Author Topic: Limewire question (Read 4191 times)

EasTexAstro · « **on:** June 16, 2009, 07:59:02 pm »

Help.

Honorable son #2 wants to do the limewire thing on my computer. I'm clueless. Anyone have any +/- info, or alternative sugestions?

PLease?

Ron Brand · « **Reply #1 on:** June 16, 2009, 08:14:18 pm »

Do. Not. Do. This.

Only attempt it if you are a trained professional, because you will grow an incredible amount of shit on your computer in no time at all. Along with the whole discussion you can get into regarding ethics and the legality of what is downloaded. Seriously, if you're going to do the LimeWire thing, you can find anything that system offers on the web in other areas.

Alkie · « **Reply #2 on:** June 16, 2009, 08:16:10 pm »

Quote from: EasTexAstro on June 16, 2009, 07:59:02 pm

Help.

Honorable son #2 wants to do the limewire thing on my computer. I'm clueless. Anyone have any +/- info, or alternative sugestions?

PLease?

You need to get Telex or CallBBS. Hook up your modem to a working phone line, but make sure no one is on the phone line. Call the pirate BBS of your choice. I like Rusty and Edies. The password to the pirate site is "warpspeed."

Once you're in, download all the sweet ass CAD software and X rated GIFs you can grab. Hooowee.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #3 on:** June 16, 2009, 08:28:31 pm »

Alkie, I didn't know you were that old.

MusicMan · « **Reply #4 on:** June 16, 2009, 08:44:39 pm »

damn, alkie, i understood every word of that.

ditto ron's comments on LW - i did it, i regret it. that shit slowed down my computer to 286 levels.

strosrays · « **Reply #5 on:** June 16, 2009, 09:28:26 pm »

Quote from: EasTexAstro on June 16, 2009, 07:59:02 pm

Help.

Honorable son #2 wants to do the limewire thing on my computer. I'm clueless. Anyone have any +/- info, or alternative sugestions?

PLease?

Download utorrent (free at C-Net and elsewhere) and install. Go to isoHunt and search for Limewire Pro. Find a version with a crack (key) and download it (free torrent) and install. Unlike the free version of Limewire, which as has been noted bundles all kinds of crap with the download stream, the Pro version - the one you're supposed to pay for but didn't - is very clean, in my experience.

Now your son can download all the gangsta rap music in the universe (for free).

Ron Brand · « **Reply #6 on:** June 16, 2009, 09:32:03 pm »

But if you install uTorrent, there's no reason to install LimeWire.

Alkie · « **Reply #7 on:** June 16, 2009, 09:35:55 pm »

Quote from: Ron Brand on June 16, 2009, 08:28:31 pm

Alkie, I didn't know you were that old.

oh yes.

Was sysop of two BBSes before it was hottt. I played hard to want until Sophomore year of HS, when I discovered that the reason guys were interested in girls was that they had vaginas.

strosrays · « **Reply #8 on:** June 16, 2009, 09:36:23 pm »

Quote from: Ron Brand on June 16, 2009, 09:32:03 pm

But if you install uTorrent, there's no reason to install LimeWire.

Depends on what you are trying to do.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #9 on:** June 16, 2009, 09:40:24 pm »

Quote from: strosrays on June 16, 2009, 09:36:23 pm

Depends on what you are trying to do.

Ok, with a Demonoid account, there's no reason to install LimeWire.

strosrays · « **Reply #10 on:** June 16, 2009, 10:08:17 pm »

Quote from: Ron Brand on June 16, 2009, 09:40:24 pm

Ok, with a Demonoid account, there's no reason to install LimeWire.

Again, it depends on what you are trying to do.

Quote from: EasTexAstro on June 16, 2009, 07:59:02 pm

Help.

Honorable son #2 wants to do the limewire thing on my computer. I'm clueless. Anyone have any +/- info, or alternative sugestions?

PLease?

If you are queasy about Limewire because of the malware or because - according to the RIAA - you are stealing, there is a cleaner and perfectly legal way to get a lot of music for free.

Limewire works just fine if you know your way around it; it or one of the other Gnutella based services (Morpheus, MP3Rocket, iMesh, etc.) are good for searching for and downloading individual songs. Also, because you are sharing on a network with a couple million other users around the world, there is a wide variety of music available.

Torrent downloading is good for downloading whole libraries of music at a time. You are still file sharing, but on a much broader (and more anonymous) basis. People put together collections of music and make it available. I once found the entire Jimi Hendrix oeuvre, all the re-releases and studio demos and everything the man ever put out, in one big folder some really cool person put together and uploaded. I downloaded it all (at work) in about 3 1/2 hours. That was a couple of years ago, and I am still going through it.

One warning about downloading torrents. Sooner or later your son will probably figure out it is also a really wonderful way to download porn. Lots and lots of it.

If you’d rather not file-share per se, go to Google and search for whatever song you are looking for, input the song the title + "streaming mp3". Sites like imeem.com, mog.com, beemp3.com, etc. (there are dozens) will either offer the song in a straight up download, or will allow to listen free. Often, the listening option involves the mp3 itself being loaded into one of your cache files. Right click the song title in your media player and click Properties and the file path will show you where it is in your cache. Go get it and cut and paste it to your music folder, clean up the title label and tag, and you have a perfectly good mp3. This works best on newer music, but any streaming mp3 will work.

JackAstro · « **Reply #11 on:** June 16, 2009, 11:07:51 pm »

Jesus, strosrays, where the hell were you when I was trying to walk Limey through the finer points of torrents? So, tell us more about this whole "downloading porn" thing...

chandler44 · « **Reply #12 on:** June 17, 2009, 12:05:54 am »

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Torrent downloading is good for downloading whole libraries of music at a time.

It's also useful for downloading one song at a time, or..ummm..at least that's what I was told.

Another way to 'get' music off sites like projectplaylist or imeem is to install the download helper add-on to Firefox. With that, you can also download videos from websites, albeit in FLV form. A quick search will find you a free FLV player, though, and there are websites that will convert the FLV files to different file types.

EasTexAstro · « **Reply #13 on:** June 17, 2009, 07:36:36 am »

Thanks, everyone.

I'll probably go ahead and steer him away from LimeWire. I am happy he asked first. Son #1 had more of an attitude of "its better to say sorry later."

As for porn, I'm not too worried. It is out there and will be found, I am sure. This would just be another way, but definitely not the only way. At this point, it is about the music for him.

Gizzmonic · « **Reply #14 on:** June 17, 2009, 10:28:23 am »

Limewire can expose your computer to hacking attempts, but more likely you'd accidentally pick up a Trojan or virus by downloading mislabeled music, especially if you're running Windows. There's got to be a better way!

Gizzmonic · « **Reply #15 on:** June 17, 2009, 10:31:25 am »

Quote from: Alkie on June 16, 2009, 08:16:10 pm

You need to get Telex or CallBBS. Hook up your modem to a working phone line, but make sure no one is on the phone line. Call the pirate BBS of your choice. I like Rusty and Edies. The password to the pirate site is "warpspeed."

Once you're in, download all the sweet ass CAD software and X rated GIFs you can grab. Hooowee.

This reminds me of junior high. The crushing frustration of almost downloading that crappy shareware game when....NO! Someone cut if off by picking up the phone line!

Greg M · « **Reply #16 on:** June 17, 2009, 10:32:23 am »

I really really miss Oink. Anybody have anything comparable? Pirate Bay's ok, but stinks for music.

JackAstro · « **Reply #17 on:** June 17, 2009, 10:50:30 am »

Quote from: Greg M on June 17, 2009, 10:32:23 am

I really really miss Oink. Anybody have anything comparable? Pirate Bay's ok, but stinks for music.

I like Demonoid for music.

Noe · « **Reply #18 on:** June 17, 2009, 11:08:00 am »

Quote from: EasTexAstro on June 17, 2009, 07:36:36 am

Thanks, everyone.

I'll probably go ahead and steer him away from LimeWire. I am happy he asked first. Son #1 had more of an attitude of "its better to say sorry later."

As for porn, I'm not too worried. It is out there and will be found, I am sure. This would just be another way, but definitely not the only way. At this point, it is about the music for him.

#1 son uses iMesh for music and it has not given him trouble. Although he got attacked by malware a while back because his own misquided attempt to get some pirated game/software. He confessed to me what he was trying to do and I told him that anytime you see the tag "Free", then it's about paying much more than retail. The game/software he was trying to download and play for free cost him much more in terms of having to clean his computer and for a service call (all that he had to pay for, I wasn't going to bail him out). He lost some data as well, not to mention two days of downtime. Lesson learned, the hard way.

Greg M · « **Reply #19 on:** June 17, 2009, 12:00:52 pm »

Quote from: JackAstro on June 17, 2009, 10:50:30 am

I like Demonoid for music.

Does that site require an invite?

Ron Brand · « **Reply #20 on:** June 17, 2009, 12:19:14 pm »

Yes, but they have open registration windows too, typically Friday mornings.

Greg M · « **Reply #21 on:** June 17, 2009, 12:31:22 pm »

Right on. Thanks.

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