Filesharing sucks

[TallBill]

Without illegal file sharing, imagine how much smoother the internet would run! Things WOULD be faster... grr.. and games wouldnt lag out and make you die!

 

[SHoddyCOmp]

mhm ok.
*opens kazaa lite and winmx 😉

 

[ROTC1983]

Originally posted by: SHoddyCOmp

mhm ok.
*opens kazaa lite and winmx 😉

LOL, more power to ya...🙂

 

[TallBill]

hehe.. mostly im complaining becuase it kills our college network.. im getting lag at 3:30 am.. i dont think its from active use..

 

[frizzlefry]

so does your mom but i don't complain 😉

 

[ROTC1983]

Originally posted by: bob970
hehe.. mostly im complaining becuase it kills our college network.. im getting lag at 3:30 am.. i dont think its from active use..

My friend in the dorm complains about this a lot too. Too much filesharing is plugging up the network downt here...

 

[SHoddyCOmp]

ah i see, college shared fat internet pipes huh? yuck! :Q Gee. I cant wait

Im attending a JC (SRJC) right now and living at home...

 

[esso]

The problem isn't filesharing; I think you need to ask yourself why you're staying in a dorm.

At my university, an "off-campus" apartment (about a block from the dorms) costs $1k less than living in a dorm per year, plus I get my own room, and a 3Mbps cable connection; no lag at 2AM.

 

[TallBill]

cant really save living off campus.. its 2900 for the semester (4 months) and that includes food, cable, internet, 300 spending dollars (mcdonalds, laundry, etc), and a local phone line.

AND, its required for freshmen anyways 😛

 

[gwlam12]

Originally posted by: bob970
cant really save living off campus.. its 2900 for the semester (4 months) and that includes food, cable, internet, 300 spending dollars (mcdonalds, laundry, etc), and a local phone line.

AND, its required for freshmen anyways 😛

plus unlimited electricity and hot water 😀

 

[esso]

Originally posted by: bob970
cant really save living off campus.. its 2900 for the semester (4 months) and that includes food, cable, internet, 300 spending dollars (mcdonalds, laundry, etc), and a local phone line.

AND, its required for freshmen anyways 😛

Must be a lot of food. My roomate and I pay (total for both of us) over 4 months: $2460 for rent, $140 for cable, $200 for internet, $90 for phone, $200 for electricity. That gets us a 2bed/1bath 850 sq. ft. apartment with appliances, all other utilities paid. Even if you add spending money, and $100/month for food per person, still comes out a bit lower.

Oh well, there are benefits to dorms (co-eds bouncing around in towels and jellies at 9am every morning🙂)

 

[klah]

The threads entitled "my uni capped filesharing traffic boooooo" outnumber this one 100:1. Maybe you should ask your uni to do the same.

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: klah
The threads entitled "my uni capped filesharing traffic boooooo" outnumber this one 100:1. Maybe you should ask your uni to do the same.

Yep. Such is the life of a Dorm Rat. You connection is capped and monitored. Wah. Move out.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: MichaelD

Originally posted by: klah
The threads entitled "my uni capped filesharing traffic boooooo" outnumber this one 100:1. Maybe you should ask your uni to do the same.

Yep. Such is the life of a Dorm Rat. You connection is capped and monitored. Wah. Move out.

Actually, university connections are monitored less than you would think. Plenty of privacy laws to protect students.

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: MichaelD

Originally posted by: klah
The threads entitled "my uni capped filesharing traffic boooooo" outnumber this one 100:1. Maybe you should ask your uni to do the same.

Yep. Such is the life of a Dorm Rat. You connection is capped and monitored. Wah. Move out.

Actually, university connections are monitored less than you would think. Plenty of privacy laws to protect students.

Yeah, that would explain the proliferation of CS/UT/RPG servers out there....on OC-3 lines. 😉

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: MichaelD

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: MichaelD

Originally posted by: klah
The threads entitled "my uni capped filesharing traffic boooooo" outnumber this one 100:1. Maybe you should ask your uni to do the same.

Yep. Such is the life of a Dorm Rat. You connection is capped and monitored. Wah. Move out.

Actually, university connections are monitored less than you would think. Plenty of privacy laws to protect students.

Yeah, that would explain the proliferation of CS/UT/RPG servers out there....on OC-3 lines. 😉

I dont know how much you were joking, I dont play games so I dont know where the servers are and stuff... But they may monitor amount of traffic flowing through, just not content. Its much more complex than that of course...

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: MichaelD

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: MichaelD

Originally posted by: klah
The threads entitled "my uni capped filesharing traffic boooooo" outnumber this one 100:1. Maybe you should ask your uni to do the same.

Yep. Such is the life of a Dorm Rat. You connection is capped and monitored. Wah. Move out.

Actually, university connections are monitored less than you would think. Plenty of privacy laws to protect students.

Yeah, that would explain the proliferation of CS/UT/RPG servers out there....on OC-3 lines. 😉

I dont know how much you were joking, I dont play games so I dont know where the servers are and stuff... But they may monitor amount of traffic flowing through, just not content. Its much more complex than that of course...

Mm'kay. 🙂 It's not what you know, it's who you know. 😉 Certain students may be allowed access to "uncapped" lines...or certain students that are trusted may be give unrestricted lab access, etc, etc. IOW, rerouting an IP to somebodys room, or even running an additional hard line isn't all that difficult...I've done it. Drop-tile ceilings are a beautiful thing! Ran a 500-foot piece of CAT 5 in about 10 minutes...three guys and a six pack...done!

 

[B00ne]

Originally posted by: bob970
cant really save living off campus.. its 2900 for the semester (4 months) and that includes food, cable, internet, 300 spending dollars (mcdonalds, laundry, etc), and a local phone line.

AND, its required for freshmen anyways 😛

Haha and guys here are complaining about the nanny state - but your University sounds seriously nanny... (do they wipe ur ass and tuck in your shirt too for some extra ca$h or maybe u get anothe 5 bucks spending money if u get an A 🙂
and whots this spending dollars

btw your gaming is costing some bandwdth too especially if ppl are running servers

 

[Trezza]

why would you ever ask your uni to cap filesharing. Mine did and i can't even download off of the internet faster than i could on my 56k

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Tell them to cap it. Screw everyone over.

Then socks2http your way out to Gnucleus/Kazaa/mIRC/whatnot, and enjoy that fat OC-3 all to yourself. 😀

- M4H

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Tell them to cap it. Screw everyone over.

Then socks2http your way out to Gnucleus/Kazaa/mIRC/whatnot, and enjoy that fat OC-3 all to yourself. 😀

- M4H

Get caught, expelled, and spend a year or two in federal pound you in the ass prison.

 

[Geekbabe]

Originally posted by: bob970
Without illegal file sharing, imagine how much smoother the internet would run! Things WOULD be faster... grr.. and games wouldnt lag out and make you die!

Hmmm... I'd imagine replacing the POS you currently have with a computer and getting some Leet skillz might make things better too 🙂

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Tell them to cap it. Screw everyone over.

Then socks2http your way out to Gnucleus/Kazaa/mIRC/whatnot, and enjoy that fat OC-3 all to yourself. 😀

- M4H

Get caught, expelled, and spend a year or two in federal pound you in the ass prison.

You mean "get caught, and get your internet priveldges revoked" right?

Like anyone's going to jail for filesharing on a campus network....

 

[ElFenix]

imagine how much faster it would run without spam

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Tell them to cap it. Screw everyone over.

Then socks2http your way out to Gnucleus/Kazaa/mIRC/whatnot, and enjoy that fat OC-3 all to yourself. 😀

- M4H

Get caught, expelled, and spend a year or two in federal pound you in the ass prison.

You mean "get caught, and get your internet priveldges revoked" right?

Like anyone's going to jail for filesharing on a campus network....

Wishful thinking on my part. Circumvention of security devices (and a case can be made that packetshaping/limiting for these filesharing applications can be part of a security plan) is a felony. Depending on how much he is sharing, some of those companies could decide to prosecute Im sure.