Re: Easier and more reliable ISO downloads, with error correction

2007-11-08 Thread Scott (angrykeyboarder)
John Richard Moser spake thusly on 218814416 :: > OK, I had issues with bittorrent recently. Changing my tune. > Whew! For a moment there you had me thinking you believe BitTorrent was the greatest thing since sliced bread... -- Scott http://angrykeyboarder.com I've never used an O

Re: Easier and more reliable ISO downloads, with error correction

2007-11-08 Thread Jan Claeys
Op dinsdag 06-11-2007 om 22:38 uur [tijdzone +], schreef Caroline Ford: > They don't tell you they block it until you have it installed. Which means they broke the contract, and you don't have to stay with them for a year... -- Jan Claeys -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-deve

Re: Easier and more reliable ISO downloads, with error correction

2007-11-08 Thread Phillip Susi
Lars Wirzenius wrote: > The error checking in the TCP/IP layer is usually sufficient, but not > always. The checksum is short enough (32 bits, if I remember correctly) > that errors can creep in. I have had it happen at least once to me. > Unfortunately, the errors are more likely the more you down

Re: Easier and more reliable ISO downloads, with error correction

2007-11-06 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
On 06/11/2007 Caroline Ford wrote: > You'd choose MS Office over a program you can only get via bittorrent? > Those were almost my choices > I don't think you can download and use msoffice without either paying /or/ using a peer-to-peer network, so you're right, they're beating us on this side,

Re: Easier and more reliable ISO downloads, with error correction

2007-11-06 Thread John Richard Moser
Caroline Ford wrote: > On Tue, 2007-11-06 at 17:14 -0500, Phillip Susi wrote: >> Caroline Ford wrote: >>> Some ISPs block bittorrent of course. Vodafone UK is one of them. I had >>> great problems downloading openoffice.org for windows as they *only* use >>> bittorrent as a distribution mechanism

Re: Easier and more reliable ISO downloads, with error correction

2007-11-06 Thread HggdH
> Caroline Ford wrote: > > Some ISPs block bittorrent of course. Vodafone UK is one of them. I had > > great problems downloading openoffice.org for windows as they *only* use > > bittorrent as a distribution mechanism. > > You should browbeat such an ISP, not cave in to their draconian will. >

Re: Easier and more reliable ISO downloads, with error correction

2007-11-06 Thread Onno Benschop
On 07/11/07 07:14, Phillip Susi wrote: > Caroline Ford wrote: > >> Some ISPs block bittorrent of course. Vodafone UK is one of them. I had >> great problems downloading openoffice.org for windows as they *only* use >> bittorrent as a distribution mechanism. >> > > You should browbeat such

Re: Easier and more reliable ISO downloads, with error correction

2007-11-06 Thread Nicolas Alvarez
Phillip Susi escribió: > Anthony Bryan wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Have you thought about using Metalinks for your ISO downloads? It's an >> XML format used by download apps, and contains the ways to get a file >> (mirrors/P2P) along with info for automatic error detection/recovery >> (checksums) and other

Re: Easier and more reliable ISO downloads, with error correction

2007-11-06 Thread Caroline Ford
On Tue, 2007-11-06 at 17:14 -0500, Phillip Susi wrote: > Caroline Ford wrote: > > Some ISPs block bittorrent of course. Vodafone UK is one of them. I had > > great problems downloading openoffice.org for windows as they *only* use > > bittorrent as a distribution mechanism. > > You should browbea

Re: Easier and more reliable ISO downloads, with error correction

2007-11-06 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On ti, 2007-11-06 at 17:12 -0500, Phillip Susi wrote: > In my 12 years of extensive Internet use, and several years prior to > that of using BBSes, I have NEVER had a download corrupted. It seems to > me that the sophisticated error detection and correction measures in the > underlying links ar

Re: Easier and more reliable ISO downloads, with error correction

2007-11-06 Thread Phillip Susi
Caroline Ford wrote: > Some ISPs block bittorrent of course. Vodafone UK is one of them. I had > great problems downloading openoffice.org for windows as they *only* use > bittorrent as a distribution mechanism. You should browbeat such an ISP, not cave in to their draconian will. Vigorously com

Re: Easier and more reliable ISO downloads, with error correction

2007-11-06 Thread Phillip Susi
Anthony Bryan wrote: > Hi, > > Have you thought about using Metalinks for your ISO downloads? It's an > XML format used by download apps, and contains the ways to get a file > (mirrors/P2P) along with info for automatic error detection/recovery > (checksums) and other stuff. In my 12 years of ext

Re: Easier and more reliable ISO downloads, with error correction

2007-11-06 Thread John Richard Moser
Nicolas Alvarez wrote: > John Richard Moser escribió: >> >> Anthony Bryan wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Have you thought about using Metalinks for your ISO downloads? It's an >>> XML format used by download apps, and contains the ways to get a file >>> (mirrors/P2P) along with info for automatic error d

Re: Easier and more reliable ISO downloads, with error correction

2007-11-05 Thread Anthony Bryan
On 11/4/07, John Richard Moser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Anthony Bryan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Have you thought about using Metalinks for your ISO downloads? It's an > > XML format used by download apps, and contains the ways to get a file > > (mirrors/P2P) along with info for automatic error

Re: Easier and more reliable ISO downloads, with error correction

2007-11-05 Thread Anthony Bryan
To follow up on my original post, Agostino Russo (Wubi author) pushed for metalinks at UDS Boston and it sounds like they should hopefully be ready for Hardy: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-cdimage/+bug/140458/ On 11/5/07, Aaron Whitehouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Anthony Bryan wrote: >

Re: Easier and more reliable ISO downloads, with error correction

2007-11-05 Thread Aaron Whitehouse
> > Anthony Bryan wrote: > I usually get slow speeds on BitTorrent. I download via HTTP (using > multiple mirrors) and then seed the torrent for the rest. As do I. There are several files that have left me stranded for so long that I ended up just using HTTP and discarding the nearly-complete torr

Re: Easier and more reliable ISO downloads, with error correction

2007-11-05 Thread Nicolas Alvarez
John Richard Moser escribió: > > Anthony Bryan wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Have you thought about using Metalinks for your ISO downloads? It's an >> XML format used by download apps, and contains the ways to get a file >> (mirrors/P2P) along with info for automatic error detection/recovery >> (checksums)

Re: Easier and more reliable ISO downloads, with error correction

2007-11-04 Thread Caroline Ford
On Sun, 2007-11-04 at 23:50 -0500, John Richard Moser wrote: > > Anthony Bryan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Have you thought about using Metalinks for your ISO downloads? It's an > > XML format used by download apps, and contains the ways to get a file > > (mirrors/P2P) along with info for automatic er

Re: Easier and more reliable ISO downloads, with error correction

2007-11-04 Thread John Richard Moser
Anthony Bryan wrote: > Hi, > > Have you thought about using Metalinks for your ISO downloads? It's an > XML format used by download apps, and contains the ways to get a file > (mirrors/P2P) along with info for automatic error detection/recovery > (checksums) and other stuff. Bittorrent. > > I