[pct-l] PCT 2007 DVD Torrent: read this.

[Randy Forsland]

Are you going to release a Betamax version of this ? And how do I get my VCR to stop flashing "12:00" ??
 
Juss funnin'...I feel your pain...I've been on your side of the fence enuff times to become extremely shy about  ever volunteering such services...
 
thanks for doing this....
 
Redwood
 
> Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 09:45:35 -0700> From: brick at fastpack.com> To: pct-l at backcountry.net> Subject: [pct-l] PCT 2007 DVD Torrent: read this.> > A couple of notes about the 2007 DVD torrent:> > 1)My attempt to speed-seed the file by providing a quick download to a> few volunteers failed due to technical limitations of my equipment.> Sorry about that. If I had more time right now I could probably come> up with a work-around, but I don't, so I can't.> > 2)If you have never dealt with bit torrents before, I don't really> have the time to explain how the process works to each person who> emails me. Try doing a google or wikipedia search on "bittorrent" or> check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_%28protocol%29> > 3)I KNOW it will take a long time to download, at least till the first> complete copy gets distributed. Also it is a huge 4+Gibabyte file: it> will take a long time to download no matter what. Please don't> complain to me that it is taking a long time.> > 4)The file is an ISO disk image. Please don't ask me how to burn a DVD> from that file. Try doing a google search on "burn iso." This link> will do that http://www.google.com/search?q=burn+iso> > 5)Please don't get mad at me or call me rude if I have given terse> answers to the questions you could have googled yourself. I had a busy> weekend. I don't get paid for this, and the people who DO pay me get> annoyed when their work is not done by yesterday.> > As of right now, the file is about 2/3 distributed, and the swarm> speed is running about 5MB/s. The limiting factor seems to be my cable> modem's slow upload limitations. Your download is not "stalled at> 60%." That is all of the file that has been uploaded from my computer> into the swarm so far.> > Have a nice day.> (and yes, I'm a bit annoyed, thanks for asking)> _______________________________________________> Pct-l mailing list> Pct-l at backcountry.net> http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l
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