16th November 2005, 8:21 AM
If I lose patience with a download, why should I keep going with it? I just cancelled it, deleted what there was, and moved on. Also, I really am not in this whole thing to have some social obligation to other people. That's the other problem with this whole bit torrent thing. If I download some preview file, I'm suddenly obligated to keep that file on my computer for a while and keep that program running? That could cause a barely noticable frame rate dip in a game I'm playing, which I value more than that. I also have a large amount of trepedation regarding getting random bits of data from untrusted sources. Potentially, the data could have been altered. What if I was getting an executable?
No matter really... I've only even used that odd technology a couple of times anyway. I see too many problems for it to really be "the future of downloading". I think they should stick with just making faster servers, as it won't waste resources on such a global scale that way.
No matter really... I've only even used that odd technology a couple of times anyway. I see too many problems for it to really be "the future of downloading". I think they should stick with just making faster servers, as it won't waste resources on such a global scale that way.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)