Rarred is annoying but since i've been FTP'ing from my server I do see why people do it
Bobsled King
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Rarred is annoying but since i've been FTP'ing from my server I do see why people do it
If you are using BT then unrarred but if you are going on good old ftp then rarred all the way. There are checks that happen in the course of a torrent "transaction" that don't happen within other protocols natively so there is a much higher chance for corrupted data.
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If you don't need to FTP it, then I don't see why you should need it RAR'd. When it's RAR'd and you want it to continue seeding, you have to have extra spaces on your HD to extract the movie. When it's just the movie, you can watch it while it's seeding.
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Originally Posted by lukee
NOBODY prefers BT over FTP (only if they have good sources)
I think he was referring to the protocols. Bittorrent protocol is much more superior than FTP protocol indeed
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NOBODY prefers BT over FTP (only if they have good sources)
I prefer BitTorrent, at some point the student became the master.
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emule never has rar'd files, and everything seems fine there
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the bittorrent protocol differs from ftp and http in that it makes downloading a large file more efficient, as individuals downloading the same file will assist each other in the download process.NOBODY prefers BT over FTP (only if they have good sources)
it clearly outperforms ftp when distributing large files or files to a high number of nodes.
bt is currently the best protocol for the transfer of files to many simultaneous downloaders.
bt is a robust protocol, ftp has robust servers.
yes, i'm NOBODY and we're all noobs.
Last edited by Polarbear; 07-21-2008 at 07:22 AM.
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Really, If you're too fucking lazy to unrar SOMETHING YOU GOT FOR FREE, you have serious fucking problems.
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/Agreed.the bittorrent protocol differs from ftp and http in that it makes downloading a large file more efficient, as individuals downloading the same file will assist each other in the download process.NOBODY prefers BT over FTP (only if they have good sources)
it clearly outperforms ftp when distributing large files or files to a high number of nodes.
bt is currently the best protocol for the transfer of files to many simultaneous downloaders.
bt is a robust protocol, ftp has robust servers.
yes, i'm NOBODY and we're all noobs.
FTP is an old and outdated protocol (in fact, it was created in 1985 by Reynolds), and it sucks for downloading lots of files quickly. Plus an FTP is only as good as it's connection speed, and when there are 50 or 60 people trying to download something at once, things tend to bog down. While on P2P, when you have 60 people downloading, speeds increase as the swarm starts sharing more of the file.
Back on topic, I preferred unrarred, so I don't wind up with a rarred and unrarred copy of something on my HDD.
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