Re: Compute! torrent seeders...

[winston19842005 <bjjlyates@NOSPAMbellsouth.net>]

On 12/22/09 1:15 PM, in article
6f967ead-c27c-4452-ad07-6f8ccca5c41e@p8g2000yqb.googlegroups.com, "macdog"
<bigdog128@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Dec 22, 10:38�am, "Frank M." <frank_o_r...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Looks like several people completed downloading the Compute! Magazine
>> Collection today. I'd ask that you please leave the torrent client
>> open and continue to seed the file (upload the file to others). There
>> are still many people trying to download it and currently i'm the only
>> full seeder. It will help others get the file more quickly if users
>> who have the entire collection continue seeding it to other peers. If
>> the uploading is slowing your internet connection noticeably, you can
>> turn down the upload bandwidth. my pipe can handle roughly 54kbps max.
>> I set the torrent client to 50kbps and it shows no impact on surfing
>> or downloading.
>> 
>> If you're new to torrents, there's a good guide for how the technology
>> works, as well as torrent etiquette here....
>> 
>> http://www.utorrent.com/documentation/beginners-guide
>> 
>> and here.....
>> 
>> http://lifehacker.com/285489/a-beginners-guide-to-bittorrent
>> 
>> The gist being that generally it's good to have a 1:1 ratio of
>> download to upload so you don't just 'leech' the file, but actively
>> share it with others as well.
>> 
>> Merry Christmas! and hope you enjoy the collection.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Frank
> 
> I'm currently seeding....uploading at 17 KB/sec do some peers.
> 
> I'll leave mine up till most of the leechers become seeders.
> 
> I've uploaded 3 gigs so far....20%...
> 

Mine is at ~50 KB/sec currently. uploaded 19GB so far...
Thanks to Frank for putting this up. Can't wait to start looking at some of
this!