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[chadk]

we got our first computer,

ever

seriously

and i was wondering about limewire, or other file share programs, a student of mine said i can download music for free, but i'm not so sure, you know kids. har de har har

should i do that shit or should i just buy music the old fashioned way


any info would be great

not looking for a moral discussion about artists not getting paid

[Tony]

i agree with castle on the evaluation side of things. i've found some cool shit on limewire that i wouldn't have known about or given a second chance to otherwise. but be warned that if you're using a peer-to-peer system like limewire you should have some very solid antivirus protection in place before you start accepting files from other people. spyware and viruses can be embedded in the data transfers and it will bring your computer to a screeching halt.

[mothrock]

don't do it if you don't have to !!!

If you have a nice computer, don't surf the net with it if at all possible. Well, if you actually want to do anything with it that is. Myspace will load your computer with CRAP faster than you could ever possibly imagine. seriously.

If you need evaluation software, use torrents. and as far as music goes, you should be buying it from stinkweeds! duh!

on a seperate note:
does anyone know what the bin file for protools is named?

[chadk]

ok so i'm not going to do limewire.

[QUOTE]If you have a nice computer, don't surf the net with it if at all possible[code=auto:0]

what?

[Danosaur]

well...I got limewire for me mac...and I have happily enjoyed the "evaluations" of several awesome pro Adobe and Macromedia programs...but for music downloads...I don't like it. Get itunes and buy it...its only .99 cents a song. As far as surfing the net with it...I don't think thats possible...its a file sharing program.

[mothrock]

[quote name='chadk' date='Jan 11 2006, 11:59 AM']ok so i'm not going to do limewire.

[QUOTE]If you have a nice computer, don't surf the net with it if at all possible[code=auto:0]

what?[/QUOTE]
I have two computers.

I use one for net surfing, the other I keep disconnected from the internet except to access CDDB info for itunes, and for updates for software I have installed. I use the disconnected one for video editing, 3d modelling, and music recording.

the two computers are almost identical, as far as hd space, processor and ram. The one I surf the net with is considerably slower. All the virus and spyware protection in the world really doesn't help that much. It just accumulates no matter how hard you try to get rid of it. Keeping the computer that I need for higher end applications disconnected from the internet has paid off.

fo' realz.

oh and F-You microsoft.

[mothrock]

Use a mac... I haven't had one problem, ever.

mac spyware is just better at not slowing down your system. it works in more mysterious ways. Look at the ministore in itunes. How does it know to display cds, etc. by other artists or the same artist as the file that you just clicked? SPYWARE! that's how!look into it!

If I had a mac, I would get a good one, and I would still keep the thing off the internet. It;s just too damn risky. plus, I want to know if my privacy is being violated.

[Kristopher]

My last computer was killed by some virus I got using a file sharing program. I lost a lot of important photos along with other stuff. It really sucked.

[Danosaur]

Use a mac...  I haven't had one problem, ever.

mac spyware is just better at not slowing down your system. it works in more mysterious ways. Look at the ministore in itunes. How does it know to display cds, etc. by other artists or the same artist as the file that you just clicked? SPYWARE! that's how!look into it!

If I had a mac, I would get a good one, and I would still keep the thing off the internet. It;s just too damn risky. plus, I want to know if my privacy is being violated.

You make a good point jesse....while Mac spyware is limited it is out there...you can get software that helps but ultimately things do get slowed down...but PC's its like feeding a virgin girl to a pack of hungry velacaraptors...the moment you hook up a PC to the net its attacked by that shizzat...and one day that same shizzat will be attacking macs....if I had two computers jesse i would exactly what you are doing...

by the way which one do use on the net your desktop or your lappy?

[mothrock]

I use the laptop for the internet. It was a lot cheaper than the desktop.

I just upgraded the desktop to dual monitor. I love it! I have a friend up here that bought two of the largest flat panel displays that dell makes, his desktop is like 4 feet wide. it's incredible.

[raubhimself]

you are one paranoid mother fucker, mothrock. i had windows xp installed for over a year with no anti-virus or spyware removal tools and i had no issues (i even used myspace!). i installed AVG and some spyware shit and found 2 viruses and minimal spyware.

soulseek and bittorrent are all you need.

hopefully windows vista will have better permissions, then viruses and spyware won't be as bad.