> on 5/17/02 12:55 PM, Per A J Andersson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 02-05-16 at 20.57 Ken A said:
> But if you haven't tried with 1.5, send me a private email, and I'll send it > out to you. 1.5 is fairly speedy but it seems it cannot download more than one > piece at a time. Still, I ventured to set my NetBarrier firewall to 'No > restrictions' and suddenly it went 5-10 times more efficient. Close to as > efficient as the Wintel and Mac OS X (Sputnix) satellites seem to be. ----- I like that LimeWire can download from multiple sources - if you have ten people with the same data, the download speeds are pretty fast. Big files, though (160 and up!). Haven't tried MacSatellite. > NB. Filesharing networks are subject to lots of controversy. And people do use > them in different ways. But personally, for the last 18 months, thanks to > musical discoveries via filesharing over the Internet I've purchased (at > sometimes very high costs) 50-60 Polish, Greek, Japanese and other legit CDs. > So at least I've paid my due.... ----- What I've hear is the biggest problem - musicwise - is that single sales are dropping. What I've read about albums is that there hasn't been a big slide attributable to mp3 downloads. Singles are a big moneymaker, and that's where the companies have a problem. Like you I've expanded my tastes and bought a lot more CDs than I had pre-Napster. But check out eBay - I think you'll find a LOT of people are taking advantage of P2P to download, burn then sell CDs of just about everything. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
