BitTorrent

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For those of you who have no idea what BitTorrent is, it's a file format that's used to send data. Anything goes, music, movies, applications, most of it is illegal to be trading hands (like the music, some which even predates official release dates). I wouldn't like to say that I'm promoting software pirating or illegal music downloading, however, I would like to educate on the idea. What you do is search for these "Torrents" on sites like isoHunt, or PirateBay, then download the torrent and open it up with a torrent browser (I highly recommend uTorrent. The browser than connects you to seeders (those currently uploading a completed file) and leechers (those currently downloading and uploading the file). The idea behind this is that the leechers when finished become seeders and there is a continuous flow of data making the future download speeds incredibly fast. For example, on a private torrent site I'm a member of that has a limited amount of users who are required to keep a Upload/Download ratio of over 1.0, I am able to download a complete music album in less than five minutes at speeds generally over 500 KB/S. Torrents are a give-take relationship on the internet, doing this ensures quality for everyone. If you need any help feel free to ask!

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