Re: how to use gnapster....more generally...where to find cool music/sounds?

2001-02-18 Thread c-3
Date sent:  Sun, 18 Feb 2001 12:32:45 -0500
From:   Hall Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject:        Re: how to use gnapster....more generally...where to 
find cool music/sounds?
Send reply to:  Hall Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Napster uses multiple servers, upwards of (50), I believe. I'd guess
> each one is pretty much stand-alone. They don't have ONE central
> authentication location. So, you and your friend may have been logged
> into seperate servers. Could you see each other ?? Probably not, huh ?

Of course there are many servers (never mind how much), but I just 
didn't take into account that they are not synchronized.



Re: how to use gnapster....more generally...where to find cool music/sounds?

2001-02-18 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Some days ago a friend of mine had the same problem, not being 
> able to subscribe to napster. I just gave him my username and 
> password and surprisingly we both could use napster at the same 
> time, with the same username. But it does make sense, because 
> the only thing that seems to matter is the ip adress.
> Anyway, it's surprising for me, that they don't check for already 
> used usernames.
> But I won't complain. ;)

Napster uses multiple servers, upwards of (50), I believe. I'd guess
each one is pretty much stand-alone. They don't have ONE central
authentication location. So, you and your friend may have been logged
into seperate servers. Could you see each other ?? Probably not, huh ?

Hall



Re: how to use gnapster....more generally...where to find cool music/sounds?

2001-02-18 Thread c-3
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From:   "Hall Stevenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject:    Re: how to use gnapstermore generally...where to 
find cool music/sounds?
Date sent:  Sat, 17 Feb 2001 12:17:42 -0500
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> > i must confess I just managed to get my sound
> > card to work. I was wondering how to subscribe to
> > napsterI am guessing because of the legal case
> > against napster that one can not subscribe? I notice
> > that newsgroups have a lot of files... any advice on
> > how to find interesting sounds/music etc.
> 
> I wasn't aware that they weren't accepting new accounts and/or users.

Some days ago a friend of mine had the same problem, not being 
able to subscribe to napster. I just gave him my username and 
password and surprisingly we both could use napster at the same 
time, with the same username. But it does make sense, because 
the only thing that seems to matter is the ip adress.
Anyway, it's surprising for me, that they don't check for already 
used usernames.
But I won't complain. ;)

Christian







Re: how to use gnapster....more generally...where to find cool music/sounds?

2001-02-17 Thread Hall Stevenson
> i must confess I just managed to get my sound
> card to work. I was wondering how to subscribe to
> napsterI am guessing because of the legal case
> against napster that one can not subscribe? I notice
> that newsgroups have a lot of files... any advice on
> how to find interesting sounds/music etc.

I wasn't aware that they weren't accepting new accounts and/or users.
What happens the first time you run gnapster ?? It should ask for your
username and password. You may have to check the "console" tab for
messages. Also, unlike the real napster, gnapster allows you to change
your name/password much easier. In the preferences menu, under one of
the tabs, there's a checkbox for "New account".

Hall