally posted by toughboy
like sharing my own music that I composed

And people will know to search for it?

Originally posted by toughboy
like sharing my homeworks, so others will not waste that much time!

That's plagiarism.

Phil Of Mac
Oct 25, 2003, 07:41 PM
Originally posted by icetraxxg5
I personally use P2P to distribute my independent movies my crew and I make. I find P2P great for this since it doesn't cost anything (no big server fees), and it really gets our material out there. I think that independent artists also do similar things to get their music more known.

Now *there's* a legitimate use! Thanks for answering my question :)

Originally posted by icetraxxg5
I believe that anyone that tries to stop the discussion of P2P on a publicly accessible forum should really think about what they are saying. This whole thing reminds me of the people that want to start a petition to end all the "pointless" petitions. :rolleyes:

Speaking of pointless petitions, please read and sign the petition that I link to in my sig.

ColoJohnBoy
Oct 25, 2003, 07:55 PM
I've used essentially every P2P out there, and the only one that worked for me was LimeWire - needless to say, it isn't all that great. I've tried mLmac, Poisoned, and a whole slew of others, and while they all cam up with loads of results, none of them would download anything. They items would just sit there saying "Stalled" or "Waiting". LimeWire may not have that many results, but at least I can download them.

dricci
Oct 25, 2003, 08:45 PM
While some Mac apps may support the FastTrack/Kazaa protocols now, I never have any luck downloading. Okay, maybe not never, but very rarely. But then I can go and start Virtual PC up w/ Windows 2000, and then run Kazaa Lite K++ and get the same results, but 99% of the downloads actually work. I'm not sure why, but I think just about every Mac P2P app has a long way to go. P2P is one of the Mac's major weaknesses compared to Windows.

alxths
Oct 25, 2003, 09:10 PM
Ive tried DC, poisoned and BitTorrent and the latter is the only one that seems to be effective for sharing applications and game. Poisoned is the best for music, although even then it can be a bit of a pain... about 1/5 of files I try to download actually go through.

Abstract
Oct 25, 2003, 09:39 PM
What about Acquisition? I use "acqlite", which is a free version of Acquisition, and it works well. I can't find some songs, but big whoop. Is it worse than all of the other ones listed? Anyway, I'll be quiet and try Poisoned or whatever. I need to go download some music illegally.

BWhaler
Oct 25, 2003, 10:24 PM
Originally posted by Phil Of Mac
That's plagiarism.

No, not if you have the author's permission.

It could be cheating if you represent the work as your own.

QCassidy352
Oct 26, 2003, 12:27 AM
Originally posted by BWhaler
No, not if you have the author's permission.

It could be cheating if you represent the work as your own.

he's got you there.

Phil Of Mac
Oct 26, 2003, 12:36 AM
I still have doubts about the usefulness about being to share your homework. Besides, do people really use P2P for that?

Makosuke
Oct 26, 2003, 12:46 AM
I'm a huge fan of Bittorrent, personally, both because it just works and because of its concept--rather than being a one-to-many distribution using a proprietary network, it has the ability to make much better use of the web, and its "more the merrier" approach removes the elitist nature of a lot of P2P networks that favor heavy filesharers.

It's also a whole lot easier to use legitimately; perfect example:

http://www.redvsblue.com/

It's an independant video production that offers episodes for free download via Bittorrent, among other things. Takes a huge load off servers that would otherwise be vastly overloaded.

Actually, used properly, Bittorrent could make the distribution of large files like game demos on release day a nearly free proposition instead of requiring massive server resources.

Phil Of Mac
Oct 26, 2003, 12:53 AM
Originally posted by Makosuke
I'm a huge fan of Bittorrent, personally, both because it just works and because of its concept--rather than being a one-to-many distribution using a proprietary network, it has the ability to make much better use of the web, and its "more the merrier" approach removes the elitist nature of a lot of P2P networks that favor heavy filesharers.

It's also a whole lot easier to use legitimately; perfect example:

http://www.redvsblue.com/

It's an independant video production that offers episodes for free download via Bittorrent, among other things. Takes a huge load off servers that would otherwise be vastly overloaded.

Actually, used properly, Bittorrent could make the distribution of large files like game demos on release day a nearly free proposition instead of requiring massive server resources.

Now that's what I call equality. Right now if you want to publish online, you incur a lot of cost if you're popular. BitTorrent, in ameliorating that, can make the Internet more free and democratic for all.

ecino1
Oct 26, 2003, 12:56 AM
edited

m4rc
Oct 26, 2003, 01:59 AM
Ohhhh, I really want to see what he said to get banned!

Personally I use Acquisition, and love it. But I use it for downloading bootlegs and 'vs' tracks for fun. I do nothing with them apart from play them on my system, and they can't be purchased anywhere as far as I know - think that WOULD be illegal as the tracks are not generally authorised by the artists.

Marc

johnnowak
Oct 26, 2003, 02:50 AM
I'm with phil. 99% of p2p usage currently involves porn or piracy. There's no reason for it.

m4rc
Oct 26, 2003, 02:59 AM
And.....

Why does it matter, leave everyone else alone! If you don't like or use P2P, how come you navigate to a thread that is titled 'Ive got the best P2P shring app'?

This is the reason I have stopped reading most other forums, don't make this one deteriorate in the same way.

Marc

solvs
Oct 26, 2003, 03:12 AM
Originally posted by johnnowak
I'm with phil. 99% of p2p usage currently involves porn or piracy. There's no reason for it.

You could say the same about computers in general.

I guess when I D/L old TV shows that aren't on anymore (Invader Zim, 60's Spider-Man, Clone High, etc.), acoustic/live stuff, old dead people (Mahalia Jackson for one), and the like I'm suddenly a thief and a pirate. Ok. I'd love to buy that stuff, but, well... I can't. They don't sell it, don't show it on TV.

Maybe if I looked real hard I could find some of that stuff. I know Zim is on TV sometimes, but I've never seen some of the eps shown and they haven't put it out on DVD or anything. Some bands put out heavily-edited live stuff. I'd go to a concert, but instead of playing the songs I want to hear, the "artists" decide to play stuff off their new album.

And there is a new Mahalia CD out, but it doesn't have the song I want.

Oh yeah, and porn. Lots of porn. But mostly softcore stuff.

shadowfax
Oct 26, 2003, 03:16 AM
Originally posted by solvs
You could say the same about computers in general. you could, but it wouldn't be true, and even if it were, it would be piracy over the concerted effort to prevent it rather than an app that roundly facilitates mass piracy.

Phil Of Mac
Oct 26, 2003, 02:06 PM
Originally posted by johnnowak
I'm with phil. 99% of p2p usage currently involves porn or piracy. There's no reason for it.

Well, BitTorrent at least is used legitimately a lot, and I think it's been shown in this thread that there are legitimate uses. Also, if the porn isn't pirated, why not share it? :)

revenuee
Oct 26, 2003, 02:40 PM
Originally posted by BWhaler
No, not if you have the author's permission.

It could be cheating if you represent the work as your own.

What are you stoned?

try handing in an essay, or any other assignment, better yet, copy someone's test and when you get accused of cheating, tell them that you had his or her permission to use it.

Then... time yourself to see which one of you can back your bags faster when you get kicked of college

alset
Oct 27, 2003, 12:13 AM
Originally posted by Phil Of Mac
Only if you label them "hot asian girl gets reamed sex porn ***** bbw xxx xxx porn porn sex anal oral"



And people will know to search for it?



That's plagiarism.

1 - Most P2P apps have a browse feature.
2 - See number 1.
3 - No, it's cheating on homework. It's not illegal if he authorizes others to copy his work.

P2P is not the devil. Leave it alone.

Dan

Phil Of Mac
Oct 27, 2003, 12:17 AM
Originally posted by alset
P2P is not the devil. Leave it alone.

P2P is indeed not the devil. However, not reading an entire thread before you reply is. If you had read one more post down, you would have seen that I had admitted there was a legitimate use for P2P. But, of course, then you don't get the emotional satisfaction out of pestering me, do you? Now I asked a question and it was answered and I'm happy. Don't mess with my happy equilibrium.

revenuee
Oct 27, 2003, 12:23 AM
Originally posted by Phil Of Mac
P2P is indeed not the devil. However, not reading an entire thread before you reply is. If you had read one more post down, you would have seen that I had admitted there was a legitimate use for P2P. But, of course, then you don't get the emotional satisfaction out of pestering me, do you? Now I asked a question and it was answered and I'm happy. Don't mess with my happy equilibrium.

let it go Phil, let it go

alset
Oct 27, 2003, 01:46 AM
Originally posted by revenuee
let it go Phil, let it go

Thanks.

Phil, I'm not out to target you... I've just noticed twice in as many days that you attacked the morality of others. Forgive me if I jumped the gun on my post.

Dan

Phil Of Mac
Oct 27, 2003, 03:32 AM
Originally posted by alset
Thanks.

Phil, I'm not out to target you... I've just noticed twice in as many days that you attacked the morality of others. Forgive me if I jumped the gun on my post.

Dan

I've only attacked the immorality of others. And in this thread, I only questioned the value of P2P. I didn't attack anything, I only questioned it. Questioning is good, despite the fact that Socrates was put to death for it.

pyro
Oct 27, 2003, 06:09 PM
Direct Connect is great for bootlegs. Downloaded more then half my Audioslave shns from there.