Compute! torrent seeders...

Frank M.

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Dec 22, 2009, 10:38:44 AM12/22/09

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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

macdog

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Dec 22, 2009, 1:15:55 PM12/22/09

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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%...

Jamie.

winston19842005

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Dec 22, 2009, 1:53:41 PM12/22/09

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

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!

Oracle

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Dec 22, 2009, 2:15:21 PM12/22/09

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On 22 Dic, 16:38, "Frank M." <frank_o_r...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Merry Christmas! and hope you enjoy the collection.
>

Thank you!

Mauro (10,8 Gb of 14,8 Gb downloading from 10 connected peers!)

Polymorph

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Dec 22, 2009, 4:54:32 PM12/22/09

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On Dec 23, 2:38 am, "Frank M." <frank_o_r...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Merry Christmas! and hope you enjoy the collection.

I've had to stop the download because I hit my monthly quota (its the
1st time they've actually imposed it too! :-( ). I think I'm about
60%-70% done. So please keep seeding! I won't be able to resume the
download until about the 3rd of January (when my quota rolls over). I
will make sure to seed when I'm done.

Thank you very much for providing this collection to the
community! :-)

Merry Christmas,
Mike

Frank M.

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Dec 22, 2009, 5:41:45 PM12/22/09

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I will continue to seed as long as i can see people that are
downloading. though my speeds may start to slow once i'm back into my
'normal' torrent diet; crappy 80s movies that never made it to
DVD. :)

thanks to everyone for seeding! also, feel free to send/upload/post
the torrent to anyone that might be interested in this collection. the
more the merrier.

-frank

Mike

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Dec 23, 2009, 1:27:57 AM12/23/09

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Sorry, I had to pull the plug on seeding after uploading 55GB. Comcast
caps me at a total (up and down) of 250GB over any 30 day period.
I'll try to start seeding again in a week or two...

- Mike
http://6502lane.net

Rob

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Dec 23, 2009, 10:08:25 AM12/23/09

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On Dec 23, 12:27 am, Mike <magin...@computist-project.net> wrote:
> Sorry, I had to pull the plug on seeding after uploading 55GB. Comcast
> caps me at a total (up and down) of 250GB over any 30 day period.
> I'll try to start seeding again in a week or two...
>

> - Mikehttp://6502lane.net

>
> On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:41:45 -0800 (PST), "Frank M."
>

> <frank_o_r...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >I will continue to seed as long as i can see people that are
> >downloading. though my speeds may start to slow once i'm back into my
> >'normal' torrent diet; crappy 80s movies that never made it to
> >DVD. :)
>
> >thanks to everyone for seeding! also, feel free to send/upload/post
> >the torrent to anyone that might be interested in this collection. the
> >more the merrier.
>
> >-frank
>
> >On Dec 22, 4:54 pm, Polymorph <polymorp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> I've had to stop the download because I hit my monthly quota (its the
> >> 1st time they've actually imposed it too! :-( ). I think I'm about
> >> 60%-70% done. So please keep seeding! I won't be able to resume the
> >> download until about the 3rd of January (when my quota rolls over). I
> >> will make sure to seed when I'm done.
>
>

I am downloading now and will keep seeding for weeks or more. I also
have the comcast cap but will just slow down my upload after a day so
I can seed without hitting the limit. At least that can help keep the
torrents alive. I noticed there are only 1 or 2 seeders on each.

winston19842005

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Dec 23, 2009, 1:10:55 PM12/23/09

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On 12/23/09 10:08 AM, in article
7924f772-adae-4e84...@h9g2000yqa.googlegroups.com, "Rob"
<cha...@gmail.com> wrote:

Caps!? How many providers have these in these days? I'm on ATT DSL, but I
just had to reboot just so my stupid Mac could see my iPod in iTunes.
But I'm back seeding again...