[newbie] Gnapster

2002-04-23 Thread Brian York
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Re: [newbie] gnapster

2001-02-01 Thread Sevatio Octavio
/gnapster-1.4.2-1mdk.iX86.rpm That should be it! Seve >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 2/1/01, 7:35:48 AM, marcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: [new

Re: [newbie] gnapster

2001-01-30 Thread Sevatio Octavio
;>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 1/29/01, 7:02:52 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: [newbie] gnapster: > The simplest way to install a tarball is as follows: > 1. Unpack the file wi

Re: [newbie] gnapster

2001-01-29 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
The simplest way to install a tarball is as follows: 1. Unpack the file with "tar -zxvf filename.tar.gz" (assuming it is in the .tar.gz format). 2. Go into the extracted directory and read the documentation (usually called something like README, INSTALL, etc.). 3. The documentation should tel

Re: [newbie] gnapster

2001-01-29 Thread marcia
Dear All, I was having the same gnapster problems and just downloaded the new gnapster 1.4.2 as suggested. I am not thrilled that it is in tar form only. I have not been able to have a successful tar install yet, except for a few desktop themes. I can extract ok I just have not been able to get th

Re: [newbie] gnapster

2001-01-29 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
The new gnapster 1.4.2 works fine. I couldn't get 1.4.1 to work for the past few weeks. Knapster isn't a bad app, but it has a tendency to crash inexplicably (gnapster never did this to me). KDE 2.1 has a new kopennap which is essentially a knapster updated for KDE2, and it seems to have inher

Re: [newbie] gnapster

2001-01-29 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Monday 29 January 2001 03:54 am, Vicar In A Tutu wrote: > Gnapster only lets me connect to OpenNap servers for some odd reason. > Any ideas as to why that might be, eh? Many have reported problems connecting to Napster with Gnapster lately. Either switch to Knapster, or I believe there

Re: [newbie] gnapster

2000-09-11 Thread Joan Tur
[EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: > Same here. Napster works in windows, and Knapster works (as marginally > well as it ever does), but Gnapster won't connect. So it is not unique to > your situation. > > Don J. I've found the solution: i've upgraded from 1.3.10 to 1.3.11 and everything is fine now

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2000-09-11 Thread Joan Tur
Brent Hawkins escribió: > Here's a couple of them. 208.184.216.202208.184.216.184 > > Brent I've tryed to connect to both using port 6699 with no luck. I don't understand anything?!?! 8-( > Joan Tur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Brent Hawkins escribió: > > > > > Have you tried some o

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2000-09-11 Thread Brent Hawkins
Here's a couple of them. 208.184.216.202208.184.216.184 Brent Joan Tur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brent Hawkins escribió: > > > Have you tried some other addresses? > > > > Brent > > I haven't. I don't know any one 8-?? > > > Joan Tur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hallo! > > > >

Re: [newbie] gnapster

2000-09-10 Thread jinxinker
Same here. Napster works in windows, and Knapster works (as marginally well as it ever does), but Gnapster won't connect. So it is not unique to your situation. Don J. On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Joan Tur wrote: > Hallo! > > Since two days ago gnapster doesn't find any avaliable server when i > o

Re: [[newbie] gnapster]

2000-09-10 Thread Brent Hawkins
Have you tried some other addresses? Brent Joan Tur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hallo! > > Since two days ago gnapster doesn't find any avaliable server when i > open it. And i know it's working because of a friend who uses > Windoze... > > Does anyone have any idea?? Thanks! > > -- > Joan

[newbie] gnapster

2000-09-10 Thread Joan Tur
Hallo! Since two days ago gnapster doesn't find any avaliable server when i open it. And i know it's working because of a friend who uses Windoze... Does anyone have any idea?? Thanks! -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 11407395 Joan.Tur.pagina.de Club.Ibosim.

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2000-08-11 Thread Dacia and AzureRose
There are plenty of people who prefer digital to analog. There isn't anything "wrong" with digital, it just sounds bad to me. Its a matter of different ears. Higher quality encoding levels aleviate this somewhat but the fact remains that my ears prefer analog or at least "first generation" digi

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2000-08-10 Thread Roman Korcek
Hey Kit, >> > yeah, but what about the people whos livelyhoods are earned by those >> > songs? and what about the people who hold the copyrights to those >> > songs. don't they deserve to have their material protected from being >> > stolen? that IS in effect what napster does. TAKE those songs a

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2000-08-09 Thread Larry Hignight
I'm not sure that I agree with the whole sound quality thing. I've encoded a number of mp3's of the past year using grip/bladeEnc at 320. Everyone that I've had listen to both the mp3 and the original cd says that they can't tell the difference. Others say they can but the result is totally ran

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2000-08-09 Thread Paul
On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Dacia and AzureRose wrote: >Speaking as a musician, I've never heard an MP3 that >didn't sound flat, compressed, uninspiring and >insipid. I agree. I don't have many MP3 files, the ones I have are for evaluating music. When I like it, I get the CD. The sound quality stays beh

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2000-08-09 Thread Alexander Skwar
On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 06:58:43AM -0500, Vic wrote: > After all, I do not know of any place where > you can rent a CD like you do a video movie. Well, here in Germany you can just go to the video rent shop and also rent a CD. You also used to be able to rent computer games some years ago. Alex

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2000-08-09 Thread Vic
Hmmm. Yeah now that I visit mp3.com it seems like they are more likely to be found on mp3.com than Napster although they seem to me to be equally present on both systems. On Sat, 05 Aug 2000, you wrote: > I've read that "unknown" artists are VERY VERY rarely > downloaded from Napster according t

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2000-08-09 Thread Dacia and AzureRose
ginal Message - > From: "Mike & Tracy Holt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 5:35 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Gnapster (continued)... > > > > "Ronald J. Hall" wrote: > > > > > >

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2000-08-07 Thread Romanator
monstrate that CD sales have increased since > Napster has been around, so proving damages is really non-evidence and > rhetorical. > > Original Message Follows > From: Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] &g

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2000-08-07 Thread Dacia and AzureRose
I've read that "unknown" artists are VERY VERY rarely downloaded from Napster according to its own statistics. Something like 1-5% of all downloads are for unknown musicians songs. Dacia --- Vic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought that all those bands were so rich that > they could afford a

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2000-08-07 Thread Dacia and AzureRose
an expert on copyright, but know when I'm being > bullied into buying > something that is already free) > - Original Message - > From: "Mark Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 7:25 PM > Sub

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2000-08-06 Thread Kit Goins
WOW, another very good point...please everyone...if you would email napster with all these great points...they could win their court battle. On Thu, 03 Aug 2000, you wrote: > Mark Weaver wrote: > > > > yeah, but what about the people whos livelyhoods are earned by those > > songs? and what about

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2000-08-06 Thread Kit Goins
VERY GOOD POINT, and you should email napster and let them KNOW this fact...as it will help them On Thu, 03 Aug 2000, you wrote: > On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, you wrote: > > yeah, but what about the people whos livelyhoods are earned by those > > songs? and what about the people who hold the copyrig

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2000-08-06 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Mike & Tracy Holt wrote: \/ > Try using knapster and signing up as a new user. You don't have to go > to the site at all, just check the box at the bottom of the knapster > client. I would assume that gnapster does it the same way. If you > don't hav

Re: [Re: [newbie] Gnapster (continued)...] Gnutella ??

2000-08-06 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Mon, 08 Sep 2036, you wrote: > I think the whole idea behind Napster was a "try before you buy" concept. If > you like songs from a CD...you should support the artist and buy the CD. > Jaguar. > The 'ethics' of using software should be a personal decision. My Gawd, look at all the Windoze

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2000-08-06 Thread Rick Welty
What about digital casstte recorders? What about CDROM/DVDROM burners? Did you know that you can use a HiFi VCR in audio-only mode to record digital-quality audio tracks? This is history: each new generation of technology is seen as the source of the evil. Since the first monk hand-copied the fir

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2000-08-06 Thread carjam
Good point. Through I suppose the radio quality isn't as good as a cd or mp3. - Original Message - From: Steve Weltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Gnapster (continued)... > I'm sorr

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2000-08-06 Thread Adriaan Barel
. Adriaan Barel. - Original Message - From: "Mike & Tracy Holt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 5:35 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Gnapster (continued)... > "Ronald J. Hall" wrote: > > > > Mike & T

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2000-08-06 Thread Larry Hignight
Regardless if you think using napster to aquire music is stealing, try-before buy, or whatever, IT DOESN'T MATTER! Wyclef/Rock said it best. The genie is out of the bottle and a critical mass of people are now using and familiar with mp3's. The record industry is simply going to have to adapt

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2000-08-05 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, you wrote: > Daniel Anderson wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > >I was unable to register using Gnapster,so I downloaded and installed > > Knapster from Freshmeat,was able to register,and it seems more > > stable.After registering I was able to use Gnapster but it has crashed > >

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2000-08-05 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, you wrote: > Mike & Tracy Holt wrote: > > > That's ok, evidently they're going to be turned off at midnight... > > another victory for those poor people who have to spend their mornings > > deciding which Porche to drive to work today =( > > Well, their execution got a sta

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2000-08-05 Thread Robert McNealy
ly non-evidence and rhetorical. Original Message Follows From: Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Gnapster (continued)... Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 07:25:24 -0400 (EDT) yeah, but what about the people whos livelyhood

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2000-08-05 Thread Adrian Smith
a true point, but what about those same people who charge $25 for a CD, which cost less than a cassette tape to make. while i am all about music, supporting music, copyrights (i'm a writer & photographer) **warning** shameless self promotion alert: http://ontheflyphotography.1stcyberhost.com

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2000-08-05 Thread Hugo GONZALEZ
I've tried that, but no matter what strange name I come up to, gnapster *always* tells me that name already exists. Hugo >-Original Message- >From: Ronald J. Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 10:23 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: R

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2000-08-05 Thread Hugo GONZALEZ
The very same thing happens to me. I don't find any registration in napster site and gnapster keeps asking me for name and password. Hugo >Mike & Tracy Holt wrote: > >> That's ok, evidently they're going to be turned off at midnight... >> another victory for those poor people who have to spend

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2000-08-05 Thread Vic
I thought that all those bands were so rich that they could afford a small loss like that. If I were a new aspiring artist I would spread my music like that, then when it got into the hands of a recording company, I would have posted contact info in the id3 tag data so they could get ahold of me

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2000-08-05 Thread Steve Weltman
-sue) day! Steve Weltman (not an expert on copyright, but know when I'm being bullied into buying something that is already free) - Original Message - From: "Mark Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 7:25 PM Subject: Re: [

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2000-08-05 Thread Mike & Tracy Holt
"Ronald J. Hall" wrote: > > Mike & Tracy Holt wrote: > > > That's ok, evidently they're going to be turned off at midnight... > > another victory for those poor people who have to spend their mornings > > deciding which Porche to drive to work today =( > > Well, their execution got a stay, it

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2000-08-05 Thread Mike & Tracy Holt
Mark Weaver wrote: > > yeah, but what about the people whos livelyhoods are earned by those > songs? and what about the people who hold the copyrights to those > songs. don't they deserve to have their material protected from being > stolen? that IS in effect what napster does. TAKE those songs a

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2000-08-05 Thread Mike & Tracy Holt
Nickolas Koehne wrote: > > No, they shall not be turned off at midnight. There's been a reprieve! > > -Darkeyes I heard! I went straight over, signed up and downloaded some tunes! Mike -- Mike & Tracy Holt Kirkland, WA [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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2000-08-05 Thread Jon Doe
On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, you wrote: > yeah, but what about the people whos livelyhoods are earned by those > songs? and what about the people who hold the copyrights to those > songs. don't they deserve to have their material protected from being > stolen? that IS in effect what napster does. TAKE tho

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2000-08-05 Thread Jaguar
I think the whole idea behind Napster was a "try before you buy" concept. If you like songs from a CD...you should support the artist and buy the CD. Jaguar. Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > yeah, but what about the people whos livelyhoods are earned by those > songs? and what about the

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2000-08-02 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Anthony wrote: > > No, that's not what I meant. > > When you first used Gnapster/Napster you have to create a user account. I think > in Napster a box comes up telling you to create one, and in Gnapster you have > to check a box saying you are creating a new account. That is when you pick > your

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2000-08-02 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Daniel Anderson wrote: > > Hi, > >I was unable to register using Gnapster,so I downloaded and installed > Knapster from Freshmeat,was able to register,and it seems more > stable.After registering I was able to use Gnapster but it has crashed > several times. Hope this helps. > > Dan Hi D

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2000-08-02 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Mike & Tracy Holt wrote: > That's ok, evidently they're going to be turned off at midnight... > another victory for those poor people who have to spend their mornings > deciding which Porche to drive to work today =( Well, their execution got a stay, it appears. Now they have until September..

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2000-08-02 Thread Mark Weaver
yeah, but what about the people whos livelyhoods are earned by those songs? and what about the people who hold the copyrights to those songs. don't they deserve to have their material protected from being stolen? that IS in effect what napster does. TAKE those songs and distribute them for free. t

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2000-08-02 Thread Anthony
Actually they got a stay of the injuction and so they will still be up for another month or so. > That's ok, evidently they're going to be turned off at midnight... > another victory for those poor people who have to spend their mornings > deciding which Porche to drive to work today =( -- Ant

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2000-08-02 Thread Nickolas Koehne
No, they shall not be turned off at midnight. There's been a reprieve! -Darkeyes - Original Message - From: "Mike & Tracy Holt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2000 4:11 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Gnapster (continued

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2000-07-29 Thread Daniel Anderson
Hi, I was unable to register using Gnapster,so I downloaded and installed Knapster from Freshmeat,was able to register,and it seems more stable.After registering I was able to use Gnapster but it has crashed several times. Hope this helps. Dan "Ronald J. Hall" wrote: > > Anthony wrote: >

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2000-07-29 Thread Mike & Tracy Holt
"Ronald J. Hall" wrote: > > Anthony wrote: > > > > The password that you chose when you registered on Napster/Gnapster. > > Argh. Did not know that you had to go to their website and register! > > ;-( > > What is it they say about a little knowledge being dangerous? > > Thank you, Anthony...

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2000-07-29 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Anthony wrote: > > The password that you chose when you registered on Napster/Gnapster. Argh. Did not know that you had to go to their website and register! ;-( What is it they say about a little knowledge being dangerous? Thank you, Anthony... --

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2000-07-23 Thread Anthony
The password that you chose when you registered on Napster/Gnapster. > > First triple-check that you put in the right password and username. Secondly, > > try unchecking the new account box. See if that helps. > > Yes, but what is the password supposed to be? ;-( -- Anthony http://binaryfusi

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2000-07-22 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Anthony wrote: > > First triple-check that you put in the right password and username. Secondly, > try unchecking the new account box. See if that helps. Yes, but what is the password supposed to be? ;-( -- /\

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2000-07-22 Thread Anthony
First triple-check that you put in the right password and username. Secondly, try unchecking the new account box. See if that helps. > Okay, I d/l'ed the latest version of Gnapster, but I'm still having a > problem. > No matter what I put in, or if I leave it blank, everytime I connect, I > get

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2000-07-22 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Okay, I d/l'ed the latest version of Gnapster, but I'm still having a problem. No matter what I put in, or if I leave it blank, everytime I connect, I get an "invalid password" error message. I checked new account, so what are you supposed to do here? Thanks! ;-) --

Re: [newbie] Gnapster question?

2000-07-22 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Anthony wrote: > > What version of Gnapster do you have? Maybe an older version only had that > under File. If you don't have 1.3.10 (the lastest version) I'd highly suggest > upgrading since anything before that has some security holes. > http://www.faradic.net/~jasta/gnapster.html Thanks, I'll

Re: [newbie] Gnapster question?

2000-07-21 Thread Anthony
What version of Gnapster do you have? Maybe an older version only had that under File. If you don't have 1.3.10 (the lastest version) I'd highly suggest upgrading since anything before that has some security holes. http://www.faradic.net/~jasta/gnapster.html > Anthony wrote: > > > > Have you tr

Re: [newbie] Gnapster question?

2000-07-21 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Anthony wrote: > > Have you tried using the Open Nap servers? Go to File->Browse OpenNap Servers > and then pick one. bitchx.dimension6.com is the "official" Gnapster one where > you'll find jasta (the guy who makes gnapster) sometimes. Hi Anthony. Something is apparently wrong here. When I run

Re: [newbie] Gnapster question?

2000-07-20 Thread Anthony
Have you tried using the Open Nap servers? Go to File->Browse OpenNap Servers and then pick one. bitchx.dimension6.com is the "official" Gnapster one where you'll find jasta (the guy who makes gnapster) sometimes. > Hi. I RPM installed the Gnapster software from my Mandrake CD, and while > it wa