Advocating Free Content
Katt:
*grin* people like me who have no idea what that is... :D
kathy:
A p2p network is a filesharing community. For example Kazaa has movies, music, software, anything and everything you can think of. The problem is more times than not these files were never intended to be shared. They are pirated. Many people use these networks to try to avoid buying whatever software or music etc that they need. You also run into getting bad downloads ie incomplete files, choppy music, virus and trojans, just to name a few examples. Software is required to transfer these files and many times this software is infected by spyware/adware. With anything they have their pros and cons.
Grykon:
Good point Delphy!! If they can't figure out winrar...*laugh* They are not going to figure out that at all!
Katt:
Quote from: kathy
A p2p network is a filesharing community. For example Kazaa has movies, music, software, anything and everything you can think of. The problem is more times than not these files were never intended to be shared. They are pirated. Many people use these networks to try to avoid buying whatever software or music etc that they need. You also run into getting bad downloads ie incomplete files, choppy music, virus and trojans, just to name a few examples. Software is required to transfer these files and many times this software is infected by spyware/adware. With anything they have their pros and cons.
Thanks Kathy...that probably explains why my son has gone through three computers....
angelica:
Rgiles, that is true about Torrents dying out. Maybe a combination of Torrents and Emule? Torrent available for first month it's new then switch to Emule.
Yes, a part of the Sims 2 community has a difficulty even grasping what a RAR is. Typically they are the ones unwilling to help themselves and I wonder how much coddling we should do. Just because they whine the loudest doesn't mean we should talk down to everyone else.
With everything new, there is some adapting involved. If I could encourage some makers to try using torrents then I would set up a site fully explaining what torrents are/what they do/etc.
Basically, it's impossible to "dummy proof" anything so I wouldn't let it discourage you from trying something new.
Also Delphy-
1. the person needs to have the software
BitTorrent is like less than a MB to download. The average Sims 2 download is more than that.
2. they are impatient.
Lately even downloading the "typical" way is slow on your site. Sometimes the downloads aren't even available at all. People are impatient no matter what.
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