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@#\ /#@
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#@/ Modern Day Leechers \@#
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@#\ jmz635[at]gmail[dot]com /#@
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#@/ Copy as you please, just leave my name! \@#
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@#\ 21/01/05 12.04am /#@
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#@/_________________________________________________________________\@#
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I've read a lot of files about leechers in the day of BBS's, it's
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pretty clear no-one like them. Now with the advent of Peer to Peer
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programs like Kazaa, Napster and the torrent network the problems come
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back. And it's worse! Well, I'm pretty sure it is.
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From what I understand back in the day, people logged into BBS's
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got some "wares" and uploaded some back. The people that just downloaded
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it were called "leechers". This did make sysop's angry and annoyed but
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it didn't slow the BBS down (At least I think it didn't).
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With P2P now you download off peers (hence peer to peer), but if no-
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ones sharing you can't get it. Most people I know who use P2P don't share!
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Their excuse is "I didn't know I had to". You ask them what would they do
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if no-one shared and they give you a funny look and shrug there shoulders.
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Okay, I admit a few years ago I didn't share either, but I do know and so
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should you.
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I've got a 2mbs(250kbs) ADSL connection. But I can only upload at
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0.25mbs(25kbs). Can you guess what my share ratio is? TWO POINT SIX!
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Thats right, at the current point in time I've upload 6.76gb and downloaded
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2.6gb, I give my share back even if ittakes ages. The best bit is that
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people respect you. By the way, I use BitTorrent, the best file sharing
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network.
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Most torrent sites, well the ones that are left, are implementing
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tracker systems. They track how much you upload and download. Go below 1
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(one) for too long and your barred. And you can't trick it like Kazaa Lite.
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It's simple, keeps the sites fast and free of leechers. It's kinda like
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an automatic angry sysop. So if you want you movie/album/game then your
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gonna have to share! Or go and buy them...
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What have you got to lose? Leave your download program open when you
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finish your torrent. Your helping other people, who are helping you in
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the first place. Always remember when your sharing any copyrighted stuff
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make sure you use protection like Protowall, if you don't know what it is
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then see my upcoming text file on internet security.
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I hope you enjoyed reading this file, if you liked it please email me
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with some feedback! Anyway I need to get some sleep, Night All! **Falls onto Laptop**
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This file was brought to you by the letter F and the letter U
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