Re: downloading torrent to hard disc query?

[EDoxtator <doc6502@ya...com>]

As I understand it, the deal with torrents is that they work differently 
than
usual downloads.  When you download a file, say through iTunes, it's a 
linear
process-- the file is copied to the target system sequentially-- one bit
follows another, until the entire file is coipied from the source computer 
to
the target computer.  

The thing is that if three (or three thousand) people are copying the same
file, each person gets their own linear stream.  If you have 50% of the 
file,
and I've only got 5%, then there's a waste of 45%.  If I could get your 
45%,
then my download would finish more quickly.

When you use a torrent file, the transfer isn't linear.  It's broken up 
into
pieces.  So if you have the same three (or three thousand) people getting 
the
same file using a torrent scheme, then the network keeps track of which 
people
have which pieces, and shares the pieces amongst all the users.  The 
torrent
software is smart enough to balance out who's got what pieces, and who 
should
get what piece next.  

The end result is that big files transfer much faster, provided that there 
are
enough torrent sessions active to send the pieces around.  The bigger the 
file,
the more pieces there are, so the more torrent users you need.  

If you're downloading a file via bit torrent file and you're the only 
user, you
may have a wait on your hands.  Sometimes it's quicker to have someone 
burn a
copy of what you want and stick the disc in the mail :)

-Doc

--- ERIC GREGORY <ericsgregory@ms...com> wrote:

> 
> hello and mucho gratitude to the availability of this BA set ( i almost 
> purchased it from the dude in turkey).
> wessel, when you say :
> "Apparently you have to download it yourself first to its exact location 
> on 
> your hard disc, i.e.
> you do exactly the same thing as when you are downloading a torrent 
> which 
> isn't on your computer yet."
> what exactly do you mean?
> i'm a newbie at torrent files....
> and by the way, i'm eric in portland oregon usa
> very excited about the aeroplanes "resurrection" (as it were)
> thanks!
> esg
> 
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> >Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:52:25 +0100
> >From: "W.Huisman" <huismanw@ca...nl>
> >Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] Re: Blueplanes DVD Torrent
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> >It's listed as a dead torrent, one which is not seeding. Apparently you 
> >have
> >to download it yourself first to its exact location on your hard disc, 
> >i.e.
> >you do exactly the same thing as when you are downloading a torrent 
> >which
> >isn't on your computer yet. Unfortunately I just bought the thing from 
> >the
> >trader in Turkey mentioned some months ago in one of these exchanges.
> >
> >Wessel
> >
> >
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