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Presents The Bittorrent Bible Version 1.1 January 30, 2005 edition Original release 1-12-05 Disclaimer: I take no responsibility for what you do with the information contained within this guide. If you decide to act like a retard, then you get what you deserve. If you decide to be a pirate, then you should be ready to accept the consequences and walk the plank if you get caught. Ok, now let’s begin. Table of Contents: 1. What is bittorrent A. acceptable clients B. software you need to acquire before you continue C. Expectations of a responsible torrenter D. Tweaking your client 2. Recognizing file types. 3. Burning. 4. Passwords. 5. Questions. 6. Backing up DVD’s. 7. Ps2 issues. 8. Corrupted downloads. 9. Finding torrents. 10. BitTorrent and Firefox. 11. Covering your arse. Caveat: I won’t provide you with links anywhere in this guide. This guide assumes you know how to use google to search. If you want something listed in this guide, google it. Section 1. What is BitTorrent? I’m not going to make this more complicated than it needs to be. BT is a peer-to- peer network based on the idea that many people sharing a single file is more productive than a single host for a single file. It was not designed as a haven for pirates and copyright violation, it just happens to be really good for it. The network is BASED on the idea that EVERYONE shares 100%, that means that if you download something, you stay connected to it until you’ve shared 100% of the bandwidth (or more, the more the better) you’ve downloaded. So what if your connection is much faster DOWN than UP, you got the file, so help other people get it. The more people who are sharing (seeding) a file, the faster it goes for everyone. Before you can do much with .torrent files, (the files that point you to the spot on the network where everyone’s grabbing the file