Bittorrent, is gay Options

[Spectatrix]

http://www.bittorrent.com/

You people fail at the internet.

[zetec]

i don't want a central repository, which is why i like gnutella

all bittorrent does is break apart files and send them to you from many different sources, and it doesn't even use it's own protocol for file transfer, it uses ftp or http

i could make a webpage with a huge list of shit and people can click the hyperlinks to download the stuff, that's basically what bittorrent is except it sends you the file chunks from different sources

bittorrent is way over rated

it does use it's own protocol. http://www.bittorrent.com/protocol.html

most torrent sites now have the same stuff.

mininova is really the only one you ever need anyways.

scene releases hit mininova literally minutes after they hit the topsites, and unless you have the kinda connections that are gonna get you leech access on a topsite, or you feel like waiting in queue for days in IRC, it's gonna be the quickest way to get new releases

mininova's tv section typically has all the hot shows no more than 30 minutes after they air (thank you eztv)

speeds with bit torrent far surpass any other p2p client/network, especially with proper NAT transversal

stop using the official bit torrent client and use azereus. the official client sucks fucking balls, azereus is open-source and allows for plugins, and is configureable as fuck.

bit torrent doesn't just send you file chunks, it prioritizes the chunks sent and recieved by the availability, making the entire process a bazillion times more efficent than something like gnutella (which does the same thing, but without the prioritization process. you get part a, then part b, etc.)

the trackers only list what content is available, just like a search function in gnutella lists only what content is available. none of the file comes from the tracker (unless it's a web seed, which is rare).


face it, bit torrent is the most practical and most widely accepted p2p protocol EVER, and there's a damn good reason for it. embrace the change, unless you have root on a topsite. if that's the case, you wouldn't be asking for knight school.