Noble Realms

Oh, wow. This is great. I had hoped not to have to lift heavy tomes as much as I used to. Oh, my aching back in those days!

Be a nice person and please be a seeder not a leecher

The torrent is just a small set of instructions telling a bittorrent program what to download from where. After you download a bittorrent program -- and the additional torrent linked above --  drag the torrent file into the bittorrent program (or File -> Open it from within) ... then after hitting OK or START or GO, it connects to other downloaders who have more downloaded than you do. In the process you'll be uploading what you have downloaded so far to others who still need those pieces. At first, you'll only have a "template" of the full final file on your computer ... so despite it appearing right away, they won't be filled with data until download is complete.

It takes a while, so once you see it connecting and downloading, just "set it and forget it"™ Expect speeds  5kB/s <--> 150kB/s.  If after several minutes yours is still 0, then there's a problem with the connection or no one is currently sharing the file. That's why it is important to help share or "seed" the file after you have completed the download possible by leaving the bittorrent program open, so that others have a chance to connect and download it from you just as you did from others.

Good bittorrent programs/clients:  Windows -> look up uTorrent
                                                    Mac -> look up Transmission

Another called Azureus is available on multiple platforms, but hogs computer power.

Last edited by montalk (2007-09-30 22:01:30)

Tom Paine wrote:

Please tell me how Bittorrent works because obviously I don't understand it.

Tom, 

1) Download uTorrent here.   Then install it on your computer like you would any other program.

2)  Then click this link for the Manly Hall material.   The uTorrent program which you just installed in step #1 should hopefully take over at that point and start downloading the collection for you.    If not, copy and paste the link I just mentioned directly into uTorrent.

3) Once you've successfully downloaded the material, keep uTorrent running for at a few days, so that you share as much data as you have received, otherwise the system breaks down and I am the only one sharing.   The progarm will show you a "share ratio" which you should allow to rise to at least 1.0    For every whole number that rises, that's how many people you have shared the collection back to.   So 3.0 means you've shared with 3 other people.  I'm at about 13 right now after several days.  It's slow going but very important to do if the goal is to get this material out there.

Hope that helps.

Last edited by morningsun76 (2007-10-01 02:03:42)

Sorry for the TANTRUM I threw in my post.
My tolerance level for things that don't work is low right now.
Especially things that require me to think. 

MorningSun--thank you!
You are most gracious!  I'll check my email!

TP

If you move the folder where all the files are then that also prevents you from seeding.