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08 May 2002, 06:30 PM
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That defeats the whole object of using it! I leave my downloads for a week or so before wiping 'em!
[Edited by fatherpierre - 8/5/2002 6:43:47 PM]
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08 May 2002, 08:56 PM
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FFS, read my earlier post. I'd love to share my files, but it's hardly realistic when my only computer is a laptop, and my only web connection is a 56k dial-up, is it?
And, conversely, with my connection speed I'm not exactly 'rinsing' their bandwidth, am I?
[Edited by MarkO - 8/5/2002 8:57:19 PM]
And, conversely, with my connection speed I'm not exactly 'rinsing' their bandwidth, am I?
[Edited by MarkO - 8/5/2002 8:57:19 PM]
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From Kazaa. www.kazaa.com download the two programmes on the menu screen (takes about 30 mins in total) then it self explanitary from there. I don't tend to buy Cds any more cos of that site! Yes, I'm tight!
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My son desperately wants me to log on to kazaa in order to grab a load of free music.
Suspicious of a gift horse as a free lunch, I did a search on kazaa, and on p.1 of Google found this article: http://www.hpl.hp.com/shl/papers/kaz...aUsability.pdf
It doesn't give a date, but refers to the latest version of kazaa, so must be quite recent.
Basically, it says that, by joining, you allow some of your stuff to be downloaded, and it's not easy to define which is downloadable and which is private: many people think they've blocked stuff off but it is actually accessible to the world, and there are some unscrupulous persons taking advantage of this.
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Suspicious of a gift horse as a free lunch, I did a search on kazaa, and on p.1 of Google found this article: http://www.hpl.hp.com/shl/papers/kaz...aUsability.pdf
It doesn't give a date, but refers to the latest version of kazaa, so must be quite recent.
Basically, it says that, by joining, you allow some of your stuff to be downloaded, and it's not easy to define which is downloadable and which is private: many people think they've blocked stuff off but it is actually accessible to the world, and there are some unscrupulous persons taking advantage of this.
Hope this helps
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05 August 2002, 06:23 PM
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You're only allowing access to one file called 'my shared folder'. All you do is download the songs and then transfer them to a seperate file. All you can't move from there is the kazaa user programme which is only acessible when you're conected. You only connect when you choose to - not automatically when you log onto the net.
05 August 2002, 06:28 PM
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Just go to the options page and check the "don't share my files" option.
Bear in mind that if you're not sharing anything, some users will cancel your downloads though.
Bear in mind that if you're not sharing anything, some users will cancel your downloads though.
05 August 2002, 06:38 PM
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I only have a 56k connection (well, on the laptop I use Kazaa for, anyway). I'd love to share my stuff, but it'd be useless for anyone else to use. If I had a constant connection with a bit more bandwidth, it'd be a different story.
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Eh? Are you talking about uploading (i.e., somebody else uploading your files) or downloading?
If you're downloading from kazaa, then apart from slowing your web access, it shouldn't affect the computer. If somebody else is downloading from your PC, it will affect it even less, since most of the data transfer when surfing is to your PC, not from it.
If you're downloading from kazaa, then apart from slowing your web access, it shouldn't affect the computer. If somebody else is downloading from your PC, it will affect it even less, since most of the data transfer when surfing is to your PC, not from it.
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