Technologists Ignoring the Future
Mike Linksvayer ? Shallow thinking about filesharing
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BitTorrent downloads tend to be faster than those on typical file
sharing networks but still very slow. Netflix is a far superior option
unless you place a very low value on your time (in addition to waiting
many hours in the case of BitTorrent to weeks in the case of eDonkey
for a download to complete you also need to spend time finding active
torrents or hash links and dealing with low quality, mislabled and
overdubbed copies, which often means starting over, even after
you%u2019ve learned how to deal with all of these. I pity the computer
semi-literate who just wants to snag some %u201Cfree%u201D movies) .
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I find it funny when I read technologists arguing that downloads of movies aren't a problem because they're slow. When do technologists
talk about how technology sucks and isn't going to improve? When the
improvement of that technology hurts their public relations effort!
