Comments on: WinMX is back!!!

WinMX is back!!!

augustweed — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:12:56 -0800

WinMX is back (kind of). It was such an unbelievably awesome file sharing program that its makers had to pull their peer caches after being served a cease and desist order in September 2005. Now it has been reincarnated as MXpie. Even better . . . it's not spyware or adware.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:16:27 -0800

This is just an implementation of the Napster protocol, right?

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:24:08 -0800

It piggybacked on Opennap servers and a number of other protocols as well as having its own native network, if I recall correctly. I'd argue that it was far from 'unbelievably awesome', though. Laughably bad UI design (which is saying a lot, given some of the competition at the time), spotty search results, peer connection problems, through-the-roof CPU usage... I liked WinMX back in 2000 or so, mind you, but the new filesharing paradigms -- 'darknet' private torrent sites, closed, encrypted trusted-user Waste networks, even DC hubs and so on -- have old school beat seven ways from Sunday, I'd say.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:31:39 -0800

(Note: I do know DC isn't exactly a new thing. My bad.)

By: Clamwacker

Clamwacker — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:51:55 -0800

So far I have never seen anything better (other than straight-up shoplifting, in terms of speed) than private torrent sites. TorrentBits was the best of all time IMO, but there is another now that literally is the twin of that glorious old site, if perhaps without the same sense of community and panache. I don't shoplift, though, so I can claim some esoteric moral higher ground, right?

By: blacklite

blacklite — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:54:47 -0800

MetaFilter: some esoteric moral higher ground, right?

By: Effigy2000

Effigy2000 — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 02:16:45 -0800

The only question I have is not answered by their FAQ patch. I ask, since they are basically saying up front that they are WinMX, whats to stop them from being served with yet another cease and desist this time around?

By: Plutor

Plutor — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 03:03:01 -0800

It's so awesome that they were actually C&D'd! It's hard to believe! ...whats to stop them from being served with yet another cease and desist this time around? Considering anyone can serve anyone else with a C&D for any reason (valid or not), since it's not a legally binding document, nothing is stopping them from getting another one.

By: aeschenkarnos

aeschenkarnos — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 03:04:00 -0800

Seems to be nothing but mp3s. If you want cbr files, look on eMule instead.

By: spazzm

spazzm — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 03:08:05 -0800

Clamwacker:So far I have never seen anything better (other than straight-up shoplifting, in terms of speed) than private torrent sites. IANASL (I Am Not A ShopLifter), but I reckon that by the time it takes to walk to the record shop on the corner, find the disk (no search engine, remember?), take the disk, walk back, get the damn plastic wrap off, pop the disc in the driver, rip it (who actually bothers manually swapping CDs anymore?) and add it to the WinAmp playlist, it would have downloaded several times over. It all depends on what sort of broadband you have, I guess.

By: Mayor Curley

Mayor Curley — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 03:52:18 -0800

Does WinMX still all that awesome leeching and those fantastic impossibly long queues? I can see why it was worth resurrecting!

By: homodigitalis

homodigitalis — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 03:52:55 -0800

eMule still rulez for rare stuff and single MP3 files. BT is great for newly released TV episodes and movies.

By: matteo

matteo — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 04:19:25 -0800

what's wrong with Usenet?

By: Orange Goblin

Orange Goblin — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 04:26:00 -0800

Man, that logo takes me back. But why would you ever use it now we have Bit Torrent?

By: moonbird

moonbird — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 04:38:58 -0800

Soulseek is teh bomb. Oh, and the link to mxpie in the fpp is null, so here 'tis.

By: homodigitalis

homodigitalis — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 04:40:09 -0800

what's wrong with Usenet? My (DSL) ISP offers no access to newsgroups - that would cost extra ...

By: dash_slot-

dash_slot- — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 05:49:38 -0800

Soulseek is teh bomb. I liked the prog, but...i suspect it installed WhenU.SaveNow on my machine. I may be wrong, but it ain't popping it's nasty head up no more since I uninstalled SS.

By: flarbuse

flarbuse — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 05:51:55 -0800

I am admittedly not particularly too hip to it regarding computers. I use BearShare. Does this make me a loser?

By: bmpetow

bmpetow — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 05:52:26 -0800

MEHHH. USENET NEWSGROUPS. Why use these p2p things to get songs at 2kb a second when usenet is 900k/s? Torrents for full cds.

By: empath

empath — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 06:11:22 -0800

nothing will ever top audiogalaxy for quality of results and ease of use, though...

By: empath

empath — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 06:12:20 -0800

Soulseek was better when it was all dance music.

By: Pendragon

Pendragon — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 06:49:52 -0800

What about iTunes ? *runs*

By: grabbingsand

grabbingsand — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 06:52:56 -0800

Ah. The good ol' days. Remember back when you could never be sure just what you were getting? Sure, the title told you it was that Roni Size track you wanted, but when you downloaded -- over the course of an hour, perhaps -- you found it was just another re-labeled copy of that damned "Because I Got High" song.

By: zsazsa

zsazsa — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 06:58:35 -0800

Usenet is great, and has a decent scope, but finding music that is either not brand new or popular is hard. You also usually have to pay for good access. Me, I'm waiting for an encrypted system like the Japanese Share to hit the English-speaking world. Right now, you can get an English translation, but it's still quite arcane. dash_slot-, where did you download the program? SoulSeek's former domain, slsk.org, was taken over by scummy spyware peddlers, and the project was forced to move to slsknet.org. I've never had a spyware infection from the official client. And if that one still gives you the heebie jeebes, there are numerous other third party cross-platform clients.

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 07:08:42 -0800

what's wrong with Usenet? The first rule of Usenet is we we don't talk about Usenet.

By: skallas

skallas — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 07:30:28 -0800

New stuff: Bit torrent. Misc: Emule Music: Soulseek WinMX? It was a mess in its hayday and the market is a bit more crowded now.

By: signal

signal — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 07:38:24 -0800

Clamwacker writes "TorrentBits was the best of all time IMO, but there is another now that literally is the twin of that glorious old site" Would you care to name said site, maybe invite? Email's in profile.

By: zorro astor

zorro astor — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 07:54:45 -0800

All I remember about WinMX is that nothing would download! Sometime it would takes weeks for a file to finish.

By: a3matrix

a3matrix — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 08:00:55 -0800

Pendragon made me laugh outloud. Usenet and BT pretty much take care of my needs in this area today

By: aaronetc

aaronetc — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 08:05:48 -0800

I always thought TorrentBits was a bit shit, TBH -- a mile wide and an inch deep. I'll take a handful of speciality sites over one big general site any day.

By: jckll

jckll — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 08:24:53 -0800

Clamwacker writes "TorrentBits was the best of all time IMO, but there is another now that literally is the twin of that glorious old site" Would you care to name said site, maybe invite? Email's in profile. ...my thoughts exactly. Ditto?

By: squared

squared — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 08:42:36 -0800

Clamwacker, as long as you're writing two emails already, would you mind sending a third?

By: booksandlibretti

booksandlibretti — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:04:40 -0800

What about a fourth, please? (As long as the site doesn't involve pig sounds.)

By: Dr No

Dr No — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:31:18 -0800

ditto.

By: perianwyr

perianwyr — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:31:42 -0800

piracyfilter

By: Brainy

Brainy — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:50:46 -0800

A fifth? If you are in fact, inviting?

By: IronLizard

IronLizard — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:07:46 -0800

Clamwacker writes "there is another now that literally is the twin of that glorious old site" Six?

By: toomuch

toomuch — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:30:55 -0800

How about seven?

By: vodkadin

vodkadin — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:51:56 -0800

How about eight! Yeah I went there.

By: premortem

premortem — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:48:08 -0800

se7en?

By: unwordy

unwordy — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:51:24 -0800

And I, too, would love to jump on the email bandwagon, if at all possible.

By: The Great Big Mulp

The Great Big Mulp — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:54:34 -0800

ei8ht?

By: jimmy

jimmy — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:05:46 -0800

that anyone would use anything other than oink.me.uk to pirate music is pretty laughable.

By: ArkhanJG

ArkhanJG — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:36:54 -0800

What about iTunes ? Call me when ITMS 1) runs on linux 2) the music plays on linux 3) the music plays on my mp3 player 4) the music plays on my phone 5) I don't lose my music if apple goes bust, or gets shut down by Apple Corps 6) It costs less than buying a real CD online (UK gets screwed as usual) 7) The music is the same bitrate as what I get on a real CD 8) I can resell it when I get bored with it 9) I can lend it to a friend 10) I'm not propping up the business model of corrupt, abusive, grasping pigopolists that screws over everyone that's not their executives. *breathes in* Till then, I'll stick to CDBaby, ta.

By: Skygazer

Skygazer — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:55:42 -0800

nine or ten maybe.

By: Kifer85

Kifer85 — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:09:43 -0800

jimmy, could you send me an invite to oink?

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:19:07 -0800

For those of you looking for public torrent sites, you could do worse than looking at the list used by this Firefox extension.