06-19-2002, 12:44 AM
Quote:Direct Connect Sucks. There I've said it. It's stupid and dumb and exclusionary to people that don't have storage arrays as desktops.
Quote:i can't get into any good hubs and i feel so left outHere's what I do : I burn all my MP3/AVI/MPG/etc. files to CD after I get them anyway to conserve space (even though I have a total of around 85 gigs of HD space, I like to play a lot of games, so I'd rather leave the space for them). When I want to go on DC, I just pull out a cd fill of MP3's and copy them off the disc to a shared folder on one of my drives (like 5 or 6 gig worth). Then I can get into most hubs, and when I'm done, I just delete the files.
40 gig HD's are not all that expensive, and are easy as hell to install (you basically just plug it in and you're good to go) so storage shouldn't be a problem. And if you don't use DC enough to justify reserving 5-6 gigs of room for MP3's, just save them to disc and delete them of the HD. It's not rocket science, people.
In case you haven't guessed it, I love DC - again, my thanks to Seph for shining the light for me many moons ago :fuggin:
Kazaalite is also very handy in a pinch - I managed to snag Photoshop 7 off it the other night.