Limewire is great

Post by **DRuM** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:21 pm

Wow, I'm really impressed with limewire. I look up jazz and soul stuff mostly, more obscure than most pop, and ares finds nothing, not one thing. I downloaded limewire just now and its come up with practically the whole album straight away and fast as fuck download. Anyone else here swear by limewire?

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:22 pm

What's that sig clip from?

Post by **bork[e]** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:25 pm

I tried it once, interface sucked but I did have goodluck with the searches/download. Seemed nice but until I find an old version that takes some of that crap away Im back to Warez.

Post by **Foo** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:25 pm

Limewire is the gnutella network. Always look at the network, not the client that you're running, for an idea of the files available and such.

Also, the ares network has been having problems recently. Many general networking issues and a lot of people flat out not able to connect. Probably a bad time to judge.

I recommend soulseek and direct connect for hard to find material.

Gnutella network is flooded with fake files, IIRC.

Post by **SplishSplash** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:28 pm

gnucleus works very nicely for me.

/and yes, lots of fake files, but only if you download newer stuff. And you shouldn't do that anyway.

Post by **DRuM** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:33 pm

Foo wrote:Limewire is the gnutella network. Always look at the network, not the client that you're running, for an idea of the files available and such.

I always thought that was a hazlenut chocolate spread.

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:34 pm

anyone usenet (newsgroups)

Xnews (memory hog) +
a decent search like newzbin.com is much better than junkware and fake files.

Post by **Foo** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:34 pm

DRuM wrote:
Foo wrote:Limewire is the gnutella network. Always look at the network, not the client that you're running, for an idea of the files available and such.

I always thought that was a hazlenut chocolate spread.

Which only confirms that it's an unlikely place to look for soul and jazz =)

Post by **DRuM** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:37 pm

Foo wrote:
DRuM wrote:
Foo wrote:Limewire is the gnutella network. Always look at the network, not the client that you're running, for an idea of the files available and such.

I always thought that was a hazlenut chocolate spread.
Which only confirms that it's an unlikely place to look for soul and jazz =)

But it found a rare jazz/soul album for me which is only possible to buy directly from the artist in america or used copies on amazon. I was gonna buy it from itunes if it had it but it didn't. I did have soulseek once, so I guess I could try that again too.

Post by **Foo** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:43 pm

Did you get your fingers all nutty?

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:44 pm

DRuM wrote:
But it found a rare jazz/soul album for me which is only possible to buy directly from the artist in america or used copies on amazon. I was gonna buy it from itunes if it had it but it didn't. I did have soulseek once, so I guess I could try that again too.

What album were you looking for?

Post by **DRuM** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:46 pm

Foo wrote:Did you get your fingers all nutty?

yeah, tastes great

Giraffe }{unter wrote:
DRuM wrote:
But it found a rare jazz/soul album for me which is only possible to buy directly from the artist in america or used copies on amazon. I was gonna buy it from itunes if it had it but it didn't. I did have soulseek once, so I guess I could try that again too.
What album were you looking for?

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... ct-details

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:47 pm

one of those reviews says the album is "bananas". you'd better be careful.

Post by **DRuM** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:51 pm

Man this album is, to coin a very hip phrase, off da hook!

Post by **R00k** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:53 pm

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:one of those reviews says the album is "bananas". you'd better be careful.

yea you don't wanna be mixing bananas and gnutella.

Post by **PhoeniX** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:56 pm

usenet > *
I use http://www.newsleecher.com/ and newzbin

Also it's practically untraceable what you download too (unless the provider keeps logs)

Post by **DRuM** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:56 pm

R00k wrote:
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:one of those reviews says the album is "bananas". you'd better be careful.
yea you don't wanna be mixing bananas and gnutella.

I dunno, I've had nutella and banana crepes and they're so yummy.

Post by **Nightshade** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:08 pm

Giraffe }{unter wrote:anyone usenet (newsgroups)

Xnews (memory hog) +
a decent search like newzbin.com is much better than junkware and fake files.

I used to think this as well, but I got very tired of incomplete posts. Hard to beat the d/l speeds, though.

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:10 pm

PhoeniX wrote:usenet > *
I use http://www.newsleecher.com/ and newzbin

Also it's practically untraceable what you download too (unless the provider keeps logs)

How is newsleecher on the memory? Xnews seems to eat memory as I add it. I have 1.5 gig and it will get over a GIG ov memory usage on heavy flow days.

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:11 pm

Nightshade wrote:
Giraffe }{unter wrote:anyone usenet (newsgroups)

Xnews (memory hog) +
a decent search like newzbin.com is much better than junkware and fake files.
I used to think this as well, but I got very tired of incomplete posts. Hard to beat the d/l speeds, though.

With PAR files and better retention it helps alot. Most free providers upped their retention to 4 - 5 days in the last 6 months.

Post by **PhoeniX** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:13 pm

Giraffe }{unter wrote:
PhoeniX wrote:usenet > *
I use http://www.newsleecher.com/ and newzbin

Also it's practically untraceable what you download too (unless the provider keeps logs)
How is newsleecher on the memory? Xnews seems to eat memory as I add it. I have 1.5 gig and it will get over a GIG ov memory usage on heavy flow days.

Just checked mine and its running at around 21mb (though I have no queues) even when it is downloading I don't think it uses much more.

Also quickpar: http://www.quickpar.org.uk/ is by far the best sfv / par1/2 fix tool available.

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:15 pm

PhoeniX wrote:
Also quickpar: http://www.quickpar.org.uk/ is by far the best sfv / par1/2 fix tool available.

damn skippy :icon26:

When I got some free time I'll check out newsleecher thanks.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:22 pm

R00k wrote:
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:one of those reviews says the album is "bananas". you'd better be careful.
yea you don't wanna be mixing bananas and gnutella.

:icon19:

Post by **Freakaloin** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:26 pm

livewire=no0baloin...

Post by **PhoeniX** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:37 pm

Giraffe }{unter wrote:
PhoeniX wrote:
Also quickpar: http://www.quickpar.org.uk/ is by far the best sfv / par1/2 fix tool available.
damn skippy :icon26:

When I got some free time I'll check out newsleecher thanks.

Sounds good. Also if you go into the options you can make it pause par2/nzb files so they don't download automatically (you don't need them most of the time anyway)